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 …
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan agreed to complete studies within six months on the impact of an Ethiopian hydropower dam on the main tributary of the Nile river after Egypt raised concern about water shortages. A committee of four experts from each nation will investigate the hydrological, social and environmental effects …
Camera surveillance system mooted to prevent dumping of waste Over the past few years, the water flow along the Karamana and Killi rivers has reduced to a large extent owing to the large amount of waste dumped in them on a daily basis. All that is set to change for …
The government wants to quickly act on declaring the 117km stretch of Mandovi and Zuari rivers and Cumbharjua canal as national waterway in Goa to promote transport and tourism. During UPA-II, a request from the Centre for a no objection certificate (NOC) from the state government did not get any …
Guwahati: Nearly three lakh people have been affected by floods in Assam which has claimed seven lives and has hit 15 districts of the state. According to a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) today, 2.87 lakh people have been affected across 1,066 villages in 15 districts in …
Indiscriminate and unscientific sand-mining has turned the Gayathripuzha, a major tributary of the Bharathapuzha, into a deathtrap. Deep gorges formed on the riverbed due to indiscriminate sand-mining make the river dangerous even for expert swimmers. With the drowning of siblings Gokul and Rahul and their relative Ashwini on Sunday, the …
Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Monday said the government will go to the international arbitration if it fails to realise the fair share of water from common rivers through talks with neighbouring countries, reports UNB. “We want equity share of water from all the common rivers, including …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs. Union of India & Others dated 26/08/2014 regarding construction of a wall in Rajaji National Park which would prima facie obstruct the Elephant Corridor along the Song river.
The unprecedented Uttarakhand floods of June 2013 generated a large volume of scientific literature. They offered clear technical explaination to the media reported sequence of events ofen in a historical perspective. Some ambiguities, however, remained in some of the works. For example. Dobhal et al. described that starting from 06:45 …
An attempt has been made to characterize the subglacial pathways that transport the meltwaters from Chaturangi and Raktavarn glaciers through the lower ablation zone of the Gangotri glacier, Indian Himalaya, by means of dye tracer experiments. Original Source
Villagers have demanded that the 660-mw Kishao dam project on the Tons that will supply water to Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan should be scrapped. The dam will render about 6,000 villagers as oustees in the fertile Morad-Mashvad-Dharva belt along the river in Shillai. Villagers have come under the banner of …
Ghaghra has joined Saryu in wreaking havoc in Bahraich and cut off 400 villages from the rest of the country as more water from Nepal was released within the last 24 hours. The swollen rivers washed away several roads and the district's road link to Lucknow and Sitapur has been …
In a major victory to activists red-flagging encroachments near Kaliasot river, central zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered state government to remove all encroachments from green belt for entire length of the river in three months. The directive of far-reaching significance, once acted upon, will give a …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government may seek investments from companies and Indians living overseas to help fund its national plan to rejuvenate the Ganges, India’s holiest river. Work on cleaning the Ganges of industrial pollutants and raw sewage is expected to begin in six months, Uma Bharti, India’s water minister, …
Tibet is facing a double-whammy of disasters. China's western so-called autonomous region is getting warmer and wetter, just as rampant population growth is creating pollution problems. The combination threatens to destroy fragile ecosystems and disrupt life for billions of people across Asia, according to a new environmental assessment by Chinese …
Kolhapur district has received only 64% rainfall of its annual average rainfall of 1,772.4mm so far. The district authorities claimed that there is still time on hand and once monsoon is revived, there will not be any shortage of water in the district. Kolhapur is the southernmost district of the …
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Officials in the mining industry are to announce Wednesday (August 20) a decision to curtail quarry operations along the Rio Minho in Clarendon. A statement from the Mines and Geology Division explained that the decision follows repeat inspections and technical assessment of the presence of sand in …
The Bagmati river banks will soon witness greenery as a number of private and government entities have expressed interest to carry out plantation and maintenance work in the area. The High Power Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilisation (HPCIDBC) said it received 31 applications from firms for the …
The Missouri River's altered flow causes water shortages in Montana and Wyoming and flooding in the Dakotas Climate change is altering the Missouri River stream flow, wreaking havoc on farmland, new report says Montana farmer Rocky Norby has worked the land along the Missouri River for more than 20 years, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi - Circuit Bench at Shimla) in the matter of Harish Chander Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 14/08/2014 regarding illegal mining at river Pabbar. Previous Orders
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi - Circuit Bench at Shimla) in the matter of Dharam Pal Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 14/08/2014 regarding a large quantity of muck produced by the Project Proponent causing blockage of the river/water source. The Tribunal has …
