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 …
On November 1, Assam Government spokesman and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sprang a surprise when he said that the State Government wanted a detailed discussion on the mega dams issue on the floor of the State Assembly in the Winter Session slated from November 8 so that the House …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today sent a huge bundle of papers containing signatures of one lakh people of the State, who want all mega dams in the Northeast to be stopped from coming up, to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by post, along with a memorandum. The KMSS today …
NEW DELHI: States through which the Ganga flows will soon be given additional funding to operate and maintain projects to clean the river and restore its environmental health. However, States lobbied for more aid and free power to those affected by scrapping of hydel projects. At a meeting of the …
New Delhi: In a significant step, the Centre has given in-principle nod for declaring the 135-km stretch of the Ganga between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone seeking specific activities to protect the rich biodiversity of the region. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in its meeting held …
Opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today dared Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bhubaneswar Kalita to direct his MPs and MLAs to become vocal against the mega-dam hydel power projects in the Parliament as well as in the State Assembly and to compel the Central Government abandon the mega-dam projects. …
The Prime Minister-headed National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has given a green signal for declaring the 130-km area between Gomukh and Uttarkashi as the
New Delhi: With reports of several unauthorized constructions and occupation of the Yamuna riverbed pouring in, Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC) has decided to undertake an inspection of the riverbed on Wednesday. K T Ravindran, chairman, DUAC, told TOI that members would go around to see what new constructions had …
The government on Monday decided to discontinue three hydro projects on the river Ganga. While work is yet to begin on the 381-Mw Bhaironghati and 480-Mw Pala Maneri projects, considerable work has already been done at NTPC
Call it a DNA digital Dewey Decimal System for all life on Earth. Every species, from extinct to thriving, is set to get its own DNA barcode in an attempt to better track the ones that are endangered, as well as those being shipped across international borders as food or …
This report by Kalpavriksh, Aaranyak and ActionAid India deals with the large dams' juggernaut, which happens to be the biggest 'development' intervention in the ecologically fragile and seismically active Northeast region in the coming days. This report by Kalpavriksh, Aaranyak and ActionAid India deals with the large dams’ juggernaut, which …
The most delectable hilsa, swore connoisseurs, were to be found in the rivers of Bangladesh. But silting and have changed that. They are moving towards the Ganga now. Read this special report by Down To Earth on hilsa's shifting homebase. Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. …
Aminul Islam looked to the sky and in an instant brought his eyes to rest on a small mound of hilsa. He picked up a silver-scaled fish, patted its underbelly that had a streak of pink running across it, and let out a cry drowning the scraping of crates, the …
At Chandpur, about 150 km south of Dhaka, Anisur Rahman has a scientific explanation for the predicament of fisher people like Samaad. Currently senior scientific officer at Bangladesh’s Fish Research Institute, Rahman explained, “In scientific parlance, the hilsa is an anadromous fish. It lives most of its lives in the …
This book about lessons from dismantling of dams in the US comes at a time when Indian government has been forced to cancel a few dam projects on the river Ganga. Economist and columnist Bharat Jhunjhunwala was drawn to the subject a few years ago on a visit to his …
CUTTACK: Opposition to the diversion of water from Mahanadi river to industries has begun mounting with locals associating themselves with the Mahanadi Banchao Andolan to stop work on laying pipes for the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) refinery project at Paradip. Protestors led by former minister and BJP leader Bijoy …
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday declined to comment on the stand of Karnataka government on the release of Cauvery water even as demands for convening an all-party meeting to discuss the issue and asking the CM to meet the Prime Minister to ensure the release of water started …
Within hours of the state government announcing that it was ''impossible'' to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, 8,800 cusec was let out from the KRS dam on Wednesday night. BRAINSTROMING: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Leader of the Opposition S Siddaramaiah, minister Murugesh Nirani and M C Nanaiah of …
