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 …
Hyderabad: After kicking up a row by trying to visit the Babhli dam, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu is gearing up to kick off a national movement to highlight irregularities in projects by Maharashtra, causing damage to lower riparian states, ones that are at the lower end …
Hardening its stand on the state’s “rightful” 7.19 per cent share in Bhakra-Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal conveyed it to the Centre on Wednesday that nothing less than its legitimate share would be acceptable to the state. In a letter to Union Minister …
New Delhi: More than 100 hydroelectric projects planned by the Uttarakhand government are in jeopardy. The Union environment and forests ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has decided not to give forest clearance to any of the proposed projects until the National Ganga River Basin Authority conducts a cumulative impact assessment …
BEIJING, 15 JULY: A massive flooding similar to the one in 1998 that killed thousands of people is likely to occur this year, if downpours continue to batter the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, a flood-control official has warned. "Although the current situation along the Yangtze River …
With water level rising in rivers including the Kosi, the fear of floods has begun to haunt the people living in north Bihar yet again. "All the rivers are in full spate following heavy rains. Some rivers may cross the red mark late Wednesday or Thursday," officials of the Central …
A COMMITTEE of Parliament visited the slaughterhouse in Meerut on June 10 to enquire if it was polluting the Kali Nadi river that flows through the city. A seasonal river that once provided irrigation and drinking water to 44 villages in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, Kali Nadi has turned …
A Committee of Parliament visited the slaughterhouse in Meerut on June 10 to enquire if it was polluting the Kali Nadi river that flows through the city. A seasonal river that once provided irrigation and drinking water to 44 villages in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, Kali Nadi has turned …
THE OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO China's hydropower plans are a test of its avowed good neighbourliness IN YUNNAN in south-west China the biggest floods in a dozen years have ended a long, brutal drought. For months here in Xishuangbanna, a glassy Mekong had merely sauntered towards the …
The Army has been called to assist the civil authorities in Sirsa where two breaches have occurred on the Ghaggar at Farwai and Nejadela. Villagers have started evacuating these villages. The situation is said to be grim. The authorities have declared over 15 villages along the Ghaggar as
Chandigarh: Fresh bouts of rain in already-inundated areas of Punjab and Haryana worsened the flood situation on Monday as 26 more breaches in the Ghaggar and smaller rivers like Sagarpada and Markanda left more areas marooned. The death toll in Punjab went up to 22 as two more bodies were …
New Delhi: Several parts of southwest, west, northwest and north Delhi will have to go without water or get a reduced supply in the coming few days, after poor quality of raw water being supplied to the Nangloi and Haiderpur water treatment plants (WTP) reduced production in the WTPs by …
Sanjay Jog & Kirtika Suneja / Mumbai July 08, 2010, 0:19 IST An environment impact assessment (EIA) study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, for the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport, has categorically said there should not be any compromise on retaining the geomorphology of rivers, the aquatic life …
There are serious environmental issues with the Navi Mumbai airport project which need to be addressed, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Tuesday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan met Ramesh Tuesday morning and sought speedy environment clearance for the project, which is likely to reduce the air traffic pressure on …
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh today countered his ministerial colleague Praful Patel's charge of the Navi Mumbai airport project being delayed for want of clearance, saying it has "serious' ecological issues that needs to be addressed. "There are serious ecological issues. Its construction would damage mangrove cultivation in the …
KOLKATA, 5 JULY: The Rail India Technical & Economic Services (Rites), a Union government undertaking, will sign an MoU with Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) and KMC on 9 July for beautification of the Hooghly river front, said Miss Mamata Banerjee, railway minister. KoPT will set up a new port at …
China has told India it will only carry out 'run-of-the-river' projects on the Brahmaputra that will not affect the flow of water, says Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. "There is intimation from China that it will only carry out run-of-the-river projects, which would not affect the flow of water …
mumbai the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) told the court on Thursday that the expert committee appointed to suggest ways to make Mithi river encroachment-free, has gone
