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 …
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has said the SAD-BJP government would stop river waters going to neighbouring states and for that Section 5 of the Punjab Termination of River Waters Agreements Act would be scrapped. He was here to address rallies in support of party candidate Hans Raj Hans from …
THE extent of pollution seeping into our rivers is mind-boggling and has been that way for years together. If there ever was any hope that remedial measures would be taken to deal with the problem, it now seems that hope was belied. That much becomes clear through a front-page report …
Soft attitude of the government towards polluters and lack of awareness among city dwellers have literally left dead all the rivers and other surface waters in and around the capital. Over the years the government agencies conducted small-scale drives against the polluters without yielding any major success. The polluters have …
Due to last three weeks of rains in the country, water shortage, which otherwise was estimated at 10 per cent for early Kharif, has ended, and the water planners hope to have
IIT Bombay's suggestion to divert the course of Mithi river alongside the internal boundary of the airport - which is the most viable option to prevent flooding of the river has already mired in controversy with both the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) locking …
The Punjab Water Council (PWC) in an emergency meeting here on Thursday strongly opposed the recent moves for changes in the existing distribution system of water and said that 1991 Water Accord for distribution of water among the four provinces is linked with the construction Kala Bagh dam. "If there …
Sainj (Kullu): Contractors and subcontractors working at the phase-II of the 2,051-MW Parbati project being executed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) continue to dump muck into the Sainj river. The corporation has not stopped work on the project despite a directive to that effect from the State Environment …
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) hopes to rid the city of the serious waterlogging up to 90 percent this year with the completion of dredging and widening work of the canals and drains before the upcoming rainy season. Sources said the work for dredging and widening of 144 canals in the …
At least two lakh people, most of them indigenous in over 100 remote villages under eight upazilas in the hill district, are suffering for want of drinking water. The crisis becomes acute in dry season as most water sources dry up. According the Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) and district …
Several thousand people yesterday joined a programme on the bank of Surma River in Sylhet city protesting the much talked Tipaimukh dam project on the upstream of Barak River in Indian state of Manipur. The project will create a disastrous situation in 12 districts in the north-east region of Bangladesh …
The country's waterway network has been shrinking drastically due to inability of the dredging department of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to remove increased siltation from the riverbeds, causing negative impact on overall economy, says a BIWTA report. The waterway routes have reduced to 3,800 km from 5,200 km …
The lands, on which Bashundhara Group Chief Ahmed Akbar Sobhan alias Shah Alam promised two football stadiums for Bangladesh Football Federation, are mostly part of protected wetlands and flood flow zones, which cannot be legally used for building anything on them, according to Rajuk sources. Shah Alam promised the lands …
Rivers in some of the world's most populated regions are losing water, many because of climate change, researchers reported on Tuesday. Affected rivers include the Yellow River in northern China, the Ganges in India, the Niger in West Africa, and the Colorado in the southwestern United States. When added to …
The U.S. Congress on Tuesday began work on a bill that would fundamentally change the way American factories and power plants use and supply energy as part of the Obama administration's drive to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions. "The time for delay, denial and inaction has come to an end," …
Rivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new comprehensive study of global stream flow. The study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), suggests that in many cases the reduced flows are associated with climate change. The process …
Larji/Banjar: Writ of mining mafia, not writ of law, continue to run large at the destroyed river beds of the bleeding Tirthan river being protected as an exclusive preserve of the fresh water trout angling, as the heads of fisheries, mining, forests and PWD departments continue to live in their …
The district of Pudong in the Chinese coastal city of Shanghai will launch a pilot emission trading scheme this year, the China Daily said, citing local officials. Pudong's environmental bureau will allow more than 300 companies to trade "pollution discharge rights" on the Shenghai Environment and Energy Exchange, according to …
Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need to consider the impacts of climate change while preparing the national budget. The seminar titled 'Climate change: Its impact on health and environment' was organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) at Dhaka Reporters Unity auditorium. "The impacts of climate change should be …
Softly flowing through the greenery in the backdrop of the seven hills of the Kataragama landscape, the Menik Ganga had been the guardian and devotee of the sacred shrines and Gods for many centuries. Not only had it quenched the thirst of many a traveller, cleansed the bodies of many …
