This Report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations / observations contained in their Eleventh Report on
The long pending Teesta water sharing issue is likely to be resolved as minister and secretary level talks of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) between Dhaka and Delhi would start on March 17.
The secretaries of the water resources ministries of Bangladesh and India will sit on March 17, while the ministers will discuss the issue for next three days to reach a treaty.
(From left) INCOH chairman A.K.Bajaj, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H. Pala and IIT-M deputy director V.G.Idichandy at the inauguration of a research and development session of the committee in Chennai on Wednesday.
GURUVAYUR: Kerala and Tamil Nadu should resolve the Mullaperiyar issue amicably and set an example for other states, Union Minister for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal said here on Tuesday.
India and Bangladesh today launched their crucial two-day talks to hammer out a deal on sharing of waters of Teesta river, with Dhaka favouring an "interim agreement" on the issue if it is not possible to reach a long-term pact.
The Secretary-level talks opened at the state guest house of Meghna this morning, a Water Resource Ministry spokesman told PTI.
Reacting to the report in The Indian Express (River interlinking project too costly, scrapped: Minister; December 3), the Ministry of Water Resources has said that it is
The main objectives of the scheme are: Comprehensive improvement of selected tank systems including restoration; Improvement of catchment areas of tank; Community participation and self-supporting system for sustainable management for each water body;
Sikkim Flood Control and Irrigation Minister Dawcho Lepcha has called for the inclusion of the State as a permanent member of the Brahmaputra Board, a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Water Resources.
Even as the Union Water Resources Ministry is planning to introduce a tighter regulatory mechanism to check indiscriminate use of ground water resources, peasant associations are set to protest the move as they feel it would 'eliminate small and marginal farmers'.
