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Alleged sand loot | Is the ruling DMK in big trouble?

What is the alleged sand mining loot in Tamil Nadu all about? It all began in September this year, when multiple teams of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) fanned out to over 25 locations, looking for excess sand mining in the mining sites directly controlled by the Water Resources Department.

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Andhra Pradesh takes control of its ‘legitimate territory’ on Nagarjunasagar Project, releases 3,000 cusecs of drinking water

Andhra Pradesh takes control of its ‘legitimate territory’ on Nagarjunasagar Project, releases 3,000 cusecs of drinking water. The police personnel remove barricades, check-posts and CC cameras allegedly installed by the Telangana government in the jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh. The release of water will continue for four or five days, says…

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ED seizes fake sale receipts, QR codes used at sand depots in Tamil Nadu

ED seizes fake sale receipts, counterfeit QR codes and incriminating documents in illegal sand mining case. Rs 12.82 cr frozen, Rs 2.33 cr and 1,024.6 gms gold worth Rs 56.86 lakh seized. Searches conducted at 34 locations, incl 8 sand mining yards in 6 districts.

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Farmers will get Gundlakamma reservoir water from coming season, says official

Farmers will get irrigation water from Obul Reddy Gundalakamma reservoir in the coming cropping season, Water Resources Department Executive Engineer C. Naga Murali Mohan has said, adding that the necessary repairs have been carried out at the reservoir.

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Heavy rain in catchment areas have major reservoirs in Andhra Pradesh swelling

The water levels in all major reservoirs in Andhra Pradesh are rising owing to heavy rainfall in the catchment areas. The Water Resources Department officials on July 26 (Wednesday) said that the water levels in the Godavari at Bhadrachalam in Telangana, Kunavaram, Polavaram and Dowleswaram in Andhra Pradesh are rising.…

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Extension work on Guntur Channel set to pick up pace soon

The extension work on the Guntur Channel is set to pick up pace soon with the State government initiating land acquisition for the works

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Andhra Pradesh: Union government lifts component-wise ceiling on payments in the execution of Polavaram irrigation project

This restriction has been hampering funds flow from the Central government, and with the cap going, the State government will be able to expedite the execution of the project, says Shashibhushan Kumar, Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department

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Andhra Pradesh: Ministry of Jal Shakti agrees to provide ad hoc assistance of ₹17,144 crore for taking up Polavaram project works

The ad hoc assistance will be mainly used for implementing the Rehabilitation and Resettlement package up to a height of 41.15 metres, says Water Resources Department Engineer-in-Chief C. Narayana Reddy

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HC summons top officials of Water Resources Dept. in contempt of court case

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ordered Principal Secretary (Water Resources Department) Sashibhushan Kumar and Engineer-in-Chief C. Narayana Reddy to appear before it with regard to the illegal excavation of gravel and soil along the Polavaram right canal bund

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Inflow into Mettur dam continues at 21,000 cusecs

Likewise, inflow at the Bhavanisagar reservoir or Lower Bhavani Dam in Erode district stood at 2,900 cusecs while the total surplus discharge stood at 2,800 cusecs.

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Is Andhra Pradesh planning check dams near Tamil Nadu border?

Water Resources Department of Tamil Nadu has made enquiries with the authorities in Andhra Pradesh about reports of the neighbouring State proposing to build check dams across the Lava and Nagari rivers

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Andhra Pradesh: All gates of Prakasam Barrage lifted

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Water level nears 102 feet at Bhavanisagar reservoir in Erode

Once the water level touches 102 feet, the entire inflow will be discharged into Bhavani River, say officials of the Water Resources Department

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‘CGWA notice on groundwater extraction does not apply to T.N.’

State Water Resources Department issues clarification

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Andhra Pradesh: 50 lakh tonnes of silt to be removed from Krishna

Desilting exercise to help improve water storage capacity by 0.441 tmcft

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Six identified for bund breach leading to Silchar flooding, says Assam Biswa Sarma

Water Resources Department had registered a police complaint against unknown miscreants for cutting through the embankment at Bethukandi, about 3 km from the centre of the town, to let the rain-accumulated water of a wetland drain into the Barak river

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Govt. constitutes State Committee on Dam Safety

It has been constituted under the provisions of the Dam Safety Act, 2021

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State to seek national project tag for Upper Krishna

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Let the river run through

This year, the Mettur dam has been opened in May for the first time since Independence. The Cauvery is already flowing into the delta region and experts insist that the farmers and the authorities must ensure a judicious use of water to ensure a good harvest

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Shutters of Karapuzha dam to be raised; alert issued

The Water Resources department issued an alert on Monday as the spillway shutters of the Karapuzha dam in the district will be raised to 5 cm at 10 a.m. on Tuesday as part of pre-monsoon preparations.

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Pre-tender scrutiny committee yet to be formed

Apprehensions on whether a three-member panel can scrutinise all tenders

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Thieves make away with 500-tonne iron bridge in Bihar

They pull off act by posing as govt officials carrying out repair works

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Revenue Department starts razing houses of Scheduled Caste residents on the banks of Samalapuram tank

A month ago eviction notices were served to 135 families

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Water conservation should be responsibility of all: Minister

World Water Day celebrations held in the capital

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Polavaram stop work order kept in abeyance till July 2, 2023

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (impact assessment division) wrote a letter to the Secretary of Water Resources Department of Andhra Pradesh, conveying its decision to keep the stop work order related to Polavaram project in abeyance till July 2, 2023 upon a request by the Government of…

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