Dam Safety Bill

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to set up an institutional mechanism for the safety of specified dams in the country.

Opposition parties, including the Congress, the Trinamool Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), demanded from the government in the Rajya Sabha today that the Dam Safety Bill, 2019 be sent to a parliamentary select committee.

A bill seeking to set up an institutional mechanism for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of specified dams across the country was passed by Lok Sabha on Friday with the Centre asserting it has no intention of taking over power of the states.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the Dam Safety Bill, 2018, introduced in the Lok Sabha as it impinges on the state's rights and termed it as unconstitutional.

Voicing her opposition to certain sub-clauses of the draft Dam Safety Bill 2010, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought the Prime Minister's intervention as a standing committee had not addressed her government's apprehensions. Locked in a dispute with Kerala on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Tamil Nadu is against the neighbouring state's ...

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed a bill that seeks to set up an institutional mechanism for the safety of specified dams in the country.

Opposition parties, including the Congress, the Trinamool Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), demanded from the government in the Rajya Sabha today that the Dam Safety Bill, 2019 be sent to a parliamentary select committee.

A bill seeking to set up an institutional mechanism for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of specified dams across the country was passed by Lok Sabha on Friday with the Centre asserting it has no intention of taking over power of the states.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the Dam Safety Bill, 2018, introduced in the Lok Sabha as it impinges on the state's rights and termed it as unconstitutional.

Voicing her opposition to certain sub-clauses of the draft Dam Safety Bill 2010, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought the Prime Minister's intervention as a standing committee had not addressed her government's apprehensions. Locked in a dispute with Kerala on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Tamil Nadu is against the neighbouring state's ...