Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has convened an unusual meeting of its advisory committee on Thursday to persuade provincial governments to partially give up their water shares in order to conserve water for crucial pre-harvest watering requirements. A water and power ministry official told Dawn on Sunday that the …
Sea erosion intensifies in coastal districts; gruel centres set up Bangalore: Heavy downpour over the past three days has claimed three lives and disrupted normal life in several parts of the State. Hanumanthappa Adiveppa Kari (65) was killed in a house collapse at Devagiri in Haveri taluk on Sunday. A …
Heavy rain lashed Uttara Kannada district from Friday morning but people finally had a respite on Sunday. The rain had caused heavy damage in the district. The coastal taluks of the district bore the brunt as ghat areas witnessed heavy rain resulting in overflowing of rivers. Residents of the Gurumath …
A special report by Down to Earth on the 252-MW dam proposed by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam on the river Pindar in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district that would reduce the river’s 22-km stretch to a mere trickle and threaten the life & ways of 20,000 inhabitants of the district. Dam proposed …
The people of Chepdu village in Pindar valley treasure the fair held every June in memory of an army man from the region who was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra. This year, however, his widow Bimla Joshi has cancelled it. She cannot accept Rs 3 lakh that the Satluj Jal …
New Delhi: Assuming charge as the water resources minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday that the finalization of the national water policy by March 2012 would be his first priority. “We are very keen to meet the March 2012 deadline. My predecessor Salman b h a idid a very …
GUWAHATI: The issue of mega dams has been raised in the Assam Assembly by former Chief Minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. On the issue, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samti (KMSS) and other organizations like the All Assam Students
On the basis of a climate modelling study, Lal et al. predicted that during the winter months there will be 5–25% less rainfall and in the summer season the monsoon rainfall will be not only 10–15% more than the normal, but also quite variable and specially irregular in Central India. …
Malda, July 4: The rising rivers in the district, especially the Fulahar whose level has increased by three metres in the past 48 hours, have put in danger around 10,000 people who live along the banks in Ratua, Harishchandrapur and Manikchak. According to irrigation department officials, the Fulahar has already …
An alert was sounded in Bihar after two youths were drowned in a flooded river on Monday. The flood situation worsened in Gopalganj, Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts with rivers swelling.
The temperature rose on Sunday after rains eluded most places in the northern region including the National Capital, while heavy downpour in Uttar Pradesh led to river Sharda crossing the danger mark. In Uttar Pradesh, Birdghat (Gorakhpur) received 102 mm of rain and Siddhartha Nagar had 96.6 mm during the …
Water is a prime natural resource, a basic human need and precious natural asset. Surface runoff is the major source for all the major source for all the surface water bodies such as tanks and reservoirs. The dependable assessment of runoff is scarcely available in few selected locations. In the …
Amid reports of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal objecting to Haryana about a concrete wall being built by it along the Hansi-Butana canal, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said all such conjecture was “baseless”, and he had not received any such letter. Later in a statement issued …
Hirrak Development, an organisation working for the rights of an indigenous community of Sindh riverbed, Kehal/Mor, has urged the Punjab government to end fishing contract system and issue them special licenses for fishing in Indus River for their livelihood. The demand was raised by the volunteers of Hirrak Development Zafar …
State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud urged all, including scientific community, to come forward to protect the country's water bodies from the illegal encroachment for conserving its biodiversity and environment. "Our civilization was developed based on water bodies. So, we have to resist the illegal encroachers, who …
The erosion by the Fulohar river in Ratua I block is gradually taking a critical shape endangering the neighbouring Harischandrapur I & II blocks. As rains continued to lash for past three days the water level in the river has been rising gradually paving way for large-scale erosion. The district …
SHILLONG: Incessant rains that lashed Shillong since Tuesday night have flooded many areas in Shillong and its outskirts. Many people have been displaced as rain waters and waters of the Wahumkhrah river inundated their houses. Landslides have also been reported from different localities of Shillong and Ri-Bhoi district. The Wahumkhrah …
KOCHI: Once Chinese nets and fishermen catching fish using this traditional gear was a common sight in Eloor situated on the banks of the River Periyar. Fishery resources from this region used to be a major means of income for thousands of families belonging to this area. However, effluent discharge …
