Shrinking green cover
Uttara Kannada is popular for its forests. Tall trees, medicinal plants, rare wildlife, rivers and lakes add to the beauty of this district. It is difficult to assess the value of forest wealth in
Uttara Kannada is popular for its forests. Tall trees, medicinal plants, rare wildlife, rivers and lakes add to the beauty of this district. It is difficult to assess the value of forest wealth in
Just about one per cent of Yamuna's pollution will be taken care of by the mesh walls that the city government is erecting along bridges across the river. Mesh walls are coming up on all five bridges
Save the Chittagong (STC) a non-government organization, formed a human chain in Chittagong (Bangladesh), the concluding day of its four-day programme to protest hill-cutting, encroachment of rivers,
The Assam State Rural Development Department has taken up an ambitious project of setting up an agricultural reserve in 8,000 hectares of wasteland along the Solengi river in Pub Chaiduar development
Taking a leaf out of the central government's ambitious plan to link all the rivers of the country, the Ahmedabad city (Gujarat)based National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) has commissioned a
They look like two tiny yellow dots bobbing up and down the surface of water. Against the bright colour, even the river looks deceptively healthy. Add to that the green mangroves floating on the
What an irony that India, the land of rivers, figures third among 122 countries which provide the worst quality of water to its citzens. This is one dubious distinction that India can do without.
The Government of India and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are jointly working on a development study to prepare a master plan for water quality management for the Ganga River. The
As many as 30 students from two Delhi schools took part in a workshop recently to clean river Yamuna, one of the primary sources of water in the National Capital. Equipped with the indigenously
About 20,000 hectares of agricultural land in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu was rendered useless due to pollution in the Noyyal river, according to a paper presented at the 'ENVO-CARE', a
With the onset of the nesting season of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles, over 2,05,000 turtles climbed ashore to lay eggs on a one km stretch of beach near the Rushikulya river mouth along
From the last one-week, fishes and other aquatic organisms have died along the 15 km stretch of Tungabhadra river in Koppal, Karnataka. The livelihood of about 400 fishermen families, who are
Mining in ecologically-fragile zones is wrecking havoc in major river catchment areas of the country and is seriously putting pressure on out water security, says an upcoming report compiled by an
The large-scale death of fish reported from Koppal (Karnataka) as a sequel to the pollution of the Tungabhadra river by the untreated effluents discharged by a sugar factory near Hospet is a cause
Stern action will be taken against those who indulge in sand quarrying in the river beds, warned Theni district Collector Atul Anand. He was replying to a farmer Kannan's charge at the farmers
The Maharashtra government has finally approved the bio-medical waste disposal project of the Nashik Municipal Corporation on the banks of Godavari river. The project was mired in controversy over
On a paddle steamer on the River Murray, a vision of a new national park was unveiled. The proposed park, said former Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett, would end the "wanton neglect" of the
People in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh have taken up cleaning of river Betwa and have initiated water conservation measures through 'Shramdan' in participation with Vidisha district administration under
A five-member committee has been constituted by the Uttar Pradesh state government to ensure effective operation of treatment plants set up in different cities of the state under the river pollution
Residents of border village Rossa and surrounding areas are a worried lot as the Punjab government has not undertaken anti flood steps on Ravi river on a scale undertaken by the Pakistan government.