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Haryana to chargesheet 80 irrigation officials after samples fail quality tests
June 12, 2025 10:22 am
Official sources told that as many as 68 officials, ranging from junior engineers to executive engineers, will face chargesheets for major penalties under Section 7 of the Haryana Civil Services Rules.
'This is unsustainable': Delhi irrigation department contractors protest 2-year payment delay
May 08, 2025 12:26 pm
Delhi irrigation department contractors claimed they are being pushed to take up new assignments without settling existing bills.
PPCB orders dyeing units to stop discharge in Buddha Nallah
September 27, 2024 8:38 am
With no arrangements for water reuse, fate of 200 dyeing units in limbo.
MGNREGA alert: 18-fold jump in digging of irrigation wells in Maharashtra grabs Centre’s attention
September 14, 2024 9:20 am
Expenditure on well digging jumps six-fold to Rs 1056 crore this year
Dadupur-Nalvi irrigation scheme: Haryana landowners who want to reclaim land will now have to pay 12% interest
August 16, 2024 11:58 am
Haryana government de-notified Dadupur-Nalvi irrigation scheme in 2019 following objections by the Comptroller and Auditor General and decided to return the land to the land owners or their legal heirs.
Setback for crop diversification in Punjab: In 50 years, area under maize down 82%, paddy continues to gain acreage
July 20, 2024 8:39 am
In contrast, area under crop in country went up from 59,80,000 ha to 99,00,000 ha in 45 years.
Maharashtra govt to avail Rs 15,000 crore loan from NABARD for 75 irrigation projects
March 13, 2024 1:48 am
The state cabinet on Monday cleared the proposal to seek Rs 7,500 crore of it in the first phase.
Water outlets’ height row: Fardikot farmers lock horns with canal department, warn of tough protests after 2 weeks
June 24, 2023 10:19 am
The miffed farmers of the district Tuesday staged a dharna outside the canal department office of Faridkot in protest against raising the height of water outlets lying close to the Kotkapura distributary.
Express Investigation | Irrigation scheme unravels in Jharkhand: Aadhaar misused, funds claimed, farmers clueless
June 21, 2023 11:50 am
Of 94 beneficiaries tracked by Express, just 17 were using per drop-more crop, minister says will act
Over-irrigation of land spells doom for Maharashtra farmers
January 20, 2023 1:32 pm
The problem of over-irrigation has led to land turning barren in the areas lying along the major rivers like Bhima, Krishna, and Panchganga.
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