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 …
Quiet flows the Tawi, ignored and much abused by city residents. Untouched by the humdrum of the 15th Lok Sabha elections, the river, where folklore says goats and tigers drank water together from it, is one of the most polluted water bodies now. It is taking industrial effluents, sewerage discharge, …
Facing a lake covered by low-lying clouds, spiritual leader Arwa Viku burns leaves hoping that the smoke will carry his message, his voice mixing with the sound of waves lapping the grass-lined shore. Here in mountainous central Colombia, Viku's Arhuaca Indian tribe is concerned that the country's water supply is …
The town police officer of Malir would be held responsible for any further encroachment on the riverbed, the Sindh High Court observed on Monday. A petitioner alleged that the Malir riverbed had been illegally occupied by land mafia. The encroachers have carved out plots of different sizes. A number of …
With the sun becoming more intense, the water crisis is also deepening in Madhya Pradesh. Water bodies like river, lakes and springs are drying up one by one. The underground water has gone down to around 600 ft. and has become inaccessible. It was said that Narmada is the only …
Two villages were inundated as the embankment on the bank of the River Kapotaksi breached at the Gazipara point of Koyra in Khulna on Thursday. About 300 families, 100 bighas of boro field, 250 small shrimp enclosures and 20 ponds of Gazipara and Gabbunia went under water, the local people …
In geochemical studies of water it is a general practice to filter the water samples through a 0.45 ?m membrane. Filtered samples are then acidified with a mineral acid (mostly nitric acid) to a pH < 2, to stabilize various cations. It was observed that if this procedure is not …
Fundamental to the onset of the Indian Summer Monsoon is the land-sea thermal gradient from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayas-Tibetan Plateau (HTP). The timing of the onset is strongly controlled by the meridional tropospheric temperature gradient due to the rapid pre-monsoon heating of the HTP compared to the relatively …
The district administration has finalised comprehensive flood relief and safety plans, which would be implemented with the active role of concerned departments. The District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) Nayyer Iqbal said this here Tuesday while presiding over a meeting to review pre-flood arrangements. It was attended by the officers of Education, …
Experts at a discussion here yesterday stated that massive siltation of the Padma river and its tributaries have triggered the flood tendency during the monsoon in the region. Terming the monsoon flood as the main natural calamity in the region they said many people become victim of the disaster every …
KOLKATA, April 2: After the state government rejected a proposal by the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) to acquire 2,500 acres of land for dumping dredged soil near Nandigram, the port authorities have urged the Centre to help them purchase land for the process. The KoPT recently sent a letter to …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can compare costs with benefits to determine the technology that must be used at power plant water-cooling structures, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in a setback for those seeking greater protection for aquatic life. By a 6-3 vote, the high court handed a victory …
Soaring above the Mississippi River just east of downtown Minneapolis is one remarkable concrete job. There on Interstate 35W, the St Anthony Falls Bridge carries 10 lanes of traffic on box girders borne by massive arching piers, which are supported, in turn, by footings and deep pilings. The bridge, built …
This report addresses one of the greatest shortcomings of water resource development projects: the inadequate protection of environmental flow conditions in rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and groundwater systems. This deficiency has affected hundreds of millions of people whose lifestyles and well-being depend upon natural ecosystem services provided by healthy freshwater …
Speakers at a seminar said that India is plugging rivers sources for waging invisible aggression against Pakistan with the aim to dent the irrigated agriculture putting at risk food security. Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) organised the seminar on Water Disputes and Pak-India Relations here on Thursday. Dr Nasrullah Mirza …
Woefully, according to a newspaper report from Islamabad, this years World Water Day, on March 22, with its theme "Shared Water - Shared Opportunities" signifying the importance of trans-boundary rivers, lakes and waters to link population of different countries went ignored by ministries or Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). However, a redeeming …
