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Mancherial district received a national award under the Jal Sanchay–Jan Bhagidari category at the 6th National Water Awards 2024. Officials felicitated Collector Kumar Deepak for the achievement. The award recognised the district’s outstanding performance in completing 5.20 lakh water conservation works
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The Godavari-Cauvery river linking project hit roadblocks as the NWDA rejected Telangana’s and Karnataka’s demands for a larger water share. With unresolved disputes, opposition from multiple states, and no MoU in place, experts warn the project’s goals could be delayed
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The meeting convened by Union Ministry for Jal Shakti on Wednesday to discuss the gazette notification of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) award has been postponed
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The temporary water sharing arrangement began in June 2015, with Andhra Pradesh receiving 512 TMC and Telangana 298.98 TMC for the water year 2015-16. This arrangement was continued year after year, despite the initial intention for it to be temporary.
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The desiltation of Kaddam Project, one of the State's key irrigation infrastructures, that has been particularly affected, will be taken up as the pilot project.
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Critics argue that the NDSA report was designed to benefit the ruling party at the Centre, with allegations on planning, design, construction quality, and management errors.
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The State will be writing to Ministry of Jal Shakti seeking immediate steps to stop release of two TMC water allotted of late to AP and spare whatever little is left in the project only for meeting the drinking water needs in Telangana.
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Addressing a conference at Telangana Bhavan, BRS leaders said Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's claim that the previous regime of the BRS had given its concurrence to hand over Krishna projects was an instance of sheer bluffing
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On Friday, Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja and Engineer-in-Chief (General) C Muralidhar emphasized that no decision has been made regarding transferring operational control of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam and Srisailam project to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB)
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On Friday, members of Parliament from the BRS expressed vehement objection to the Ministry of Jal Shakti's decision to transfer jurisdiction and management of joint projects in the Krishna basin to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB)
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As per the terms of reference notified in the Gazette of India, the tribunal will allocate water on a project-wise basis for projects.
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The team will do on the spot assessment of the damage caused due heavy rain and flash floods, according to officials.
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Gadge Meenakshi, sarpanch of model village Mukhra (K) in Echoda mandal has been selected for a felicitation by the president of India Droupadi Murmu.
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Hyderabad: The Central government on Thursday made it clear that the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project was not eligible for inclusion under the National Project (NP) status in the absence of investment clearance. This was stated by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Bishweswar Tudu in Lok Sabha while replying to a question raised by […]
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New Delhi: The Jal Jeevan Mission has achieved a significant milestone of 50 per cent rural households having access to tap water connections, an official of the Ministry of Jal Shakti said here on Saturday. Goa, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu, Puducherry and Haryana have already achieved 100 per […]
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The indiscriminate exploitation of the fragile Himalayan region in the name of development projects has extracted a heavy price in terms of environmental damage. A string of hydroelectric and road projects in the Himalayan States, particularly in Uttarakhand, involving large-scale hill cutting and change in the land-use pattern, has already resulted in the fragmentation of […]
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C Muralidhar Rao, Engineer-in-Chief (General), Irrigation and Command Area Development wrote to the chairman of KRMB, bringing to his notice various concerns of the Telangana government.
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Hyderabad: The Ministry of Jal Shakti sought to justify its gazette notifications snatching away control of irrigation projects from Telangana on grounds that the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014 (APRA) provided for such a move. This step, the Ministry claimed, would reduce friction between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on water management. Jal Shakti Joint Secretary […]
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Hyderabad: Jal Shakti Joint Secretary Sanjay Awasthi on Friday said the matter pertaining to setting up of an appropriate tribunal to adjudicate on Krishna basin issues was being processed. When his attention was drawn to the request of the Telangana government that a tribunal be constituted, he said the Ministry got information from the State […]
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The 14-page DO letter signed by the Chief Minister was sent to the Centre on Friday night, ahead of the proposed Apex Council second meeting slated to be held on Tuesday.
