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 …
Cambodian villagers demonstrated on Friday against a controversial Lao hydropower dam that activists say is being built in defiance of an agreement to assess its potentially damaging impact on millions of people first. About 200 villagers whose livelihoods depend on the Mekong River urged a halt to the Thai-led construction …
pinned on the Army’s 3rd Mountain Regiment to evacuate the flood victims with mechanized motor boats came to naught on Tuesday as the team placed one after another demands and ultimately failed to launch rescue operation on the pretext of inclement weather and turbulent current. Itanagar: While Chief Minister Nabam …
Sludge Has Toxins, Should Have Been Dumped At Safe Place, Say Experts New Delhi: The recent dredging exercise at the Okhla barrage to deepen the Okhla pond was welcomed by environmentalists till they figured out that all the silt pulled out was being dumped along the banks and allowed to …
A total of 2.48 million people have been affected by downpours that have swept South China since Monday, the country's flood control authority said Thursday. Torrential rains have caused damage in seven provincial regions, including Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Anhui, according to preliminary calculations by the State Flood Control and …
GUWAHATI, June 25 – Plans are afoot to cage the Bahini, Bharalu and Mora Bharalu rivers with 12-foot-high iron fences on both their banks so as to save them from being used as dustbins and thus to ensure their unhindered flow. The State Water Resources Department (WRD) is embarking upon …
Renowned environmentalist Dr Ranjit Bhargava has highlighted the need for including Rishikesh and Haridwar in the Upper Ganga Region which he has been urging the Government to work toward getting it declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site A meeting and a seminar on the issue were held at Parmarth …
Itanagar: The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh continued to remain grim for the second day today with most of the rivers and their tributaries are in high spate and flowing above the danger level. The worst affected districts in the State’s first wave of flood are Changlang, Lohit and Dibang …
Fresh areas of over 30 villages under five upazilas in Lalmonirhat district were flooded yesterday, leaving at least 35,000 people marooned. Away in Netrakona, flash flood triggered by heavy rain in hills across the border hit thousands of people in five unions of Durgapur upazila in the last two days. …
The state irrigation minister has asked all officials of his department to monitor the rivers whose waters are touching the danger level. Dr Manas Bhuniya after meeting senior officials of the irrigation department said that the Met office has informed the department of the chances of heavy rain within three …
The opposition from the farmers in the district to Kerala's proposal to build a dam across Bhavani river at Attapadi intensified as the farming community fears that the move may deprive them of water for irrigation. Most of the farmers in the district depend on the Bhavani river for their …
Lack of vigil by authorities has helped it prosper In spite of ban, there is a rampant illegal sand mining in the taluk on the Chitravathi river bed. The taluk has no major water sources, hence, groundwater is precious here. With the increased dependency on groundwater, the water level has …
The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld a rule in Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules making it mandatory for dealers in river sand to obtain a licence for setting up stockyard. The rule also makes it compulsory for the stockists to obtain the sale slip from the local Deputy …
Thirumalairajanar river is being ravaged, exposing the village to vagaries of monsoon At the stroke of dawn, tractors can be seen along the embankments of the Thirumalairajanar river at Polagam. Here, in Polagam panchayat of Thirumarugal union in Nagapattinam district, illegal mining of sand in the river reigns supreme. Each …
Perennial Jamni river will be linked to nearby lakes to assist in irrigation The Madhya Pradesh government claims to have launched the country's first ever river-lake linking project in the water-scarce Bundelkhand region. The Harpura irrigation and river-lake link project, launched in the Tikamgarh district, will be implemented under the …
GUWAHATI: The flood situation continues to remain grim in the lower Assam’s Tihu revenue circle, Paschim Nalbari, Sarthebari and few other places as the Mora Pagaldia river’s water level showing no signs of receding. To take stock of the flood situation, State Agriculture Minister Nilomoni Sen Deka, on the instruction …
DEHRA DUN, 17 JUNE: Ahead of the seers' protest in New Delhi tomorrow over the conservation of River Ganga, a three-member Central team today made an assessment of the controversial 330 Megawatt Alaknanda project near Srinagar town in Uttarakhand's Pauri district. “After assessing the dam and its various environmental issues, …
Worldwide, there is a need to enhance our understanding of vulnerability and to develop methodologies and tools to assess vulnerability. One of the most important goals of assessing coastal flood vulnerability, in particular, is to create a readily understandable link between the theoretical concepts of flood vulnerability and the day-to-day …
The focus should shift from water rights to water needs A report on global water security released by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on World Water Day made startling revelations on the risk of water wars in the coming decades. According to the report, which was based on the …
Recent govt study proposed exclusion of about 2,900 MW of hydel projects in Uttarakhand as they may impact ecology of the state Over Rs 17,000 crore worth of investments in Uttarakhand would be impacted if the proposals of a government study to stop work on various hydel projects in the …
Sand-mining from rivers in the district has been banned by District Collector Ratan Kelkar from June 20 to July 31. An official press release here on Tuesday said the decision to ban sand-mining during the period was taken to ensure the availability of sand and to protect rivers. The ban …
