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 …
Indigenous peoples throughout the world have strong connections to the flowing freshwater of rivers. For instance, Maori - the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand - view many rivers as tupuna (ancestors) and invoke the name of a river to assert their identity. There is a deep belief that humans …
Long-term pumping tests were carried out on Kasai river bed in connection with augmentation of existing water supply of Kharagpur Municipal town in the district of Midnapore (West), West Bengal to cater to the need of growing population as well as industrial units.
Development and effective utilization of groundwater resources is essential in arid and semi-arid regions for activities such as water supply and irrigation. The present study aims to analyze, statistically, the groundwater data at the piezometric stations of upper Swarnamukhi basin in the drought prone Rayalseema region of Andhra Pradesh and …
Bhubaneswar, June 28: The Orissa government today confirmed that at least 45 companies had been allowed to draw water from rivers, seeking to balance the demand for industry and that of farmers who fear their source of irrigation might dry up. The state government has so far signed memoranda of …
As the Rispana and Bindaal rivers in Dehradun start to come alive with the advent of rains in Uttarakhand, the residents of the settlements on the banks of these rivers will once again face the threat of floods. Though five different flood protection projects costing a total of Rs 13.59 …
Himalayan river basins in China, Bangladesh, India and Nepal will face a massive water depletion within 20 years, leading to a decline in food and mass migration, a research group warned on Monday. Due to natural reasons like glacial melting, the four countries would lose almost 275 billion cubic metres …
The concentration of 210Po and 210Pb has been measured by the chemical deposition method in surface water samples from the major rivers of coastal Karnataka: Kali, Sharavathi and Netravathi. Measurements of 210Po and 210Pb in surface water from these rivers are important because river water is the main source of …
Bhopal: A panel of eminent citizens who came together as an Independent People's Tribunal (IPT) to assess the true scale and impacts of the large dam-projects in natural-resource rich region of Narmada Valley released the Tribunal Report today afternoon at Gandhi Bhavan. The Tribunal Report on various aspects concerning massive …
Incomplete Project May Aggravate Landslide Risk, But It Can Be Mitigated: MoEF Panel Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The third big dam on the Bhagirathi river
Resentment prevails among the river engineers here over the persistent pressure from a powerful lobby in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for use of geo-bags to resist Brahmaputra erosion in Palasbari-Gumi and Dibrugarh. It needs mention here that the State Government is working on a scheme to protect Palasbari, Bankuwal …
Prevent possible breaches during monsoon, officials told TIRUCHI: Officials of the Public Works, Revenue, and Development departments have been instructed to inspect all river courses and water bodies in the district and take precautionary measures to prevent possible breaches during the monsoon. The instructions were given by V. Dakshinamurthy, Collector …
Pune Even as Union Minister for Environment and Forests (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh has told the district administration to ready a river purification plan, a river improvement plan
PATNA, 21 JUNE: A PIL was today filed in the Patna High Court against Bihar chief minister Mr Nitish Kumar for allegedly not utilising the Rs 5 crore fund for Kosi flood relief received from Gujarat in 2008. The PIL filed by NGO Chhaya Sarkar through senior advocate Mr MP …
The Indo-Pak row over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project is getting more serious than New Delhi had earlier anticipated. Buoyed by the success in the Baglihar project, where the Indian position was largely upheld, New Delhi did not quite think matters would go this far when Islamabad first threatened …
Ahmedabad: Unlike the past monsoons, Sabarmati riverfront this year looks more secure in the event of heavy rains this season. For the past two years, the reclaimed sandy bank used to get washed out in a heavy downpour resulting in damages running into crores of rupees. But in the last …
KALAHANDI: The rapidly eroding bank of the River Hati has been giving sleepless nights to people living in Kalampur block under Kalahandi district. Inhabitants of Temra, Darlipada, Khangarguda, Biripur, Matikhal, Balichada, Khandi-Dangriguda and Bankapala are the worst affected as the river has been menacingly advancing into the villages. Locals said …
