The Orissa government will move the Supreme Court against the clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh.

Naveen Patnaik

Even as the Tamil Nadu Government is pressurising the Union Government to direct Karnataka to release water, the Cauvery Hitharakshana Samithi took exception to TN

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A senior BJP eader has been carrying out an untiring judicial and pub ic crusade for Bihar and Jharkhand's rights over its share of the Sone river's water, which gets illegally diverted by neighbouring Uttar Pradesh for an NTPC hermal power plant, endangering farmland irrigation in arge parts of undivided Bihar.

Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai said it is impossible to release water to Tamil Nadu from reservoirs in the Cauvery river basin till all the reservoirs are filled.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the Babli Project controversy within 15 days time or be ready to face a mass agitation led by the TDP.

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr K.Rosaiah, said on Tuesday that the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will play crucial role in resolving inter-State water disputes, including the one regarding the dam height at Babli project with the Maharashtra Government.

July 27: Chances of a quick solution to the row over the controversial Babli project appear to be dim with the Maharashtra the Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Chavan, avoiding a meeting with the AP Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to discuss and resolve the issue.

July 27: The Telugu Desam on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to resolve the Babli Project controversy within 15 days time or be ready to face a mass agitation led by the TD.