BHUBANESWAR: Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei on Monday said the departments have been asked to examine the recommendations of the expert committee on revenue enhancing measures and prepare

The Centre today suggested in the Supreme Court that the dispute over the strengthening of the Hansi-Butana canal should be referred to an expert committee comprising members from Punjab, Haryana a

The Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned over Rs 115 crore for two projects under the Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water Bodies Restoration and Management programme to modernise irrigati

Slam Punjab govt for playing politics on a ‘non-issue’

Just mention the large brown-and-white bird and the residents of Mardi village in Solapur burst out in anger. The district in Maharashtra is one of the few refuges for the rare Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps), endemic to the grasslands of India and Pakistan. Of the 30-35 birds remaining in Maharashtra, Solapur’s grasslands support the largest population—25. But residents are not keen to protect the bird, called maldhok locally, because they perceive the Great Indian Bustard sanctuary as the stumbling block to the region’s development.

BHUBANESWAR: At a time when there is growing opposition to diversion of Mahanadi water for industrial use, the recommendations of the Expert Committee on Revenue Enhancing Measures have come as a d

Rajasthan Minister of State for Agricultural Marketing Gurmeet Singh Kunnar has asked the water supply officials of the neighbouring State of Punjab to plug the leakages in Ravi-Beas waters supplied from Harike Barrage to northern parts of the State for irrigation.

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New Delhi: Assuming charge as the water resources minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday that the finalization of the national water policy by March 2012 would be his first priority. “We are very keen to meet the March 2012 deadline. My predecessor Salman b h a idid a very good job. I hope to take it forward...

Demand for water in Porvorim is shooting with new constructions mushrooming all over.

Land losers suspect govt is suppressing information
Fifty two-year-old Lalsab Walikar from Mevundi is anxious ever since he got a notice from the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) to acquire his 24 acres.

Elusive benefit: Farmer Lalsab Walikar of Mevundi village (second from right) and his neighbours stand at the edge of a trench dug in his field for the canal to supply wate

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