Order of Cauvery water disputes tribunal in Civil Miscellaneous Petition Nos. 4, 5 and 9 of 1990 in the matter of (water dispute amongst the state government of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Union Territory of Pondicherry, viz dispute regarding the inter-state river cauvery and the river valley thereof).

This summer, people in southern Maharashtra can enjoy either electricity or water, not both. Until recently, the state had prioritised use of water for industrial purposes over agriculture.

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests’ (MoEF) Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects (RVP) has considered a total of 262 hydropower and irrigation projects in close to six years since April 2007 when the new committee was set up to its latest, 63rd meeting in December 2012.

This document provides the decision of meetings of Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects constituted under the provisions of EIA notification 2006 during the period from Apr 2007 to Dec 2012. The document is organized region wise, comprising of North, North East, East, West and South Regions of India.

The report by WWF India on scientific assessment of E-Flows for a healthy Ganga during Kumbh 2013 to ensure adequate release of flows in the river and to build consensus on environmental flows among key stakeholders.

Pune: Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil on Wednesday expressed concern over the unavailability of accurate data regarding availability of water.

Addressing a news conference as part of the ongoing 7th Kirloskar Vasundhara international film festival, Gadgil claimed that a lot of information was deliberately being withheld and not made available to citizens. He cited the example of Goa to underline the point. “Spring water is required for irrigation and for the sustenance of orchards and coconut groves on hill slopes. These, however, have been unfortunately and systematically damaged by the mines in the area,” Gadgil said.

To meet surging domestic energy demand, provide power to the largest population in the world that lacks electricity (> 400 million people), and reduce rapidly growing CO2 emissions, the Government of India (GOI) has embarked on a fast-track dam-building program.

The draft policy guidelines are basically for sharing / distribution of waters of inter -State rivers amongst the States and Union Territories of India and are recommendatory.

This is a compilation of dams in the country prepared by the Central Water Commission as per information received from the owners of the dams.

The complexity of water resources systems can often be addressed by applying decision support systems (DSS) and computerised models, which can transparently present the elements of the system and their interrelationships.

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