A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has refused to entertain the plea of the Tamil Nadu government to pass a gag order against Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy and his colleague
Urging for “sanity and sensitiveness”, the Supreme Court today asked Tamil Nadu and Kerala to maintain restraint on their statements on the Mullaperiyar dam row, lamenting that they were adding fue
This report is based on the outcome of discussions during a roundtable conference on ’Blue Revolution: Charting South Asia’s Water Future’ organised on 11 April, 2011, by ORF in collaboration with PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
JAIPUR: Rajasthan has asked the Centre to take management of the inter-state rivers and canals in its hand to resolve the long-pending water sharing disputes among the states.
The Centre is all set to notify the verdict of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) pronounced on December 30 last year without waiting for clarifications, if any, sought by the contesting parties
Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday indicated that the State government would appeal against the Krishna Water Tribunal Award II and said he has begun the consultation process to take appropriate decisions in this regard.
Addressing reporters here, he said the State has two legal options
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court appointed Empowered Committee on the 115-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam today decided to issue notices to counsels for Tamil Nadu and Kerala to present their views before it during next month's meeting.
The dam is operated by the Tamil Nadu government according to a 999-year lease agreement made during erstwhile British colonial rule and Kerala argued that the agreement
The three-member Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II, constituted in 2004 headed by Justice Brijesh Kumar gave its judgement on December 30, 2010. KWDT-II freshly assessed the yearly yields in the Krishna and determined the award on the basis of the yearly yield at 65 per cent dependability which was assessed at a total of 2,293 tmcft.
KERALA in its reply to the Empowered Committee filed on Monday said that it would give water to Tamil Nadu only for agriculture purpose from the new Mullaiperiyar dam to be built in a period of four years.
In response to a questionnaire from empowered committee
Kerala to submit that the new dam could be completed in four years, once it got clearance
The State will also maintain that there is no need to raise the water level in the reservoir
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala will file a two-part affidavit before the empowered committee of the Supreme Court on Monday, clarifying its position on rais
