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 Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has laid down a detailed programme to avoid water logging in the monsoon at sites which are under its jurisdiction. Speaking to reporters on Monday, MMRDA commissioner Rahul Asthana said they would put up barricades at construction project sites like the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro …
MALKANGIRI: The Odisha Government must follow the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Area (PESA) Act and the decision of the Palli Sabha regarding setting up of any industry in the scheduled area should be final, said Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh. He was speaking to PRI representatives on the premises …
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences to submit paper Why did the Harappan civilisation, which flourished for hundreds of years and once extended across a vast area from northwestern India and across Pakistan, suddenly go into a terminal decline some 4,000 years ago and wither away? Like their script that …
Decline In Monsoon Weakened River Dynamics, Leading To Collapse Washington: Climate change may be the main culprit behind the collapse of the Indus Valley Civilization around 4,000 years ago, says a new study, which also claims to have resolved the long-standing debate over the source and fate of the Saraswati, …
WATER Minister Tony Burke has vowed he will press ahead with a plan to rescue the ailing Murray-Darling river system this year even if it means brushing aside states that refuse to sign up. After the independent Murray-Darling Basin Authority put out its latest recommendations for a national river plan …
Water flowing through Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions is safe to drink despite the increasing number of environmental incidents on the Pearl River in recent years, the river's monitor agency said. There has been a string of environmental scandals across the country in recent years in the wake …
A new report has revealed that 92.1% of bathing waters in the European Union now meet the minimum water quality standards set by the Bathing Water Directive. The results from the latest annual Bathing Water Report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission shows that 77.1% of …
In this final verdict on Ramgarh dam case, the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the state government to remove all encroachments from water bodies across the state and also cancel the illegal land allotments made close to them since 1955. Read text of the final vedict on Ramgarh dam case …
Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur said it is a noble work to conserve the holy rivers and life giving water bodies while voluntarily labouring for the desilting of Hathaikheda dam on Sunday. Gaur appealed youth to come forward for the noble work of deepening of dam and emphasised …
Itanagar: Several organizations from Siang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh have asked Chief Minister Nabam Tuki to scrap the 2700 MW Lower Siang hydro-electric project proposal putting a moratorium and review of all the Hydro-electric projects in Siang basin. The organizations including Adi Students’ Union (AdiSU), Siang Peoples Forum (SPF), Forum …
Mamata’s Intractable Opposition Nixes Efforts For A Pact. Bangladesh could be ready to revisit the Teesta water treaty’s terms as the ruling Awami League faces growing political heat but Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee’s intractable opposition is stalemating all efforts to ink the pact. Recent attempts to sound out the West …
Agitated over the State government's plan to allow sand quarrying again at the dry Nambiyar riverbed in the district, residents of various villages in Radhapuram taluk submitted a petition to Collector R. Selvaraj on Monday against the move. Unlike the Tamirabarani, the Nambiar would very rarely experience flood even during …
Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Netherlands to prepare the "Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100" in order to build up a 50-100 years water management system. Under the deal, Bangladesh will conduct about 20 studies of different types at the main rivers and adjoining areas with …
Environmental scientists have known that high levels of the toxic element, mercury, have been accumulating in the Arctic Ocean for some time. It was believed to be mostly caused by atmospheric sources stemming from the combustion of coal. However, a new study from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied …
The Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), is executing a 300 MW Kishanganga power project in Bandipora district of occupied Kashmir, despite a warning by the Centre for Inter-disciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment (CISMHE), New Delhi, of terrible anti-environmental dangers of the project. A report, prepared by CISMHE on Kishanganga, …
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has urged the Centre to direct the Karnataka Government to drop its proposal to construct a check dam across Thenpennai River which if not done, would affect irrigation and drinking water supply in five districts of Tamil Nadu. Raising the issue during …
Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) has urged the government to take immediate notice of Indian efforts of buying carbon credits for its seven hydropower projects to be built on Sindh, Chenab and Jhelum rivers. The Board said that this effort of India is aimed at to give legal cover to its …
The cabinet yesterday approved a draft bill that aims to stop misuse of surface, ground and river water and preserve and manage water resources in an integrated manner. Redirecting and intercepting the normal flow of rivers and blocking any river branches are illegal under the proposed law. It says the …
Chennai: After raising the Cauvery water dispute with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has shot off another letter to him, this time over the proposal of the Karnataka government to build check dams and diversionary structures across the Pennaiyar river. The river flows through five …
Govt marks another survey as consultants doubt feasibility of project. Jammu will not be supplied drinking water from the Chenab till 2025, as the government has decided to conduct another survey of the project, after consultants expressed doubts about its success. Sources said fears have been raised over the feasibility …
