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 …
Monsoon fury continued to wreak havoc on Uttarakhand on Tuesday with flash floods, landslips and cloudbursts claiming 54 lives and leaving 61,890 Char-Dham yatris stranded in Chamoli, Rudraprayag, and Uttarkashi districts. Twenty-five thousand people are stranded in Rudraprayag, 27,040 in Chamoli, 9,850 in Uttarkashi, and 900 in Tehri districts. Of …
Move is aimed at check-mating mafia which has been mining sand unchecked from rivers and lakes The Karnataka government has proposed a new sand policy to check the operations of the sand mafia. This will replace the present one formulated by the previous BJP government. Announcing this at the weekend …
It is time for Mohammed Qader of Bahuka village in Sirajganj district to move again. For the seventh time in the last 20 years that he has been residing in Bahuka, Qader will be forced to rebuild his life from scratch as the mighty Jamuna river continues to erode its …
Efforts, finally, seem to be are on to save and revive the fast-disappearing Arkavathy river, with the Waterman of India, Rajendra Singh, working with the State government in this regard. The Magsaysay awardee, Singh, was in the City on Friday, to hold talks with the government and chalk out a …
While the government is found dragging its feet on the implementation of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) gazetted in 2010, realtors and others have been destroying wetlands and grab water bodies in violation of the relevant laws. The government has however taken a few steps towards the implementation of the …
Upping the ante against Karnataka for its refusal to release Cauvery waters, Tamil Nadu today decided to file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court besides seeking a direction for setting up two regulatory bodies to implement the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal's final award. Slamming Karnataka’s stand that the Supervisory …
PIL seeks direction from court to restrain APSEZ from diverting, blocking flow of rivers and from constructing on river-beds The Adani group owned Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) was served a notice on Wednesday by the Gujarat High Court on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging destruction, bunding, …
The Indo-Bangla Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) is set for talks in Dhaka on such crucial issues as equiaable share of Teesta waters and proposed Tipaimukh dam. The Ministry of Water Resources' Senior Secretary Sheikh Altaf Ali told bdnews24.com that the meetings were slated for Jun 18-19. "Talks will be held …
Climate change is likely to worsen floods on rivers such as the Ganges, the Nile and the Amazon this century while a few, including the now-inundated Danube, may become less prone, a Japanese-led scientific study said on Sunday. The findings will go some way to help countries prepare for deluges …
Being one of the biggest river channelisation project in the country, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has approved a Rs 945.48 crore project for taming the remaining 55 tributaries of the Swan river in Una district. The project, which is expected to reclaim about 6,060 hectares of land, will be …
Unchecked global warming may increase the risk of flooding at the end of this century in 42 per cent of the Earth's land surface, including parts of India, Southeast Asia and Africa, a new study has warned. According to a research team led by Yukiko Hirabayashi at the University of …
Illegal mining activities in the state resulted in agitations at Jaipur and Bhilwara in the past two days. In Ugryawas area in Jaipur district, nearly 7,000 people started a united struggle against mining in the area while a large crowd came out on the road in Jahajpur town of Bhilwara …
Both governments have agreed to commit to replenishing water to key river system in return for federal cash Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory have become the first two administrations to sign up to the Murray Darling Basin plan, committing both governments to replenish water to the key river system. …
SHILLONG: Marking the world Environment Day with a heavy heart, renowned columnist Rev HH Mohrmen observed that if the government falls back on introducing and implementing strict laws to check unregulated mining, the state will witness many dead rivers as is the case of Jaintia Hills. Terming Jaintia Hills as …
Erosion by the Teesta and Dharla rivers rendered at least 250 families in three upazilas homeless in the last three days. The erosion-hit people of 20 villages have now taken shelter on the dyke of Water Development Board (WDB) in the district, said an official of WDB. Teesta took a …
A new study predicts that in the Kailash region, temperatures will increase as it will rain, colder regions will recede, forests and meadows will cover more area and mountain communities will experience serious changes in natural cycles. The threat of climate change is looming over Mount Kailash and Mansarovar, considered …
The move is expected to cut sand price by half Sand may soon be available through open warehouses that too at half the market price. The government has decided to dig up river-beds for providing sand to consumers at controlled rates. The SAD-BJP Government has been drawing flak because of …
It seems that Ganga, the holy river that has been nurturing the Indian civilization since time immemorial but today cursed with manmade pollution, has become a potential issue for all sections like the ruling class, the opposition and non-governmental organisations. While the political class is using it as a potential …
