Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh recently took the stand that the Ken-Betwa river linking project should be abandoned as it could spell disaster from the ecological point of view but the Madhya Pradesh minister for agriculture Ramkrishna Kusmaria thinks otherwise.

With both Karnataka and Maharashtra opposing a special leave petition filed by Andhra Pradesh challenging the award of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II), the Supreme Court has decided to hear in July the maintainability of the SLP.

In the meantime, it will be open to Karnataka and Maharashtra to file their response to the SLP, a Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K.

The Union minister of water resources, Salman Khurshid, on Wednesday said his ministry is preparing a comprehensive national water policy that will deal with all aspects of development and water conservation.

Khurshid was speaking to the media on the sidelines of the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a hostel of the National Water Academy in Khadakwasla.

Khurshid said,

Claiming that river linking projects are not only destructive to environment but also turn unscientific, unethical and against people

CHANDIGARH: In a significant statement, Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia on Friday affirmed that the Bhupinder Singh Hooda regime would make renewed efforts to secure Haryana's legitimate share of water from Ravi-Beas rivers.

Delivering the Governor's Address on the opening day of the Budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha here, he said the State Government was committed to getting its du

CENTRE:BJP president Nitin Gadkari addresses party workers during the celebration of completion of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's 1000 days in office, in Bangalore on Sunday.

The Centre is all set to notify the verdict of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) pronounced on December 30 last year without waiting for clarifications, if any, sought by the contesting parties

New Delhi: The water resources ministry is toying with the idea of setting up an integrated water disputes tribunal that will be the one-stop forum for all inter-state water wars.

This will not only save the ministry the time and effort of setting up separate tribunals as and when water disputes erupt

Dhaka and New Delhi are set to sign an agreement on Teesta river water sharing during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh