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 risk of flooding and water shortage in 2013 has increased because the Government has been 'too slow' in taking action to improve water management in the UK, says environmental leaders. According to the group of 16 leading environmental organisations, a long-term, sustainable approach is needed which "works with our …
The impact of projected 21st century climate conditions on streamflow in the Upper Colorado River Basin was estimated using a multi-model ensemble approach wherein the downscaled outputs of 112 future climate projections from 16 global climate models (GCMs) were used to drive a macroscale hydrology model. By the middle of …
THE Mekong river, snaking its way through the heart of South-East Asia, has long sustained the world’s biggest and most productive inland fishery, supplying protein for around 65m mainly poor people from four riparian countries, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. But scientists warn that this ecosystem is gravely threatened by …
Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court on Friday came down heavily against political interference in the bid to remove encroachments from catchment areas of rivers, dams and ponds. The court also pulled up the state government for playing with citizens' health by not keeping water bodies free of pollution. During the …
Being a low laying deltaic country, the morphological changes of the coastal zones of Bangladesh become a major social, economic and environmental concern. In this study, images of Landsat satellite during 1989-2010 are analyzed to detect the variation of shoreline positions. The western-central coast has been divided into different segments …
The report of the Committee constituted to study the activities that are required for optimal development of river basins and changes required in the existing River Board Act, 1956 for achievement of the same, by the Ministry of Water Resources. The report consists of the draft Act which is to …
A Bill further to amend the River Boards Act, 1956 to provide for the establishment of River Basin Authority for the regulation and development of Inter-State Rivers and River Basins.
Uttarakhand has more than just natural beauty to boast of. It also tops the list of best-performing States and Union territories in terms of environmental well-being. Uttarakhand is followed by Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Sikkim, and Andhra Pradesh on the Planning Commission’s Environmental Performance Index (EPI) list. Environmental well-being is one …
A crusher industry has been extracting stones from the Narayani river illegally, putting the river embankment at risk of bursting. People said over 20 tractors full of stones are supplied to the industry, run by Om Prakash Jaisawal at Ramnagar, on a daily basis. They said the stones are crushed …
THE Gillard government has pledged $1.77 billion for water infrastructure to pump an extra 450 billion litres into the ailing Murray Darling basin to boost the health of the river system. The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and Water Minister, Tony Burke, were joined by the South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, …
The government will spend 12 billion yuan ($1.92 billion) to improve water quality on the middle route of the south-to-north water diversion project from 2011 to 2015. The money will be used to build sewage and garbage treatment facilities, conserve soil and treat polluted rivers, agricultural pollution and mine tailings …
China launched a fund on Monday to protect its far-western Sanjiangyuan nature reserve, the source of the country's major rivers. Fund launched to protect 'China's water tower' A herd of yaks idle by a lake at a county in Northwest China's Qinghai provine, Aug 10, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua] Ma Fuhai, director …
Expressing concern over increasing water pollution in the world, Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development (UAD) Minister Babulal Gaur said if effective measures were not undertaken right now water war will erupt in future. Gaur was addressing the third International Water Conference here on Thursday. The two-day conference has been …
Bhopal: Expressing concern over increasing water pollution in the world, Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development Minister Shri Babulal Gaur said if effective measures were not undertaken right now then water war will erupt in future. Shri Gaur was addressing the third International Water Conference here today. The two-day conference …
Hyderabad scored 36 out of 92; It scored poorly in recreational and education services for children If this was an exam, the city would have failed miserably. Greater Hyderabad has scored zero (out of four) in three indicators and one in 12 indicators regarding healthy biodiversity. Chief Minister Kiran Kumar …
With decreasing discharges into the sea, India’s rivers are dying. Reduced outflows have led to untold damage to the fragile ecology and biodiversity of the Indian river systems. Environment experts attending the 11th Conference of Parties (CoP-11) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity warn that India will lose …
New Delhi: The annual cleaning of the Ganga Canal is likely to create problems for the capital this year. The Uttar Pradesh government informed Delhi that the canal would be shut for maintenance work for 25 days starting from October 15 but the share of water that Delhi is supposed …
First State to form BMCs The government has formally declared the constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees in all the 978 grama panchayats, 60 municipalities, and the five Corporations in Kerala, signalling the shift to a broad-based system for the conservation of biological resources. Addressing the media after a Cabinet meeting …
Amid demands by leaders from Karnataka to review the Cauvery River Authority’s decision of asking the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water for Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of political leaders from the state on Monday. Leaders from Karnataka, including External Affairs Minister S …
SHILLONG: In a ray of hope for the water-starved residents of Jowai and adjoining villages, the much-delayed river pumping water supply scheme for the area is expected to be commissioned by March 2013. An official of the PHE department recently informed that the project is in its final stages and …
