Water Resources

Ctg canals to be freed from grabbers in a month: Nat’l River Taskforce

CHITTAGONG: The national river taskforce took a decision to free all the canals of Chittagong from encroachers through demolishing the illegal structures on their banks within one month.

Publication Date: 
17/07/2014
Daily Sun (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Water Resources, Chittagong, Land Encroachments, Bangladesh, Rivers, River Pollution, Water Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), South Asia
Water Resources

Thirteen rivers of Jhenidah at risk

Thirteen rivers of Jhenidah are at the edge of disappearance, all of them face increasingly lower navigability and grabbing by encroachers.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2014
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Water Resources, Rivers, Land Encroachments, Bangladesh, South Asia
Water Resources

Act now to save rivers

The government yesterday asked the administration to take stern action against river grabbing and pollution and not to bow to any pressure from politicians.

Publication Date: 
11/07/2014
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Rivers, Water Resources, River Pollution, Land Encroachments, Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, South Asia
Environment

CAG raps governments in Kerala over Aranmula airport issue

Comptroller and Auditor General of India has rapped successive governments in Kerala over irregularities by the promoters in acquiring land for the private airport project at Aranmula, work on whic

Publication Date: 
09/07/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D), Land Acquisition, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Ecology, Land Encroachments, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Environment
Land

Report of CAG on land management by the government of Kerala with special focus on land for Aranmula Airport and Smart City Kochi

CAG has questioned the need for Aranmula airport in Kerala and has recommended an in-depth study on environmental impact of the project on this ecologically-sensitive region based on reports submitted by the legislature committee on environment, Kerala State Biodiversity Board and the Expert Appraisal committee of Airport Authority of India (AAI).

Publication Date: 
08/07/2014
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Kerala, Wetlands, Agriculture, Rice, Ecology, Land Encroachments, Private Sector, Public Sector, Corruption, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Thrissur (D), Thiruvananthapuram (D), Kochi
Water Resources

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on protection of water bodies, 07/07/2014

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on protection of water bodies, 07/07/2014.

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 7, 2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Traditional Water Harvesting, India, Land Encroachments, Maharashtra, Parliament
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding raising construction in the river bed of the river Dohan near Village Jat & Pali, District Narnaul in Haryana, 01/07/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sudesh V/s Union of India & Ors dated 01/07/2014 regarding raising construction in the river bed of the river Dohan near Village Jat & Pali, District Narnaul in Haryana by the Central University of Haryana and thereby obstructed the flow of water in the river bed in Channel of the river.

Judgement Date: 
01/07/2014
Tags:
Rivers, Land Encroachments, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Hydrology
Water Resources

Turag in MP’s grip, Elias Molla, his partner Sajal filling river after grabbing it

Mirpur lawmaker Elias Uddin Molla and his business partner Saidur Rahman Sajal have allegedly grabbed a part of Turag river at Rupnagar thana in the capital.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2014
Daily Sun (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Water Resources, Rivers, Bangladesh, Land Encroachments, South Asia
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal on whether the proposed site of a complex falls within the catchment area of the rivers Yamuna or Hindon, 25/06/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Raghubir Singh Vs Union of India Ors. dated 25/06/2014 on whether the proposed site of a complex falls within the catchment area of the rivers Yamuna or Hindon.

Judgement Date: 
25/06/2014
Tags:
Rivers, Hindon, Yamuna, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Land Encroachments
Industry

Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat regarding the encroachment of the Gauchar land, water bodies, lake and also upon the private lands of various agriculturists by Jaypee Cement Ltd in Village Kapurasi, Lakhpat Taluka in Kachchh District of Gujarat

Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Kharai Juth Gram Panchayat & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 20/06/2014 regarding the encroachment of the Gauchar land, water bodies, lake and also upon the private lands of various agriculturists by Jaypee Cement Ltd in Village Kapurasi, Lakhpat Taluka in Kachchh District of Gujarat.

Judgement Date: 
20/06/2014
Tags:
Land Encroachments, Kuchchh, Gujarat, Cement Industry, Mining, Water Pollution, Grazing Lands, Industrial Waste, Air Pollution, Compensation, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

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