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 …
India and China have signed an agreement for sharing flood-related hydrological data for Brahmaputra during the monsoon season. The agreement follows the renewal of an MoU between the two countries during the visit of the then External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Beijing in 2008.
Karnataka Raitha Sangha State Secretary S Manjunath has alleged that Hemavathi river bank is becoming barren day by day owing to the unholy nexus between the District Administration and sand mining lobby. Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, he said that they have even complained against illegal sand mining to …
Bhopal, Apr 25: The indefinite dharna led by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) against increasing the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada river entered 13th day today. Hundreds of people from three states, namely, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra, led by NBA have been protesting against the proposed increase …
Ends Years Of Denial Despite Evidence New Delhi: After several years of denying the existence of any river project on the Brahmaputra, China has finally admitted to India that they are indeed building a hydropower project on the river. The admission, made for the first time by Chinese officials to …
Shimla: The Himalaya Niti Abhiyan has urged the government to cancel all agreements and MoUs and signed for the execution of five major hydroelectric projects on the Pabbar River. In a memorandum to Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal it pointed out that these projects, if executed , would virtually cause the river, …
The Supreme Court was approached on Tuesday by an environmentalist ex-Naval officer seeking a direction to the Centre to take immediate steps to protect Bhagirathi and Bhilangana, the tributaries of Ganga, which he said faced a threat of drying fast. The petition was filed after the Uttarakhand government had recently …
AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER AWAITS MUMBAI AS SLUMS PROLIFERATE ALL ALONG ITS CREEKS, KILLING INVALUABLE MANGROVES Standing on the terrace of his residential complex at Link Road, Harish Pandey points to the twokilometre-long slum settlement snaking through the lush green mangroves adjoining Gorai creek. Around 8,000 illegal shacks have come up …
Panna district's Midhasan river will get a lease of life with a revival campaign starting tomorrow as part of initiatives for reviving dying rivers in Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will launch the campaign by laying the foundation stone for constructing structures required to sustain the river. The …
The water-level of Netravati river, which is a prominent water source for the district, is reducing considerably that it may dry up completely within few days. Thousands of residents in Belthangady, Bantwal and Mangalore taluk depend on Netravati river for agriculture and other purposes. Due to reduction in rainfall, the …
oil exploration Argentine veterans cry war As diplomatic tensions between the UK and Argentina escalate following oil drilling plan near the Falklands, Argentine war veterans have threatened to invade the South Atlantic archipelago controlled by the UK. A war vets’ association in Bruenos Aires demonstrated in front of the British …
What led you to file the public interest litigation (pil)? On July 26, 2005, there was a deluge in Mumbai. It caught the administration unawares; all utility services broke down. I was one of those stranded, who spent the night under a flyover. I started wading back home at about …
ASKS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE IRRIGATION IN CONCURRENT LIST INTERLINKING of rivers is one of the key policies that would help the government strengthen the country, voiced the party president Nitin Gadkari here on Monday. "Bring BJP to power, and this project will be on the priority list, which will …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has devised an action plan worth Rs.32 crore for revival of rivers of the length of 1,400 km in the Hadoti region by constructing large check-dams for conservation of rain waters. The construction of a check-dam at Haripura Manjhi on the Kalisindh river route has already …
THENI: A total of 18 wells sunk on Mullaperiyar river bed by private people for irrigation between Arapadi Thevanpatti and Vaigai dam were closed to prevent illegal tapping of water from the river and to streamline drinking water supply to rural and urban areas in the district, said Collector P. …
April 8: At a time when the state is reeling under a shortage of drinking water, the government has issued an order allowing Coca-Cola company to draw 2,150 cusecs of water per day from the Western main canal of the Krishna river. The company will draw water from the Guntur …
Chhattisgarh's key rivers, the Kelo, Kurkut, Shabri, Kharun, Sheonath and Maand, have all been handed over to private companies With Chhattis April 8: With Chhattisgarh
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: China on Monday rejected criticism from its neighbours that its dams on the Mekong river were responsible for droughts in their countries, even as it came under increasing pressure to share more hydrological data. Officials from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, countries which make up the Mekong …
