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Focus of mega river-linking
project shifts to the South
What is India News Service,
Thursday, 14 October 2004, 1900 hrs IST
The UPA Government wants to go ahead with a detailed project report of South-bound rivers, setting aside plans for Northern rivers.
It is taking up the on-again-off-again project partly because the Southern allies, Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Pattali Makal Katchi
(PMK), are keen on the transfer of transfer water from the Mahanadi and Godavari to
the Cauvery.
The other reason cited by the Government for setting aside transfer of Northern rivers, or the Himalayan component as it is referred to, is because these rivers flow into the country from Nepal. So without Nepal coming on board, the plans will remain on the drawing board.
Water Minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi apprised both President APJ Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last fortnight on his plans. He denied that he was under pressure from allies to take up the project for Southern rivers. "We share an international border with Nepal and the Himalayan river plans cannot be taken up without that country's consent. Besides, the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) mandates that South-bound rivers are to be taken up on a priority basis. I was the Water Minister only after the CMP came into being," Das Munshi said.
New food-for-work scheme gets
okay: The Centre today cleared the new food-for-work scheme that will eventually be converted into the National Rural Employment programme.
US arms for Pakistan spell trouble for India:
The $1.5 billion military aid for fighting al-Qaeda and Osama is adding teeth to Pakistan's offensive capabilities that are focused on India.
Use funds fully for mid-day meals, court tells States:
The Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories to fully utilise
the State and Central funds under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) for providing mid-day meal to school children.
Separatists refuse to talk to Patil:
Under fire from several quarters for "mishandling" the country's internal security, Home Minister Shivraj Patil seems to have once again burnt his fingers.
Spotlight
Election stories
3 die in poll violence:
While some 50 per cent of the electorate voted in the Maharashtra Assembly election, LS by-polls in Nagaland registered a huge 80 per cent turnout.
Exit polls point to tight race:
They suggest a close race in Maharashtra, which went to polls today and clocked a voter turnout of 55-60 per cent.
38 p.c. turnout in J&K bypolls:
Amid allegations of coercion and an incident of violence in which 11 persons were injured, by-elections to the four Assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir went off peacefully
on Wednesday.
Another term for Apang: Gegong Apang has headed successive Congress governments
in Arunchal Pradesh for 19 years, and a BJP ministry for one year.
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Varun declines Sonia's invite to join
Congress: The aunt's call was accepted warmly by the nephew. But not the request she made. When Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked Feroz Varun Gandhi to defect to the ruling party from the BJP, the young politician expressed regret, politely.
Sharmila to head Censor Board:
Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore has been appointed Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification in place of Anupam
Kher.
Newspaper employees protest retrenchment:
The indefinite dharna to protest against the group's retrenchment of 362
employees entered the 12th day.
States
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NCP leaders join Samata Party:
A majority of the office bearers of the Nationalist Congress Party in Madhya Pradesh today joined the Samata Party, led by the former Member of Parliament, Brahmanand
Mandal.
Apang all
set to take charge in Arunachal: Gegong Apang has been unanimously elected leader of the 34-member Congress Legislature Party in Arunachal Pradesh.
Neighbours
No visa needed for travel to Mauritius: As part of its efforts to promote business and tourist traffic from India, the Mauritius Government has announced that "no visas" are required for a 15-day stay, provided the visitors have a confirmed return air ticket.
Tribal elders give up mediation bid:
A group of Mehsud tribesmen trying to secure the release of two Chinese engineers kidnapped by militants expressed its inability on Wednesday to get the hostages freed through negotiations.
View from abroad
India may end US hegemony: Top CEOs feel that in the investment front the gap between
the US and India is narrowing.
'Khan network supplied N-parts made in Europe, Southeast Asia':
A large number of sensitive nuclear components sold to Iran and Libya for building uranium enrichment plants were made at workshops in Europe and Southeast Asia, says a Washington-based nuclear monitoring agency.
Overall:
Southern allies alter focus of riverlinking
plan: The government is talking of
linking the Mahanadi and the Godavari with the Cauvery.
Apang
was chosen to be Arunchal CM: He has led the Congress to a victory, and was
elected chief of its legislative party.
Mauritius made
travel easy:
Indians can now visit the island without a visa.50 per cent of the electorate voted in the Maharashtra Assembly election, LS by-polls in Nagaland registered a huge 80 per cent turnout.
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