The provincial lawmakers on Wednesday passed the Sindh Irrigation (Amendment) Bill, 2011, into law unanimously to amend the "Sind Irrigation Act 1879", with a view to remove encroachments from the

GUWAHATI: The Brihattar Guwahati Unnayan Samiti Samuhar Aikya Mancha alleged that the provisions of the Guwahati Waterbodies (Preservation and Conservation) Act, 2008 has been flouted by the district administration.

The Mancha said that a part of the waterbody at the Bunda village in Beltola Mauja under the Chandrapur Revenue Circle had been allegedly handed over to the Maria Public School in 2002 by the district administration, which was a violation of the Guwahati Waterbodies (Preservation and Conservation) Act, 2008. Again in 2007, another portion of the waterbody had also been handed over to the same school.

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has cleared the proposal for construction of around 15,000 tenements by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board at Perumbakkam.

The clearance follows the TNSCB fulfilling the requirement of constructing an 18-metre-wide road near the multi-storeyed buildings. The move seeks to facilitate the resettlement and rehabilitation of 15,000 families from the city. However, the TNSCB is planning to reduce the number of tenements proposed in the project.

The Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday approved auctioning of fishing activities in 24 water bodies on gram sabha land in the Capital.

At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, it was decided that fish culture would be encouraged in the water bodies and village ponds to overcome the problem of encroachment of such water bodies situated on gram sabha land.

The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is burning the midnight oil for speedy implementation of the river regulation zone (RRZ).

Environment minister Jayanti Natarajan admitted that the rules of the RRZ are in the process of being framed. She expects that once this notification is passed, a major hurdle to end the operations of land mafia grabbing thousand of acres of land along the Ganga, Yamuna, Gomti, Krishna , Cauvery and Godavari rivers (to name a few) will be halted.

While the Union Government gets ready to prepare and implement the national River Regulation Zone (RRZ) notification to prevent encroachments along the rivers and floodplains, it should issue an or

The panel, at its sitting here on Monday, called for reports on the encroachments into the Kallai river about which there had been complaints. It also asked the State Pollution Control Board to submit a report on the quality of river water based on scientific tests, in view of complaints about widespread pollution.

Officials fail to act despite orders from the Forest Minister

A Tamil Nadu company has allegedly been quarrying on an encroached government land at the tiger reserve near Biligirirangana Temple Wildlife Sanctuary (BRTWLS) near Huthuri village in Hanur of Kollegal taluk.

The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the Rajuk authorities to free Gulshan Lake from grabbing and encroachment in seven days.

The members of All India Farmers' Association staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate on Monday.

They urged the Government to construct houses under the Green House scheme to those who built dwellings in the Government poromboke areas. Before removing the encroachment by the officials of Public Works Department they should ensure alternative area and provide houses to them under Green House scheme.