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Nitin Gadkari Writes To Devendra Fadnavis On Irrigation Backlog In District
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday drew the attention of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Water Resources portfolio, to the irrigation sector backlog in Washim district,
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"If Pak Continues To Support Terror, We'll Stop Sharing Water": Minister
If Pakistan continues to support cross-border terrorism, India will have no option but to take the "hard" decision of stopping its share of water of three common rivers, Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari has said, in a warning to the neighbouring country.
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"Decision Must Be PM's": Prithviraj Chavan On Blocking Water Supply To Pak
A day after Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari spoke about not allowing India's share of water to flow to Pakistan, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said a minister on his own cannot take such a decision.
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Don't Want Even A Single Drop To Reach Pakistan, Says Nitin Gadkari
A day after asserting that India would stop the flow of water from its share of rivers Ravi, Beas and Sutlej to Pakistan, Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari said he had asked his department for a report on how to block other water resources from flowing into the country.
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Chandrababu Naidu Asks Centre To Finish Polavaram Project Reimbursement
Faced with a fund crunch, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu shot off a letter to Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari today, demanding early reimbursement of Rs 3,722 crore for the ongoing Polavaram project on Godavari river.
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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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Hope To Clean About 80% Ganga By March 2019, Says Nitin Gadkari
Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the work for cleaning the Ganga is going on in full swing and it is hoped about 80 per cent of the river will be clear by March next year.
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All Happy To Build Dams, But None Interested In Sending Water To Farms: Nitin Gadkari
From ministers to bureaucrats, everyone is "very happy" to construct large dams but few are interested in ensuring that water reaches farms, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday as he pitched for focusing on increased irrigation.
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Settle Mahanadi Water Dispute Through Talks: Centre Tells Odisha
Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari today urged the Odisha government to settle the Mahanadi water sharing dispute with Chhattisgarh through dialogue, saying records show that moving a tribunal only delays a solution.
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Nitin Gadkari On Government's Road Construction Push: Highlights
Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari spoke to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on road building projects initiated by the Centre. The minister also revealed his plans on the Bharatmala programme. Bharatmala programme is the biggest ever road building programme after National Highways Development Project (NHDP) that saw development of about 50,000 km o...
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Nitin Gadkari Hopeful Of Change In Ganga Waters By March 2019
Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari today said there will be a lot of improvement in water quality of the Ganga by March 2019, though he remained non-committal on whether the river will be cleaned completely in the time frame.
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BJP's River Linking Proposal Likely to Get Push
BJP's ambitious proposal to link rivers across the country is set to get a push with the Water Resources Ministry being asked to prepare a future roadmap.
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PM Modi's Clean Ganga Plan Ready, First Top-Level Meeting Today
On May 29, three days after he was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, to announce his resignation from the Vadodra Lok Sabha constituency. "I will represent Varanasi in Lok Sabha & I look forward to this wonderful opportunity to serve Ganga Maa & work for Varanasi's development," he twee...
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70,000-crore scam: Gadkari justifies letter lobbying for controversial dam, contractors
A letter written by BJP president Nitin Gadkari lobbying for contractors building a mega-dam project in Maharashtra has the Congress demanding his resignation, and the BJP on the defensive. Written on July 30 to Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr Gadkari asks for Rs. 400 crores to be released to the contractors hired for the Gosikhurd ...
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Nitin Gadkari Writes To Devendra Fadnavis On Irrigation Backlog In District
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday drew the attention of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Water Resources portfolio, to the irrigation sector backlog in Washim district,
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"If Pak Continues To Support Terror, We'll Stop Sharing Water": Minister
If Pakistan continues to support cross-border terrorism, India will have no option but to take the "hard" decision of stopping its share of water of three common rivers, Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari has said, in a warning to the neighbouring country.
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"Decision Must Be PM's": Prithviraj Chavan On Blocking Water Supply To Pak
A day after Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari spoke about not allowing India's share of water to flow to Pakistan, senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said a minister on his own cannot take such a decision.
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Don't Want Even A Single Drop To Reach Pakistan, Says Nitin Gadkari
A day after asserting that India would stop the flow of water from its share of rivers Ravi, Beas and Sutlej to Pakistan, Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari said he had asked his department for a report on how to block other water resources from flowing into the country.
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Chandrababu Naidu Asks Centre To Finish Polavaram Project Reimbursement
Faced with a fund crunch, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu shot off a letter to Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari today, demanding early reimbursement of Rs 3,722 crore for the ongoing Polavaram project on Godavari river.
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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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Hope To Clean About 80% Ganga By March 2019, Says Nitin Gadkari
Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the work for cleaning the Ganga is going on in full swing and it is hoped about 80 per cent of the river will be clear by March next year.
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All Happy To Build Dams, But None Interested In Sending Water To Farms: Nitin Gadkari
From ministers to bureaucrats, everyone is "very happy" to construct large dams but few are interested in ensuring that water reaches farms, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday as he pitched for focusing on increased irrigation.
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Settle Mahanadi Water Dispute Through Talks: Centre Tells Odisha
Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari today urged the Odisha government to settle the Mahanadi water sharing dispute with Chhattisgarh through dialogue, saying records show that moving a tribunal only delays a solution.
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Nitin Gadkari On Government's Road Construction Push: Highlights
Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari spoke to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on road building projects initiated by the Centre. The minister also revealed his plans on the Bharatmala programme. Bharatmala programme is the biggest ever road building programme after National Highways Development Project (NHDP) that saw development of about 50,000 km o...
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Nitin Gadkari Hopeful Of Change In Ganga Waters By March 2019
Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari today said there will be a lot of improvement in water quality of the Ganga by March 2019, though he remained non-committal on whether the river will be cleaned completely in the time frame.
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BJP's River Linking Proposal Likely to Get Push
BJP's ambitious proposal to link rivers across the country is set to get a push with the Water Resources Ministry being asked to prepare a future roadmap.
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PM Modi's Clean Ganga Plan Ready, First Top-Level Meeting Today
On May 29, three days after he was sworn in as India's 15th Prime Minister, Narendra Modi took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, to announce his resignation from the Vadodra Lok Sabha constituency. "I will represent Varanasi in Lok Sabha & I look forward to this wonderful opportunity to serve Ganga Maa & work for Varanasi's development," he twee...
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70,000-crore scam: Gadkari justifies letter lobbying for controversial dam, contractors
A letter written by BJP president Nitin Gadkari lobbying for contractors building a mega-dam project in Maharashtra has the Congress demanding his resignation, and the BJP on the defensive. Written on July 30 to Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr Gadkari asks for Rs. 400 crores to be released to the contractors hired for the Gosikhurd ...
