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 …
KARUR: The district administration curbed sand mining in the river Amaravathy. This comes on top of the directive of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that had ordained the Karur Collector to take a suitable action regarding to sand mining while disposing of a petition filed in public …
K. Lakshmi Detailed project report sent to Centre The project will include works on straight cut canal from Maduravoyal lake to Cooum Alternative lands identified near Avadi for residents evicted from waterbodies CHENNAI: The proposal to rejuvenate waterbodies in and around the city is expected to be approved by the …
Research study on water and development which also looks into Trans-water boundary water conflict in South Asia as it recognizes that there is need to address the issues of politics of water, conflict and peace from a regional perspective. It strives to document alternative approaches of water sharing and outlines …
The modern story of the Iraqi Marshlands begins tragically - with intentional environmental destruction used as a political weapon - but today is one of miraculous renewal, international cooperation and hope. Once at the brink of total collapse, the area has been restored to a point where it will soon …
Crossing through ten countries and draining the territory of 19 countries, the Danube is the most international river in the world. In addition to the 83 million people living in the river basin, the Danube is home to globally important species of flora and fauna.
The most important practical and critical problem related to the performance of reservoirs is the estimation of storage capacity loss due to sedimentation process. The problem to be addressed is to estimate the rate of sediment deposition and the period of time at which the sediment would interfere with the …
The study area is a part of Kagna river basin in the Gulburga district of Karnataka, India. Remote sensing and GIS techniques have proved to be efficient tools in drainage delineation and their updation. These updated drainages have been used for the morphometric analysis. The morphometric analysis was carried out …
The threat perception of scarcity and unjust distribution of water-a finite, pre-eminent natural resource-has made its relationship with conflict. It is an area of continued interest and debate in both the policy literature and popular press at the international level. In India too, the states are in conflict with each …
Sikkim is facing great challenge to protect the natural resource from land degradation and erosion. The whole state of Sikkim is hilly and cris-crossed by number of streams. Soil erosion is one of the major problems. The hills of Sikkim mainly consist of gneissose and half-schistose rocks, making their soil …
New studies, committees and a tag of national river. Will it help? the government has decided to declare the Ganga a national river, following campaigns from several quarters to preserve its cultural and religious significance. A High Powered Ganga River Basin Authority, to be chaired by the prime minister, will …
Court ordered a review of threat to it the Delhi High Court refused to stay constructions on the Yamuna floodplains and riverbed on November 3 and ordered setting up an expert committee to evaluate the current and planned constructions for any adverse effects on the river and its ecology. The …
The government has launched an ambitious Rs. 11 billion project to divert the waters of the Menik Ganga, Deduru Oya and the Kumbukkan Oya, which go to waste by ending up in the ocean, to enable 18,000 farmer families to cultivate 54,000 acres of paddy land during both Yala and …
Ahmedabad : The workshop on Sabarmati river basin in CEPT University kicked off on Monday with eminent architect and urban planner Bernard Kohn addressing a group of students. Kohn pointed out that the project was an opportunity for city to express its civic choices and that project in whichever way …
CUDDALORE: With Tamil Nadu losing its riparian rights in the Cauvery, the Palar and in the Mullaperiyar waters a desperate need has arisen to revive agriculture in the State, said G.K.Mani, president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr. Mani said Tamil Nadu was …
A separate body is needed to save the rivers and canals in and around the capital from being polluted, said the speakers at a discussion yesterday. They also stressed the need for a halt to dumping industrial and urban waste into the rivers and canals to save them from pollution. …
The river is a unique ecological entity, but has somehow not made a presence in modern-day discourse. Barrage, dam, embankment, flood, irrigation have a common thread: a river. But it is symptomatic of our preoccupation with things
The recent Kosi floods have proved once again that inadequate control measures have been responsible for the recurring disasters. Typically flood control and riverine studies focus on hydrological information, whereas a much more integrated approach that pays attention to specific morphological factors is required. Since Kosi is a dynamic river …
The strategy of building embankments to constrain river flow and to prevent floods in north Bihar has proven to be questionable and flawed. Reliance on a dam-and-reservoir system for that purpose only offers limited protection and even greater risks of flooding in case of damage. Learning to cope with floods …
The recent Kosi floods have proved once again that inadequate control measures have been responsible for the recurring disasters. Typically flood control and riverine studies focus on hydrological information, whereas a much more integrated approach that pays attention to specific morphological factors is required. Since Kosi is a dynamic river …
