Proposes securing additional water within Tribunal’s framework
Drawing additional Cauvery water within the framework of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal award is the short term plan recommended by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (BWSSB) expert committee, appointed by the government to find solutions to the growing demand for water in the City.
“It appears that the municipality has joined hands with textile processing and tannery industries, which have been causing irreversible damage to the environment by dumping untreated, toxic effluents, many residents in the town say.
The farmers have been fighting for years to protect River Cauvery and its tributaries from the textile processing and the tannery units.
Summer has just set in. But the demand for water has already hit the sky in most of the fringe areas of the City. However, the civic agencies are yet to take any concrete measures to tackle the acute shortage of water.
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has earmarked Rs 25 lakh per ward to sink new borewells and fit motors. But most of the Corporators and Palike officials are clueless about it.
Techies working in Electronics City told to use water sparingly and judiciously. Techies in Electronics City are the latest victims of Bangalore’s worsening water crisis.
Faced with severe water shortage and mounting cost of ensuring regular supply, companies there have asked employees to drastically cut down the use of water in office.
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has written to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry seeking allocation of entire KG-D6 crude oil production for the Cauvery Basin Refinery (CBR) at Nagapattinam in order to sustain CBR operations and achieve increased capacity utilisation.
Erode Corporation has completed preparation of a detailed project report for its ambitious Uratchikottai Water Supply scheme with the cost estimated to be Rs. 407 crore.
The civic body will implement the scheme with funds from Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL) with assistance from German Development Bank (KfW).
GO to divert Hemavathi water to Sira sparks row; Kunigal farmers approach HC
Summer usually brings to the fore the century-old Cauvery river water dispute between the two riparian states -- Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. But this year’s summer seems to have sparked a fresh row over the Cauvery water within the State.
The entire Western Ghats must be considered as ecologically sensitive, especially to ensure the sustainability of the rivers of the Indian Peninsula, the Madhav Gadgil Committee report has said.
Industries Minister lays foundation stone for scheme. Industries Minister P. Thangamani laid the foundation stone for a new drinking water scheme for Pallipalayam Third Grade Municipality, in Tiruchengode Taluk, recently.
A team of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board personnel on Wednesday removed nine illegal dyeing units that were polluting River Cauvery near Pallipalayam in Tiruchengode Taluk.
