Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project
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Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP)

Nepal-India official dialogue silent on landmark Pancheshwar project

Shahpur Kandi Barrage
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Shahpur Kandi Barrage – Indus Water Treaty

The completion of the Shahpur Kandi barrage has halted the flow of water from the River Ravi to Pakistan.

Laughing Gull
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Laughing Gull | Chittari Estuary

 First time in the country, laughing gull from North America spotted at Chittari estuary in Kasaragod.

Modified Parbati-KalisindhChambal-ERCP (PKC-ERCP) Link Project
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Modified Parbati-KalisindhChambal-ERCP (PKC-ERCP) Link Project

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed to implement the Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal-ERCP (Modified PKC-ERCP) Link Project.

Pong dam
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Pong dam | Pong Dam Wildlife Sanctuary

A draft policy has been created by Union Environment Ministry to declare region around Pong dam as eco-sensitive zone

Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
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Krishna Raja Sagara Dam | MMDR Act

High Court of Karnataka bans all mining activities within 20-km radius of Krishna Raja Sagara Dam.

Pashupatinath Temple
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Pashupatinath Temple | River Bagmati

Meat, alcohol prohibited around Pashupatinath Temple due to Bala Chaturdashi festival.

Mullaperiyar Dam
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Mullaperiyar Dam

The Supreme Court directed the Survey of India to examine whether a mega car park project envisaged by Kerala near the Mullaperiyar dam area enters the property covered by the Periyar Lake Lease Agreement of October 1886.

Sacred River Festival
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Sacred River Festival

Ahilya Fort is to present the 20th Sacred River Festival in February 2024, after a 3-year gap due to the Covid pandemic.

Tantalum | River Sutlej
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Tantalum | River Sutlej

Researchers from the IIT, Ropar has detected the presence of tantalum, a rare metal, in the Sutlej river sand in Punjab.

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Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP)

As Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh is nearby Government is pushing Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) to secure the final forest clearance, six years after it got the provisional nod.

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Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal

Supreme Court has ordered the government of Punjab to complete the construction of the SYL project.