Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Erosion caused by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries rendered 36,796 families homeless in 10 districts of Assam over the past ten years. The families include 2,426 families of Majuli river-island in upper Assam’s Jorhat district, as the landmass of river-island shrunk by 5,900 bighas (about 7 bighas equal one hectare) …
The Government has cleared 153 flood control proposals with an estimated cost of Rs 6,374 crore but 14 proposals were returned due to non-eligibility or technical faults, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday by Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati. She said 412 flood management proposals with an overall estimated …
MANIKGANJ: The Padma River has devoured homesteads and cropland on a vast tract of land in Ramkrishnapur Union of Harirampur upazila in the district. Kamal Hossain, Chairman of Ramkrishnapur Union told that about 200 houses including haat and bazaars of Ramkrishnapur, Darikandi and Jagannatpur have already been devoured by the …
Erosion by the River Teesta took a serious turn in Kaunia upazila in the last five days, devouring at least 100 homesteads and a vast tract of cropland at Dhusmara Char village in Balapara union. Besides, a part of two-storied Dhusmara Government Primary School, the only educational institution at the …
The Jamuna riverbank erosion has taken serious turn as vast areas of Daulatpur and Shibalaya upazilas of the district have been eroded during the last one month, reports BSS. Around 3,000 families of the two upazilas are passing miserable days losing their houses and properties. The most affected areas are: …
Erosion by the River Jamuna took an alarming turn in the last two weeks, rendering over 100 families at Jafarganj in Shivalaya upazila homeless. The erosion-hit people have taken shelter on high lands and roads, said local Water Development Board (WDB) sources. More than 100 traders at Jafarganj Bazar shifted …
The nascent Brahmaputra Integrated Development Forum has constituted its technical advisory committee to prepare the action plans for the solution to the State’s flood and erosion problems According to Muhi Bargohain, general secretary of the Forum, the technical advisory committee will be headed by former NEEPCO executive director Tarun Chandra …
Between 1999 and 2012, there has been an alarming depletion of Natural Conservation Zones — forests, water bodies and wasteland — in the National Capital Region. In Delhi, water bodies shrunk by 22.6%, forests by 15% and wasteland by 11% while in the NCR, the maximum depletion was in Gautam …
Erosion by the River Jamuna took an alarming turn in the last three days, rendering at least 350 families in different areas under Phulchhari and Saghata upazilas homeless. The affected areas are Uttar Digholkandi, Patilbari in Saghata upazila and old Phulchhari, Kaiyer Haat, Balashi, Singria, Ratanpur and Katlamari in Phulchari …
Erosion by the River Brahmaputra took a serious turn in the last two weeks, rendering over 300 families homeless in Ghogadaho and Jattrapur unions under Kurigram Sadar upazila. Besides, Jattrapur Government Primary School is facing serious erosion threat, reports our correspondent. The erosion-hit people have taken shelter on high lands …
They are sandwiched between the Uppanar and Bay of Bengal The coastal villages of Akkaraigori, Singarathope and Sonankuppam in Old Town here are facing a grave threat from the advancing seawaters. These fishing villages are sandwiched between the Uppanar (backwater) and the Bay of Bengal. The residents fear that if …
Chillagad Dham, a historical site in Jhapa district, faces the danger of being swept away by the raging Kankai River. The river has been eroding the land near the site every year. Locals and authorities here are more worried this year as the river has approached just 150 meters from …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund state-of-the-art riverbank protection measures in Bangladesh to prevent land erosion, which is destroying livelihoods costing the economy an estimated $250 million a year. An ADB multitranche loan financing facility of $255 million will help put in place riverbank protection structures and embankments along …
MANIKGANJ: Erosion by the Jamuna River has taken a serious turn in the last few days, devouring vast tract of croplands in Shivalaya upazila in Manikganj district. Local markets and educational institutions of Tewta union in the upazila have also come under the threat of erosion. A part of Jafarganj …
Studies by World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Pakistan) and National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan (NIOP) show seawater intrusion in the past 30 years has encroached over 1 kilometer inland. Indus River Delta may see a rise of up to 10 millimeters per year in the future. Other studies predict an eventual rise …
Agroforestry provides a living for at least 1.2 billion people—approximately a sixth of humanity —and nearly all of us use and consume some of the goods and services it provides. The coffee you had for breakfast, the chocolate you’ll have after dinner, the rubber in your bicycle tyres: there’s a …
Erosion by the River Jamuna has taken an alarming turn, rendering over 1500 families homeless and devouring hundreds of houses and a vast tract of cropland in Jamalpur and Gaibandha districts. In Jamalpur, the river eroded at least 300 homesteads, three mosques and more than 100 bighas of farmland at …
RESIDENTS of Douglas Castle in McNie, St Ann, although far removed from many major towns, have joined several groups working to combat the effects of global warming as decreased rainfall in the farming community causes major soil erosion when it does rain. Community members have happily joined an initiative funded …
NASHIK: Soil excavation near the Gangapur dam, which has been going on since May-end, could threaten migratory birds' habitat in the area, even as officials of the water resources department seem to have washed their hands off the complaints of environment activists. Stating that this was legal, de-silting work, none …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved six development schemes involving Tk 2,007.68 crore including the Tk 828.56 crore ‘Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranche – I)’, reports UNB. The approval came from the ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room …
