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.

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River Cauvery

Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) upheld the decision of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), asking Karnataka to release 3,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) to Tamil Nadu till October 15.

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Maitri Setu and Feni River

Maitri Setu will give India’s north-eastern region and landlocked countries like Bhutan and Nepal access to the Bay of Bengal.

River Nandakini
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River Nandakini

Water levels of the Pindar and Nandakini river in Chamoli have seen a sharp increase.

Delhi Floods
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Delhi Floods

The Yamuna River floods, causing water to advance deeper into the city, resulting in flooding at Rajghat and reaching the vicinity of the Supreme Court.

Ganga action plan
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Ganga Action Plan and Namami Gange programme

Hundreds of turtles to be released into river Ganges under a joint aegis of the NamamiGange Programme, Forest and Wildlife Department and Wildlife Institute of India (WII).