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 …
Greater Noida: With the Yamuna water level breaching the danger mark in Delhi, Greater Noida authorities are keeping a hawk eye on the situation. Though no one has been evacuated so far, the administration has identified three villages
REACTING to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's earlier remark that linking of rivers in India would be an environmental disaster, chief minister Karunanidhi reiterated, on Sunday, that interlinking of rivers at the national level is a must. In a statement, Karunanidhi emphasised that interlinking of rivers at national level is …
New Delhi For the hundreds displaced by the rising levels of Yamuna, the India Meteorological Department has some good news. It will not rain for at least the next three days, which might help the water level drop. It might, however, rain at certain places in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
G Babu Jayakumar | ENS "I WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY POLITICS WORKS IN TN. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR YOUNGSTERS AND PARTIES HERE DO NOT HAVE FAITH IN THEM." On DMK and MK GOOD ALLIES: Congress and DMK are good allies... I have great admiration for Tamil …
JORHAT, Sept 8: The Majuli Suraksha Sammanay Manch submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh through Jorhat MP Bijoy Krishna Handique, seeking Central Government
Around two lakh people in Dakope and Koira upazilas in Khulna and Tala upazila in Satkhira district have become homeless or marooned due to the recent downpour and rise in the water level of rivers. One lakh 50 thousand people have become homeless in seven unions under Koira upazila of …
Sri Lanka's marine ecosystem will be affected due to sea level rise around its coastal zone due to melting of the Himalayas. Therefore, the problem related to Himalaya is a regional phenomenon, Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawake said. The Minister was expressing his views during bi-lateral discussions with Nepali Prime …
Deliberate Flooding By North Caused Havoc: Seoul Seoul: South Korea pressed North Korea on Monday to explain a deadly surge in a river that flows across their border from the North that killed three South Koreans and left three others missing. The level of the Imjin River suddenly doubled on …
Flash floods submerged some 20 villages, affecting over 100,000 people, as a flood embankment was breached in several places at Dakope upazila, Khulna, officials said on Saturday. Water Development Board divisional engineer Abdur Hawladar told bdnews24.com, the villages were inundated as cracks developed in seven to eight spots in the …
Rehabilitation programme for the poor fishermen in the Halda river areas has been stalled for the last two years in absence of a comprehensive policy guideline on modus operandi of utilising the money sanctioned for it, said District Fisheries Officer Serajuddin yesterday. Serajuddin, also director of the project titled 'Restoration …
North Korea unleashed walls of water from one or more of its dams on Sunday, sending a flash flood roaring through the heavily armed border with South Korea and sweeping away six South Koreans, officials in Seoul said. The six South Koreans, who are still missing, include an 8-year-old boy. …
Punjab and the Centre appear to be headed for a fresh confrontation over the issue of inter-state water sharing. Nearly 62 years after the Independence, Punjab has decided to take the Centre head on and demand a royalty on water to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore for the water …
Sharadha Narayanan | ENS THAMBIVUDAYAAN , a Tamil film based on the Cauvery issue and its effects on farmers in Thanjavur delta, has received a Censor Board Certificate after removing the word Cauvery throughout the film. Directed by debutant Rajaamahes, the film now has been given a UA Certificate, and …
LOOTING of the reserve forests in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has reached alarming proportions. The way the illegal loggers in collusion with some dishonest forest officials are depleting the forest resources of Rangamati has again become glaringly evident from a recent report in this paper. But one would again notice …
The Arkavathy River Conservation Forum is taking out a four-day padayatra from Nandi hills to Thippagondanahalli covering 101 kms from September 3, to create awareness among people on the need for reviving the dried up Arkavathy river. BJP Yelahanka MLA S R Vishwanath, who has taken the lead in this …
Mahaweli River banks in the Hasalaka region have become a haven for illicit gem and sand miners. Complaints of illicit gem mining in Mahaweli at Hasalaka are made repeatedly at the Kandy District Coordinating Committee (DCC) meetings. But there seem to be not fruitful preventive action taken, by officials. Meanwhile …
The article focuses on endogenous institutional factors in the water sector and the challenges and opportunities to an alternative integrated management approach in Vietnam, particularly in the context of its political legacy, current development goal, and Doi Moi reforms, using Saigon River as a case study. It investigates three institutional …
The Himalaya is one of the fastest changing regions of the world due to global warming. The mountains mighty glaciers, the source of large and important rivers such as the Ganga, Indus and Brahmaputra, are melting. In February 2009, Chinese scientists warned that glaciers on the Tibetan plateau are melting …
With major rivers in spate, there is no let-up in the overall flood situation in Bihar where 1.5 million people continue to reel under the deluge in 11 north Bihar districts. Rivers like Kosi, Mahananda, Bagmati, Kamala Balan and Adhwara have crossed the danger level at different places along their …
