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 …
Engineers require retraining, not the Ganga. This is where I left our conversation in my previous column. Why did I say this? The inter-ministerial committee in which I participated as a member was discussing how much the ecological flow - the water that should be left in the river for …
Tropical rainforest regions have large hydropower generation potential that figures prominently in many nations’ energy growth strategies. Feasibility studies of hydropower plants typically ignore the effect of future deforestation or assume that deforestation will have a positive effect on river discharge and energy generation resulting from declines in evapotranspiration (ET) …
The legal geopolitics of the Baglihar and Kishenganga hydroelectric power projects, whose legitimacy under the Indus Waters Treaty has been contested by Pakistan, demonstrates the political nature of technology and the governance of technology need not remain out-of-bounds for non-engineers. In attempting an understanding, this article seeks to step outside …
Difference In Water Levels Affects Migration Of Fish To Inland Water Bodies Malappuram: A detailed study conducted in rivers in the state reveals that the alteration in natural flow of rivers is obstructing the connectivity in river-related ecosystems, besides affecting the breeding and feeding movement of fishes. The study — …
Two Loan Agreement between the Government of Bangladesh and the Government of China for implementation of Padma-Jashaldia Water Treatment Plant of Dhaka WASA was signed on Tuesday (7/5/2013) at Economic Relations Division, says a press release. Mohammad Asif-uz-Zaman, Joint Secretary of Economic Relations Division of the Ministry of Finance and …
How to handle thorny issues is the crux of talks The question how India and China can more effectively manage persisting thorny issues such as the border dispute and trans-boundary rivers is expected to emerge as the centre of talks as External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrives here on Thursday. …
ITANAGAR: Indiscriminate extraction of boulders and sand gravel from Debing river bed at Debing hill portion in East Siang district is forcing the river to change its course which may pose great threat to the people living at downstream in near future. The Debing river (known as Rajakhana river in …
Amid growing environmental concerns over the river linking project, an NGO has come up with an “eco-friendly” method to connect the water bodies with grids so that states can share the resources according to their requirements. “Interlinking of Rivers project (ILR) is not viable in its present form. We have, …
The Autonomous Authority Will Regulate All Activities Affecting Vital Water Bodies Gandhinagar: Waking up to the need for conserving the state’s wetlands and lakes, the Gujarat government has decided to constitute a first-of-its-kind Wetlands and Lakes Regulatory and Development Authority. An official associated with the formation of the new authority …
Kochi: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India has shown willingness to collaborate with Kerala to evolve and execute an integrated river basin programme for the state to address its twin requirements of making water available throughout the year and conserving the rivers and nature. WWF India CEO Ravi Singh and other …
The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from the Centre and states on a PIL for framing uniform rules for preventing illegal sand mining on river banks. A Bench led by Justice S S Nijjar issued notices on the petition filed by National Legal Services Authority, requesting the court to intervene …
Ganga, the holiest river that has been washing people's sins and granting 'moksha' since time immemorial, today itself needs attention of those who call it 'mother'. Though a number of projects and programmes are being implemented by government and non-governmental organisations to clean Ganga, no significant improvement is being noticed …
Gujarat tops the list of being the most polluted state in India, accounting for 29 per cent of the nation’s hazardous waste. It is followed by Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. Gujarat is presently generating 6.2 million tones in hazardous waste largely because they …
JOWAI: In a first of its kind initiative in the State, Sakri village in East Jaintia Hills has been electrified through a mini-hydro project jointly implemented by the Meghalaya Rural Development Society (MRDS), Lifcom and the Nagaland Empowerment of People through Energy Development (NEPED). The Rs 1.50 lakh mini-hydro project …
After the state government approved funds for the Gargai-Pinjal dam project, BMC has proposed a biodiversity study of the area along which the dam will be constructed. A tributary of the Pinjal river, Gargai is in Ogade, 120 km from Mumbai, and runs through a thick forest, while its another …
PUNE: Water expert Rajendra Singh on Tuesday said that the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic administrations need to draft a policy to restore rivers passing through city areas. He also stressed on the need to restrict encroachments on river beds which hamper flow of water and said that many rivers …
The High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilisation, a government body formed to implement the Bagmati Action Plan (BAP), has formulated a new programme targeted at preserving environmental and ecological diversity of the Bagmati river. The plan to revive the dead river is being implemented with over Rs …
The water quality management is one of the many important environmental issues in India. Increasing demand of water for human consumption, irrigation and industrial activities has impacted the water quality of rivers due to declining flows in rivers and depleting water levels of subsurface resources. Water quality data from 2500 …
Land use affects the distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna along the river continuum and are hence useful indicators of this stress (Richards et al. 1993; Roth et al. 1996; Hershey & Lamberti 1998; Allan 2004). This knowledge pertains to temperate streams. Such an impact has been scarcely investigated in tropical …
Acting upon allegations that various state government officials have connived with the land mafia to help usurp large tracts of the floodplains of Yamuna and Hindon rivers and the failure of developmental authorities in curbing the menace, the National Green Tribunal has ordered the Noida Authority, GDA, and Ghaziabad Municipal …
