'Why should the people of Odisha divert water from the Mahanadhi when 13 out of 32 districts are chronically drought prone?' 'Water is a state subject. Can you really nationalise rivers for which......
With scorching summer pushing Kerala to unprecedented drought, political parties have voiced concern in the state assembly over the acute water and power crisis even as the government said it has......
Kerala on Friday told the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee on Mullaperiyar Dam issue that it was agreeable to formation of an independent committee for regulation of waters if a new dam......
An Indian, languishing in a Saudi jail for the last two years after he caused the death of a Sri Lankan in a road accident, walked free after a philanthropist paid the "blood money" to the victim's......
The Kerala Government was looking at possibilities of approaching the Supreme Court against the Cauvery Tribunal award since the state did not get its due share of water, Chief Minister V S......
Lush agricultural lands have turned parch as groundwater levels deplete to new lows, and wells and water reservoirs go dry.While the administration points to deficient rainfall as a reason, experts......
Of the country's 76 major water reservoirs, nearly 31 are left with little utilisable water with storage levels dropping to below 10 per cent of the designed capacity. This situation prevails just......
With July rains above normal in most parts of the country, the pace of sowing -- especially paddy which was lagging till last week -- has picked up.The water level in major reservoirs is also......