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Judgement of the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court regarding Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, Telangana, 08/11/2017

Judgement of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh dated 08/11/2017 in the matter of State of Telangana Vs Md. Hayath Uddin & Others regarding Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. The case was filed by the State of Telangana questioning the order of the NGT dated 05/10/2017 which stopped all construction activities for the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme.

Judgement Date: 
08/11/2017
Tags:
Irrigation, Telangana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), High Court, Drinking Water, Forest Clearance, Government Of India (GOI), Forest Act 1980, Deforestation
Dams/ Irrigation

Big dams can wait, Myanmar overhauls energy strategy

Big hydropower dams are not a priority in Myanmar’s strategy to tackle chronic power shortages, the country’s new energy minister said in an interview that cast doubt over a controversial China-bac

Publication Date: 
08/11/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Dams/ Irrigation, Energy, Dams, Myanmar, Hydroelectricity, Asia
Dams/ Irrigation

Report of 5th Census of Minor Irrigation Schemes

Minor Irrigation sector plays a critical role in agricultural growth and increasing farmer's income. The importance of minor irrigation schemes with short gestation period, lower investments and major share in irrigation cannot be over-emphasised.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2017
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Tags:
Irrigation, India, Statistics, Tubewells, Groundwater, Agriculture
Dams/ Irrigation

The changing hydrology of a dammed Amazon

Developing countries around the world are expanding hydropower to meet growing energy demand. In the Brazilian Amazon, >200 dams are planned over the next 30 years, and questions about the impacts of current and future hydropower in this globally important watershed remain unanswered. In this context, we applied a hydrologic indicator method to quantify how existing Amazon dams have altered the natural flow regime and to identify predictors of alteration.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/11/2017
Kelsie Timpe, David Kaplan
Science Advances
3
11
1-13
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Amazon, Hydrology, Brazil, Dams, River Basin, Hydroelectricity, Water Resources
Dams/ Irrigation

Rwanda: Solar-Powered Borehole Technology Helps Double Yields

A pilot solar-powered project set up to support small scale irrigation in some districts of Eastern Province has been credited with improving crop yields.

Publication Date: 
25/10/2017
All Africa
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Dams/ Irrigation, Irrigation, Solar Energy, Rwanda, Agriculture, Africa, FAO
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest clearance granted by MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project, Lohit District, Arunachal Pradesh, 24/10/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Bimal Gogoi && Others Vs State of Arunachal Pradesh & Others dated 24/10/2017 regarding Stage I Forest Clearance and Stage II Forest Clearance granted by the MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project (1750 MW) in Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh which would lead to diversion of 1415.92 ha (1408.30 ha surface land + 7.62 ha underground land) of forest land.

Judgement Date: 
24/10/2017
Tags:
Dams, Lohit, Forest Clearance, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Arunachal, Court, Biodiversity Hotspots, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Endangered Species, Migratory Species, Elephant, Wildlife, Tiger
Dams/ Irrigation

Draft model public private partnership policy guidelines in integrated micro-irrigation in India

In order to facilitate the participation of private sector and to integrate various government subsidies at the farm level, with the objective to promote participatory farming at scalable levels and increase farmer’s income by employing more efficient means of irrigation, NITI Aayog has prepared Draft Model Public Private Partnership Policy Guid

Publication Date: 
16/10/2017
NITI Aayog
Tags:
Irrigation, Private Sector, India, Agriculture, Water Resources, Water Supply, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding the proposed Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project (SLHEP) threatening the ecology of lower Subansiri river, 16/10/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Aabhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/10/2017 regarding the proposed Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project (SLHEP) located at the Assam Arunachal border with a 116 m high dam to generate 2000 mw of power has given rise to an ominous situation that threatens the ecology of lower Subansiri river along with the likelihood of disruption of the lifestyle and lives of riparian people.

Judgement Date: 
16/10/2017
Tags:
Lower Subansiri, Dams, Riverine Ecology, Assam, Arunachal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Geology, Earthquakes, Dam Safety, Floods, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Dams/ Irrigation

The dam and the post-truth

The Sardar Sarovar dam exemplifies unjust and unsustainable development. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
23/09/2017
Economic and Political Weekly
52
38
7-8
Tags:
Dams, Narmada Valley Project, World Bank, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Conflicts
Dams/ Irrigation

Irrigation, food security and poverty: lessons from three large dams in West Africa

In recent years, the governments of the Sahel have committed to combat poverty and food insecurity through a significant increase in the development of irrigable areas.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2017
Frédéric Bazin, Ibrahima Hathie, Jamie Skinner, Jérôme Koundouno
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Tags:
Irrigation, Food Security, Poverty, Dams, Africa, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal

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