The Supreme Court today said it would not favour interlinking of rivers if it causes huge financial burden on the Centre and asked for a report on its costs.
Though the onset of northeast monsoon is still a month away, the water level at Poondi reservoir has already reached the brim. In a bid to stock resources, one of the shutters was opened on Thursday to transfer water to Cholavaram reservoir.
The Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (Mans) has slammed the civic administration for its failure to make adequate arrangements to avoid water pollution during the Ganesh immersion.
In a bid to curb sound pollution, most of the mandals in Kolhapur city preferred playing traditional instruments this year, in place of high decibel sound systems, during the immersion of Ganesh id
The detailed project report (DPR) for the Krishna phase-III project that will bring an additional 90 million gallons of water per day to the city has been submitted to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Board by the Tata Consultancy Engineers Limited, Mumbai.
The Krishna River Basin has witnessed high rainfall and consequent floods of various intensities during the last few years. These floods have both the positive as well as negative impacts on the population and the resources.
Few Hyderabadis know that they consume 0.14 to 9.50 micrograms per litre of uranium when they drink water from the River Krishna.
While the amount is within the permissible limits set by the World Health Organisation, environmentalists warn that the dissolved uranium levels in water will go up once the Uranium Corporation of India Limited takes up mining in Nagarjunasagar.
The volume of Krishna water at State border may increase
The Poondi reservoir, the prime storage point for Chennai's drinking water needs, has so far received a steady inflow of Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh since Friday morning, sufficient for the city's supply for two days.
Officials of the Water Resources Department said on Monday that the State's entry point of the Kandaleru Poondi can
Officials of both States to discuss date of water release
CHENNAI: A team of officials from the Water Resources Department and Chennai Metrowater visited their counterparts in Hyderabad on Monday to discuss the date of water release from the Kandaleru reservoir in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai.
According to sources in the WRD, a three-member team visited the neighbouring State following the order
