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 …
PUNE: NCP MP Supriya Sule's demand to restart riverside road construction work has riled city environmentalists, who have asked the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) not to succumb to the NCP leader's pressure and engage in illegal work. Sule had recently threatened to undertake an agitation if the PMC failed to …
North Korea's rivers, streams and reservoirs are running dry in a prolonged drought, state media said on Monday, prompting the isolated country to mobilize some of its million-strong army to try to protect precious crops. The drought is the worst in North Korea for over a decade, state media reports …
The city municipal corporation is pinning its hopes on support from the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT) to provide funds for the restoration of the seven water bodies except Ukkadam Periyakulam here in the city. The CRRT is involved in the restoration of the Cooum and Adayar rivers in Chennai …
Aiming at protecting the mass people and strategic points from river erosion, the government is going to implement a Tk 828.56 crore project titled “Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (Tranche-I) . The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) will implement the project by December 2018. The project was …
The Chinese government's policies to combat water pollution have changed from simply focusing on the polluted water bodies to managing the ecological system of entire river basins, a much more comprehensive approach, officials said. "The coming water pollution prevention and control action plan to be released by the State Council …
A new report on development and ecological sustainability in Uttarakhand by Ravi Chopra, environmentalist and head of the Supreme Court-appointed committee formed to study the role of the dams in the disaster last year, states that the devastation on June 15-17, 2013 was aggravated many times over by the heavy …
The adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to indigenous fish species particularly the small ones, reports BSS. Even in the month of Ashar, fish is not available in the local markets as most of the water bodies in the region are now dying due to …
Led by a former MNA, the growers and inhabitants of three union councils of Bunwala, Chenab Rasoolpur and Bakhtiari staged a demonstration on the bank of River Chenab against the Punjab government's plan to divert the water of Chenab River at a cost of Rs140 million. Former MNA Arif Aziz …
It took millions of years for water, seeping at an infinitesimal pace, to fashion the limestone pillars and mazes of the ancient Cliefden Caves. But a $150 million dam announced for the Belubula River near Canowindra will flood the cave system and destroy the rare formations in just a few …
Federal court undoes 2005 legislation paving way for eco-tourism projects around three rivers Indigenous groups have won a four-year legal battle to undo development restrictions in Cape York imposed by Queensland's former Labor government. Federal court judge Andrew Greenwood has declared invalid April 2009 development restrictions on the Archer, Lockhart …
OLD GOA: A resident of St Estevam has accused various officials of failing to enforce CRZ rules in connection with illegal sand mining along the banks of the Mandovi River. In a complaint to Old Goa Police, J Bismark Dias complained that in 2011, officers holding position in government had …
Delayed Action Against Offenders Leading To Loss To Exchequer: Report The latest Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG) report has noted that delays on the part of district collectors in confiscating vehicles that transported illegal river sand have not only incurred a huge loss to the state exchequer but even led …
The Wabag (VATW) Group won two contracts to provide drinking water from the Nile river to 800,000 people in Egypt. The group will build water-treatment plants in the cities of Suez and Port to produce a combined 155,000 cubic meters a day of clean drinking water, according to a statement …
Deputy Chief Minister in–charge Public Health Engineering (PHE) Prof RC Laloo today said that the life span of the dam of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS) is expected to be shortened due to the environmental degradation of the catchment of feeder river. Prof Laloo during the question hour …
The west-flowing rivers Vaitarna, Patalganga, Ulhas, Balganga and their tributaries such as Tansa, Bhasta and Barvi are used as sources of drinking water. The quality of water in west-flowing rivers in the state, some of which are sources of drinking water supply to Mumbai, has been consistently poor for the …
How many inspections would it take for the government to implement Mission Cleanup River Sal and restore the pristine glory of Salcete’s life line? This question has come to the fore as Monday’s inspection has not changed the ground reality of the river ever since Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar inspected …
Concerned over spurt in crocodile attacks in the Vishwamitri river, the forest department has now decided to construct public toilets for those staying on the banks. Many of the victims are usually slum dwellers, who have no place to relieve themselves. "We have decided to build toilets at certain spots …
Bank provides transition support of $3.5 bn to India for infra, education initiatives The World Bank will continue its concessional lending meant for poorer countries to India and has poorer countries to India and has also significantly upped the country's single-borrower limit, looking to provide a helping hand to the …
Bangladesh risks losing boro crops in about 40,000 square kilometer area if India and China divert waters from trans-boundary rivers, including the Brahmaputra, a seminar was told. “India plans to implement its river linking project to divert water from Brahmaputra River. China is going ahead to construct dams in upper …
The national taskforce on river protection has decided to conduct mobile courts against river encroachers and polluters. The decision was taken at a meeting of the taskforce yesterday. “Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) from now on will conduct mobile courts during eviction drives to hand down financial penalty or …
