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 …
The Kerala State Planning Board will submit a Rs.1,222 crore Bharathapuzha Basin Development Plan soon to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for getting financial aid from it for the project. The Planning Board member C.P. John told The Hindu on Saturday that the Planning Board held discussions with the WWF …
It’s high time we paid attention to natural resources along with science-based socio-economic development, says Chief Minister Against the backdrop of the recent disaster in the State followed by criticism of its development approach, the Uttarakhand government has decided to generate data for Gross Environment Product (GEP) along with Gross …
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Friday said dams would be constructed on all the rivers of the state to generate hydro-electricity. "We plan to dam all our rivers and generate more than 2500 Mega-Watts of electricity," Lal Thanhawla said in a speech to party workers at Congress Bhavan. The …
Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital on river encroachments dated 04/07/2013 in the matter of Beena Bahuguna Vs State of Uttarakhand and others.
As Uttarakhand continues to reel under the impact of the devastating flash floods, the Ministry of Water Resources has decided to set up an official committee to look into the factors responsible for the disaster and recommend possible solutions for the future. Union Minister for Water Resources Harish Rawat told …
In the backdrop of the devastating floods in Uttarakhand and the dangerous rise of major rivers in northern India, a professor from the department of Geography of Allahabad University and his team of research scholars have come up with a unique idea-that of harvesting the additional floodwater which inundates. The …
Nearly a dozen villages face risk of flood after a dam collapsed in Panna district on Sunday night. A dam constructed on Galko river in Bhitari village under Pawai tehsil of the district collapsed in the night, said sources. Tehsildar Gannaur B M Shukla said, "Prior to the collapse, a …
Punjab government has accorded approval to the project for purifying all the sullage nullahs (drains) including Hadayara Drain in Lahore. For this purpose, water treatment plants will be installed in a phased manner. After proper treatment of sullage water, it will be disposed off in River Ravi so that the …
The Uttarakhand government announced a series of major decisions on Monday for recovery and rehabilitation in the flood-hit state. The state cabinet decided on a Uttarakhand Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (URRA), chaired by the chief minister (CM). It announced a ban on construction of new buildings on and around all …
Supreme Court judgement in the matter of Association for Environment Protection Vs State of Kerala and others dated 02/07/2013 regarding constructing a building (hotel/restaurant) on the banks of river Periyar.
Showing scant regard for law and environment, the Uttarakhand government has in many places flouted the orders of the Allahabad high court. In 1998, it had passed an order prohibiting construction on 200 metres of land on either side of river banks across the state. But unlawful construction has been …
GAIBANDHA : River erosion has taken serious turn at different points along Teesta river bank under Sundarganj upazila in the district recently with the rise of water level in the river creating immense sufferings to the erosion victims, reports BSS. Local sources said at least 300 families of the upazila …
We need to think about a pan-Himalayan development strategy which is based on the region's natural resources, culture and traditional knowledge - An interview with Sunita Narain.
An important challenge in geomorphology is the reconciliation of the high fluvial incision rates observed in tectonically active mountain ranges with the long-term preservation of significant mountain-range relief in ancient, tectonically inactive orogenic belts. River bedrock erosion and sediment transport are widely recognized to be the principal controls on the …
A meeting of Environment Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council was held here today under the Chairmanship of MLC, Dr. Bashir Ahmed Shah (Veeri). Legislators, Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah, Showket Hussain Ganie were also present in the meeting. The Committee discussed the issues related to framing of State Action …
It has also pitched for the supply of water to those below the poverty line, at a subsidised rate The Ministry of Water Resources has proposed 100 per cent metered water supply, priced on a volumetric basis, for urban areas. It has also pitched for the supply of water to …
The river is channelled through the 682m long and 8.5m wide diversion tunnel yesterday This is the fifth such river diversions in the country As excavators began lifting massive boulders to the diversion tunnel, Mangdechhu staff and guests present at the inauguration of the diversion works watched in awe as …
New Delhi : Days before Uttarakhand was ravaged by rain, the state government had sought assistance of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to address the problem of high sediment deposits in its rivers that have raised water levels and could cause flash floods. Faced with the Union Environment and …
The main cause for the temporary shutdown of the 275 Megawatts Kopili Hydel Project in Dima Hasao is due to acidification caused by unscientific rat hole mining in East and West Jaintia Hills District. The reservoir at Umrangso, a border area between Assam and Meghalaya, was found to contain acidic …
The State government will constitute a Cabinet sub-committee to decide measures to effectively tackle illegal sand mining in the state. Minister for Public Works Dr H C Mahadevappa told presspersons here on Tuesday that he would be heading the sub-committee to be set up soon. “We will try to prepare …
