Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu distributes house site deeds to over 28,000 familiesThrough the distribution of title deeds to 28,445 families, 399 acres of land is being regularised, encompassing over 19.3 lakh sq yards of...
19 Sep, 2026, 09.47 PM IST
CM Naidu pledges Rs 70,000 cr for irrigation, vows to make Andhra drought-proofAndhra Pradesh government plans to invest in irrigation projects. Chief Minister Naidu announced a Rs 70,000 crore investment. This investm...
19 Sep, 2025, 08.46 PM IST
River interlinking projects in India may aggravate water stress: StudyIndia's river interlinking projects, aimed at addressing droughts and floods, may worsen water stress and disrupt monsoon patterns, accordi...
27 Sep, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
Cauvery: Govt committed to protecting Karnataka's interests, will not allow anyone to use surplus water, says CM"We will not allow it....there is no use by just giving statements, for no reason we will allow Tamil Nadu or others to use surplus water, ...
22 Feb, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
River inter-linking must be scientific, not political: Jaggi Vasudev"When we talk about inter-linking of rivers, it must be done taking the science into consideration. We should not do it emotionally or for ...
28 Nov, 2017, 10.53 PM IST
Rs 5.5 lakh-crore river interlinking to take off by DecemberThe newly appointed water resources minister Nitin Gadkari has issued instructions to his officials asking them to take up the projects in ...
07 Sep, 2017, 11.43 PM IST
Cabinet approves constitution of special committee for inter- linking of riversThe status-cum-progress report of the special committee will be submitted bi-annually for information of Cabinet to facilitate "faster and ...
15 Nov, 2016, 10.36 PM IST
Ken-Betwa river interlinking project under consideration of NBWLThe ambitious river-linking projects will be implemented only in those states which favoured it while those opposed would be left out, govt...
26 Jul, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
River interlinking on large scale not practical: Murli Manohar JoshiJoshi said, had it been practical, then nature itself would have done it. "The rivers would have been inter-connected. But it is not."
11 May, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
Centre, Maharashtra to soon discuss Nar-Par-Tapi-Narmada river interlinking projectThe proposed Par-Tapi-Narmada river interlinking project is all set to become a major cause of conflict between Gujarat and Maharashtra.
10 Feb, 2016, 09.57 AM IST
Ken-Betwa link to be model of river interlinking project: CentreCentre announced that the Ken-Betwa link would be a model for its ambitious river interlinking project and also that steps are being taken ...
15 Sep, 2015, 11.05 PM IST
Farmers join hands to link wells, form water bank in SataraTaking his cue from the much-discussed national rivers interlinking project, a farmer in Satara has managed to interlink wells in his own v...
02 Jul, 2015, 12.13 PM IST
Centre approaches Odisha for river interlinkingFeasibility reports for 16 links have been completed, while four projects are in the pipeline for execution.
07 Jun, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
Government constitutes task force on interlinking of riversThe Task Force will take up all issues for expediting the work on interlinking of rivers. It would also consider alternative plans in place...
14 Apr, 2015, 07.48 PM IST
- Is river interlinking worth the money, asks SC
The SC on Thursday wanted to know the fate of the Rs 5 lakh crore river interlinking project, mooted by then President A P J Abdul Kalam an...
07 Jan, 2011, 03.43 AM IST
- Jairam objects to river interlinking
The long-standing proposal of interlinking of rivers seems to have found its way back on the agenda.
06 Oct, 2009, 06.31 AM IST
- 'Centre committed to interlinking of rivers'
The Centre is fully committed to interlinking of rivers and work on it was already in progress, Union Minister for Water Resources Saifuddi...
17 May, 2007, 07.10 PM IST