Demand to ensure minimum flow in the Yamuna to help its revival
Recent protests by religious and social groups against the unabated pollution in the Yamuna may well have given an impetus to the long-standing need for harvesting monsoon flows through dams and barrages.

Shimla: Decks have been cleared for the execution of the Kishau Dam project, which has been hanging fire for the past over four decades, as a joint venture by Uttrakhand and Himachal.

The nod from the Centre to two states implementing the joint venture, already declared a national project, was given at a meeting convened by Union secretary of water sources in New Delhi yesterday.

It was made

The proposed Renuka and Kishau dams on the Yamuna have again become a bone of contention among the beneficiary states of UP, Haryana, Himachal, Delhi and Rajasthan following the opinion of the Union Ministry of Law and Justice that the

Towards purchase of land for the project by Himachal Govt.

Work on the project had been hanging fire

Project promises to alleviate Delhi water scarcity problems

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NEW DELHI: Giving much needed impetus to the long-pending Renuka Dam project, the Delhi Jal Board has decided to release Rs.300 crore to the Himachal Government for purchase of land for the venture that promises to alleviate Delhi's water woes.