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Government Expands Financial Support For Flood Mitigation, Irrigation Projects
Budget 2024: These projects include the Kosi-Mechi intra-state link and 20 other ongoing schemes, encompassing barrages, river pollution abatement, and irrigation projects.
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Centre Has Cleared Ken-Betwa River Linking Project: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The project to link the Ken and Betwa rivers has been envisaged under the Centre's national river interlinking policy.
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Madras High Court Closes Contempt Case Related To River Linking Project
There is no willful disobedience of an order passed in 2015 with regard to implementation of Thamirabarani-Karumeniyar-Nambiar river linking project, the Madras High Court on Tuesday said and closed a contempt of court application filed in 2017.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 44,605 Crore Ken-Betwa River Link Project
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa inter-linking of rivers project.
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UP, Madhya Pradesh, Centre Sign Ken-Betwa River Linking Pact
An agreement to implement the Ken-Betwa river link project was signed on Monday by the Jal Shakti Ministry and governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the first major project under the National River Linking Project (NRLP).
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Centre Asked To Reply To Letter Linking Chardham Project To Glacier Burst
The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to respond to the "allegations" of the Chairman of committee on Chardham project linking broadening of the road to the recent flash floods on Dhauliganga river, which damaged the Tapovan hydro project in Uttarakhand.
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Centre To Soon Link Godavari And Cauvery: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
The Centre would soon take up a major project to link rivers Godavari and Cauvery that would resolve water issues between four southern states, Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari announced in Amaravati on Monday.
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8 Workers Killed As Tunnel Lift Cables Snap Near Pune
Eight labourers were killed after the cables of an elevator snapped when they were coming out of an underground tunnel today, police said. The underground tunnel, which police said is more than 100 feet beneath the surface, is being constructed near Akole village as part of the Nira-Bhima river-linking project on the outskirts of Indapur town, 120 ...
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The Chicago River Edge Ideas Lab Helps Architects Envision a Revived Waterfront
With the Chicago River Edge Ideas Lab public design exhibition, the city of Chicago engaged nine architecture firms to share their visions for reviving natural habitats and public spaces along the Chicago riverfront.
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PM Narendra Modi's Rs 5.5 Lakh Crore River-Linking Plan For Tackling Floods
After years of foot-dragging India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country's biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.
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UP, Madhya Pradesh Governments Should Work Out Pact Of Water Sharing: Uma Bharti
The governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh should work out a water-sharing agreement to take the Ken-Betwa River Link Project (KBLP) forward, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said today.
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First Under-River Metro Tunnel In West Bengal To Be Completed Next Week
The tunnelling work under the Hooghly river, the first such under-river project in the country, to provide Metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata is slated to be completed next week. The under-river tunnel is a crucial link for the Railway's 16.6-km long East-West Metro project in Kolkata. The 520-metre twin tunnel, one east-bound and the ot...
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Rs 18,000 Crore Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Cleared
The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from NITI Aayog and Union Water Resources Ministry, for Ken-Betwa river linking today gave the approval for the Rs 18,000-crore national projectenvisaged to address drinking water and irrigation requirements of the parched Bundelkhand region.
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Ken-Betwa Project On Linking Rivers Gets Green Panel's Nod
The Rs 9,393 crore Ken-Betwa project that will link rivers to ease drinking water woes of Bundelkhand region has received clearance from the green panel and Tribal Affairs ministry.
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Ken-Betwa River Linking Can Drown A Chunk Of Panna Tiger Reserve
An ambitious plan to link river Ken and Betwa in Madhya Pradesh can prove costly for the Panna tiger reserve. If a proposed dam and reservoir is built, 100 sq km of the 550-sq km tiger reserve can go under water.
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Government Expands Financial Support For Flood Mitigation, Irrigation Projects
Budget 2024: These projects include the Kosi-Mechi intra-state link and 20 other ongoing schemes, encompassing barrages, river pollution abatement, and irrigation projects.
-
Centre Has Cleared Ken-Betwa River Linking Project: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
The project to link the Ken and Betwa rivers has been envisaged under the Centre's national river interlinking policy.
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Madras High Court Closes Contempt Case Related To River Linking Project
There is no willful disobedience of an order passed in 2015 with regard to implementation of Thamirabarani-Karumeniyar-Nambiar river linking project, the Madras High Court on Tuesday said and closed a contempt of court application filed in 2017.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 44,605 Crore Ken-Betwa River Link Project
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa inter-linking of rivers project.
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UP, Madhya Pradesh, Centre Sign Ken-Betwa River Linking Pact
An agreement to implement the Ken-Betwa river link project was signed on Monday by the Jal Shakti Ministry and governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the first major project under the National River Linking Project (NRLP).
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Centre Asked To Reply To Letter Linking Chardham Project To Glacier Burst
The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to respond to the "allegations" of the Chairman of committee on Chardham project linking broadening of the road to the recent flash floods on Dhauliganga river, which damaged the Tapovan hydro project in Uttarakhand.
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Centre To Soon Link Godavari And Cauvery: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
The Centre would soon take up a major project to link rivers Godavari and Cauvery that would resolve water issues between four southern states, Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari announced in Amaravati on Monday.
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8 Workers Killed As Tunnel Lift Cables Snap Near Pune
Eight labourers were killed after the cables of an elevator snapped when they were coming out of an underground tunnel today, police said. The underground tunnel, which police said is more than 100 feet beneath the surface, is being constructed near Akole village as part of the Nira-Bhima river-linking project on the outskirts of Indapur town, 120 ...
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The Chicago River Edge Ideas Lab Helps Architects Envision a Revived Waterfront
With the Chicago River Edge Ideas Lab public design exhibition, the city of Chicago engaged nine architecture firms to share their visions for reviving natural habitats and public spaces along the Chicago riverfront.
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PM Narendra Modi's Rs 5.5 Lakh Crore River-Linking Plan For Tackling Floods
After years of foot-dragging India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country's biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts.
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UP, Madhya Pradesh Governments Should Work Out Pact Of Water Sharing: Uma Bharti
The governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh should work out a water-sharing agreement to take the Ken-Betwa River Link Project (KBLP) forward, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said today.
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First Under-River Metro Tunnel In West Bengal To Be Completed Next Week
The tunnelling work under the Hooghly river, the first such under-river project in the country, to provide Metro connectivity between Howrah and Kolkata is slated to be completed next week. The under-river tunnel is a crucial link for the Railway's 16.6-km long East-West Metro project in Kolkata. The 520-metre twin tunnel, one east-bound and the ot...
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Rs 18,000 Crore Ken-Betwa River Linking Project Cleared
The investment clearance committee, comprising officials from NITI Aayog and Union Water Resources Ministry, for Ken-Betwa river linking today gave the approval for the Rs 18,000-crore national projectenvisaged to address drinking water and irrigation requirements of the parched Bundelkhand region.
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Ken-Betwa Project On Linking Rivers Gets Green Panel's Nod
The Rs 9,393 crore Ken-Betwa project that will link rivers to ease drinking water woes of Bundelkhand region has received clearance from the green panel and Tribal Affairs ministry.
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Ken-Betwa River Linking Can Drown A Chunk Of Panna Tiger Reserve
An ambitious plan to link river Ken and Betwa in Madhya Pradesh can prove costly for the Panna tiger reserve. If a proposed dam and reservoir is built, 100 sq km of the 550-sq km tiger reserve can go under water.
