Tag: Bhakra Beas Management Board

BBMB asks states to conserve water

In view of low level of water in Bhakra and Pong reservoirs, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has asked partner states to conserve and utilise monsoon water to the maximum possible extent. The advisory follows a high-level meeting called by the BBMB with the principal secretaries of partner states for irrigation ~ Punjab, Haryana...

August 5, 2018

BBMB plants 11,000 saplings

Hydro-electricity generator Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) planted 11,000 plants in three hours on Saturday at all its project stations and sub-stations with a total target of 35,000 fruit, herbal, ornamental and air purifying plants. Union Power Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla started the BBMB’s plantation drive by planting saplings at 400 KV Sub-Station, Panipat, and...

July 15, 2018

Cauvery cauldron boils

The Cauvery Waters Dispute Tribunal gave its final verdict in February 2007. It is binding on the three riparian States of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Because of the intransigent attitude of Karnataka, abetted by successive Union governments on political considerations, and the attitude of the Supreme Court, the Tribunal’s...

May 23, 2018

RSS not controlling my govt, says Himachal CM

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur on Monday said it is a false impression that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is controlling the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s working in state. “Sangh is a guiding force. It neither imposes restrictions, nor makes any requests. A false impression being created by some people that government...

January 15, 2018