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Opposition continues protest but takes part in Rajya Sabha proceedingsLater, opposition MPs participated in House discussions but sported black bands in solidarity with suspended members. The suspended members...
Rajya Sabha passes bill on dam safety; provides surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenanceIt provides for establishing National Dam Safety Authority as a regulatory body to implement the policy, guidelines and standards for prope...
No work in Rajya Sabha for third day over suspensionWhen the House met for the day, Congress and TRS MPs trooped into the Well. Other opposition parties asked the Chair to allow Leader of the...
Parliament winter session: Agenda for MondayThe winter session of the Indian Parliament commenced on Monday with three bills listed for consideration and passing.
Lok Sabha passes Dam Safety BillThe provisions of the bill is proposed to be applied to all specified dams in the country which have height of more than 15 metres, or betw...
BJD asks speaker to refer dams bill to house panelBhartruhari Mahtab pointed out that the preamble of the 2010 Bill and that of the new Bill differ in many aspects.
Did Kerala's dams exacerbate India's once-in-century floods?Kerala's revenue secretary and head of disaster management, P.H. Kurien, told Reuters he has twice written to KSEB requesting EAPs and has ...
Tamil Naud Assembly resolution urges Centre to 'keep in abeyance' Dam Safety billThe resolution moved by Palaniswami said the Dam Safety Bill 2018 had provisions that could "affect Tamil Nadu's rights" as well as impact ...
Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami requests PM Modi to keep dam safety bill in abeyanceThe Tamil Nadu government urged the Centre to keep in abeyance its decision to enact a Dam Safety Bill, recalling it had earlier raised som...
Cabinet approves Dam Safety BillThe Bill provides for establishment of National Dam Safety Authority as a regulatory body which shall discharge functions to implement the ...
Energy-hungry India can neither abandon dams nor embrace the Chinese policy of building many large onesAs large dams built just after Independence reach their sell-by dates, tough questions are being raised on India's need for aggressive inve...
In a first, government to run safety checks on 5,000 big damsThe project cost has now been revised to around Rs 3,400 crore and the World Bank has agreed to fund 80% of that, DRIP director Pramod Nara...
Noisy Opposition seeks PM's apology, disrupts RS proceedingsUnrelenting members intensified shouting slogans -- "Pradhan Mantri Maafi Maango (PM should apologise), Rona Dhona Bandh Karo, Pradhan Mant...
As dams age, Centre mulls maintenance billThe experts discussed examples of dam failures in the past due to varied reasons, including design flaw and lack of regular maintenance.
Brahmaputra Board to be restructured: Union Minister Uma BhartiEarlier, addressing the meeting, Bharti said that people in Northeastern states have demanded for revamping the Brahmaputra Board.
- Migratory birds flock to Pong dam for winter
In winters, Maharana Pratap Sagar popularly known as Pong dam lake in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh becomes the bird watcher's deligh...
- Jaya writes to PM on draft Dam Safety Bill 2010
Voicing her opposition to certain sub-clauses of the draft Dam Safety Bill 2010, Jaya has sought the PM's intervention.