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 …
In a glimmer of hope for six hydel projects in North Sikkim with a projected generation capacity of 1,047 MW, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) has sought complete technical data for consideration of its earlier decision to put them on hold. Complete technical data from a competent …
Nearly 60 people were killed, Manila was blacked out and airline flights were suspended as a powerful typhoon battered the main Philippines island of Luzon on Saturday, disaster officials said. Television showed houses swept away by swollen rivers, people on rooftops waving for help and throngs stranded along Manila's submerged …
The country may face drought-like situation this Rabi (October-March) as heavy water withdrawals from dams draw down steeply without replenishment because of exceptionally low river flows. The Indus River System Authority (Irsa), which is meeting in Islamabad on Friday (today) to firm up its Rabi forecast, is expected to announce …
Over his 45 years, Siddique Ur-Rahman, a Bangladeshi rice farmer, has watched as his world has been gradually swallowed by water. During his youth his family cultivated 7.2 acres along the Kholpotua River, a waterway then so narrow that villagers standing on one bank could call across to those on …
Deeply touched by the worsening state of rivers in the country, Sardar Gurmeet Singh, an environmentalist, today embarked upon an unprecedented trek of 600-odd kms to Har-ki-Pauri in Haridwar. His motto: Save water, save life! The solitary trekker has plans to walk 10 hours a day and if the weather …
The Forest Department has decided to prepare integrated catchment area treatment (CAT) plans based on geographical information system (GIS) for all major river basins of the state to ensure effective implementation and monitoring. The state-of-the-art GIS will incorporate remote sensing (RS) data and global positioning system (GPS) technology which will …
Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their land to open ocean. The vulnerability is a result of sediment compaction from the removal of oil, gas and water from the delta's …
Periyar had initially opposed toddy but later he supported it. In the case of river water integration project, a rethink is necessary CONGRESS leader E V K S Elangovan rejected Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's stand of supporting the river integration project. After garlanding the statue of Periyar at PS Park …
A physical survey to demarcate the river boundary on a seven-kilometre stretch began in Narayanganj on Wednesday. The Dhaka divisional commissioner, Khandakar Shawkat Hossain, inaugurated the survey to demarcate the boundary of the River Balu at Pashchimgaon of Rupganj in the district. A 15-member technical team, headed by Shawkat Hossain …
Narayanganj district administration yesterday launched a survey on the Balu river to demarcate a seven-kilometre stretch of its bank in line with a court directive to draw the actual limits of four rivers around Dhaka. Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Dr Khondaker Showkat Hossain inaugurated the survey putting a boundary pillar on …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be chairing the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority on October 5, almost a year after it was constituted. The authority was constituted for the comprehensive management of the basin. One of the issues that would be taken up for discussion is …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has admitted that while designing the Sarbarmati Riverfront Development project, neither did it make an attempt to increase the depth of the river nor made any provision for dredging. In reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by …
Owing to a 100-foot-wide breach in the Ghaggar river, which occurred last night near Makror Sahib village (near Moonak), water entered standing crops on about 2,000 acres in several villages, including Moonak, Fulad, Salemgarh, Bhunder Bhaini and Surjan Bhaini, while crops on about 1,000 acres have been almost submerged. Later …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pampa River Basin Authority Bill, 2009, which will lead to the constitution of an Authority for the management of activities related to the conservation of the Pampa river basin, was piloted in the Assembly on Monday. ``The Bill is just a beginning. A comprehensive River Protection Act will …
