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 Punjab Government has announced that work on the cleaning of river waters in the state will be completed by November 30. At a review meeting held here today, the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, DS Guru, sought an assurance from various departments to make the Sutlej and the …
The indiscriminate and illicit sand mining in the four rivers of Pathanamthitta district over the past two decades has created serious environment and ecological problems thanks to the lukewarm attitude of the authorities concerned in taking action against the violators. The indifferent attitude of various government departments, corrupted officials at …
Will we allow the desecration of water and the life it gives? Will we allow the right of a common water body to be abused? Sunita Narain Some hundred people
An empowered committee in the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given clearance for riverbed mining in forest areas of Uttarakhand. The move came after the state-run Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation (UFDC) approached the ministry and submitted various survey reports regarding wildlife and hydrology of the forest areas where …
Authorities urged residents to flee more Australian towns on Tuesday as swollen rivers carried deadly floodwaters deeper into another state and worsened a natural disaster the government says may be its costliest ever. Victoria state is the latest region afflicted in a weekslong flooding crisis that has left 30 people …
One of the kingpins held under anti-goonda law lobby of politically influential businessmen Several gang leaders benefiting from the racket Thiruvananthapuram: The police have launched a crackdown on illegal river sand-mining in the city. Last week, they arrested one of the alleged kingpins of the racket, Vella Rajan, under provisions …
State Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, today, accepted the report of the Negotiating Committee and gave its nod for the preparation of fresh Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project, whose fate was hanging in balance for the past several decades. The Cabinet …
NEW DELHI: The national advi Jan. 13: The national advisory committee of Intach an NGO involved in conservation, has decided to take up initiatives for getting the 135-km stretch of river Ganga from Gomukh, its point of origin, to be declared ecological and cultural heritage zone. This zone would include …
Against 220 lakh hydel units in mid-Dec, Punjab is now getting only 160 LU a day Falling mercury levels in the north have hit electricity generation hard at the region
Agartala: The India-Bangladesh Secretary-level talks of the Joint River Commission (JRC), removed four years long deadlock over the construction of 14 irrigation projects along the border in Tripura, officials said here on Wednesday. During the one-day JRC meeting held in Dhaka on Monday, the two countries have agreed to sign …
DHAKA: In what is seen as a major development in India-Bangladesh relations, New Delhi and Dhaka have agreed to sign a 15-year interim accord on sharing the waters of common rivers Teesta and Feni. This was decided at a Secretary-level meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission (JRC) here Monday. …
Bombay High Court order on Writ Petition No. 97 2011 with Writ Petition No. 98 2011 on sand mining. The court has directed the Maharashtra government not to award any contract for sand mining or allow further excavation until and unless the agency concerned obtains an environmental clearance.
Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed on a framework of a 15-year treaty for sharing the Teesta and the Feni rivers' water in dry season. The treaty will be signed sometime either during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Bangladesh visit this year or later at a convenient time. The agreement was …
NEW DELHI: Neither the Commonwealth Games Village nor the Akshardham Temple should have been allowed to be built on the banks of the Yamuna, according to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. He proposes to issue a River Regulation Zone notification to protect riverbeds from such harmful constructions in the future.
Environmentalists and river conservation activists have hailed the Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's comments about the need for a River Regulation Zone notification, but they want the Minister to
BANGALORE: The Western Ghats Task Force has chalked out a unique plan and a movement to save the source of all the rivers in the state. "The movement will commence on Thursday from the source of Kabini river in Kollegal with the members of the task force studying the source …
Chennai: The sprawling Adyar park, a huge lung in Chennai, is the current bone of contention between the DMK and Congress and among the reasons for the deepening rift between the two parties. DMK sources say CM M Karunanidhi is upset at the manner in which the state
