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 …
This article draws on research the author carried out in Ghana and Burkina Faso to explore the impact of a transboundary water governance project on poor people
This study documents the deteriorating riverine environment of Sindh. Previous studies have also highlighted this issue but the referencing and documentation is generally fragmentary. The environmental case of Sindh is contested by the federal government so for the purpose of this study the authors have decided to use predominantly official …
Rajendra S Markuna | Haldwani Illegal mining in Gola and other local rivers continues, even when the Union Environment and Forests Ministry has given its approval for the resumption of mining in various rivers of the State. Forest officials have, however, maintained that it will take at least a fortnight …
In the next two decades, global water consumption will increase from the present 4,500 billion cubic metres (bcm) to 6,900 bcm. This will be 40% more than the estimated reliable and sustainable supply today, if no action is taken to conserve water and use it more efficiently. This is the …
In 15 years, only seven bridges constructed over the river. Thames has 33 bridges on a 20-km stretch Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN New Delhi: Every morning Satpal Dogra, an MNC executive, spends 45 minutes to an hour negotiating traffic on the packed ITO bridge to reach his office in …
Experts here view the present move of the State Government to amend the Assam Embankment and Drainage (E&D;) Act, 1953 as a good chance to enlarge the scope of the legislation to cover many areas of activities connected with the Water Resources Department (WRD). The Act came into effect in …
Sikkim Flood Control and Irrigation Minister Dawcho Lepcha has called for the inclusion of the State as a permanent member of the Brahmaputra Board, a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Water Resources. Sikkim should be considered for permanent membership along with other Northeastern States in the Brahmaputra Board, …
The south-western part on the north bank of Kopili river of Hojai subdivision from Kharikhana to Uttar Komrakata is basically sugarcane, vegetables, oilseeds, maize, pulse crops producing areas and paddy cultivation depends on the monsoon behaviour. Heavy rainfall creates flood havoc by river Kopili inundating almost the entire low-lying areas …
On a day when Beijing softened its anti-New Delhi rhetoric, India officially acknowledged for the first time that China was building dams on the Brahmaputra but downplayed its significance, with Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal saying the construction was taking place around 1,100 km upstream. The Chinese Foreign Ministry …
The people of Assam, and especially those dependent on agriculture, would endure extremely difficult times if mega dams were constructed on rivers in Arunachal Pradesh, which flowed into the State. This was the view conveyed by the father of the Chipko movement, and noted environmentalist, Sundaralal Bahuguna in an exclusive …
The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) confirmed on Tuesday that construction was on at the Zangmu site on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra river, prompting the government to take up the matter with China at a
Sudha Nambudiri It is said that the next world war will be for water. Well, India is already reeling under water shortage. Add the global climate change and it becomes a major environmental issue. It is indeed ironic that Kerala with its large number of waterbodies is facing a water …
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: It is indeed ironic that Kerala with its large number of waterbodies is facing water shortage. In an attempt to work out a solution that could be a model for revival and management of river systems, the Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samithi (CPSS) and the Forum for Policy …
BHUBANESWAR: If there are those who think climate change will affect people who live only along the coast, they are mistaken. Tribal communities, who have been least-contributors to carbon emission, have suffered a lot during past one decade. At a public hearing which was mainly thought up to hear voices …
Invariably every comment on the Indus Waters Treaty (1960) between India and Pakistan have focussed that despite the wars of 1965, 1971 and 1999 and a border confrontation during 2001-02, India and Pakistan have not violated the Treaty. Besides, this is seen as the only success story, between India and …
