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 …
Jahirpur (Kamrup), April 9: Five thousand faces, which have watched the Brahmaputra eat away their home and hearth for the past 50 years, today stood on the river bank applauding chief minister Tarun Gogoi as he launched a flood and anti-erosion project which will probably be the largest in the …
India says any apprehensions in the minds of neighbouring countries over the proposed linkages of trans-border rivers are "misplaced", as the project has been backburnered. The river-linking work would start only after memorandums of understanding and development project reports are prepared, Indian Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told a …
Ranchi, April 8: The state’s groundwater directorate is pinning hopes on a training programme to lure overseas experts for bringing bank filtration — a tried and tested method for channelling clean drinking water through rivers and lakes — to Jharkhand. Representatives of various states and NGOs will take part in …
ON 1 MARCH, reports came in from Arunachal Pradesh that the Siang river, the ‘lifeline’ of the Northeast, had dried up, “shrinking about a kilometre from its banks” at Pasighat as the Chinese had diverted its water. Doomsday scenarios poured in as locals exclaimed, “In my lifetime, I have never …
GUWAHATI: The protest against the big dam in the State started by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) would continue in the days to some. This was stated by the KMSS. Secretary of the peasant body Bedanta Laskar said that the protest of the KMSS against the Lower Subansiri Project …
State government loosing huge amount of royalty If Bellary district gained notoriety for illegal iron ore mining, Chikmagalur district seems to be following it’s foot steps for unabated illegal sand mining. Sand mining going on blatantly on the banks of river in Chikmagalur district.This surely does not require any proof …
The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the district administration on illegal sand mining in district. Following the notice, issued on a petition by Rajya Raitha Sangha, the district administration has put a brake on rampant sand mining on the banks of River Hemavathi and Thunga Bhadra. In …
Rabid skunks are causing a stink in Carlsbad, N.M. After 15 years without a confirmed case of rabies, the southeastern New Mexico county where Carlsbad is the county seat has seen about 30 skunks test positive for rabies since December. Skunks are in search of food and water amid a …
The health of rivers in Uttarakhand has deteriorated substantially due to violation of environment laws by various hydroelectric projects in the hill State. Important rivers such as the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda are either disappearing downstream of dams or are being used as dumping ground. Garbage dumped in the Tehri …
Water scarcity has hit the district headquarters-based Okhaldhunga bazaar as the six-year old drinking water project remained precarious for lack of maintenance. According to reliable sources, the headquarters had been facing acute scarcity as water from Tareevir, Hyakule and Pakhale rivers are not preserved. Hyakule-Pakhale project was constructed with an …
A parliamentary committee in Nepal has given the go-ahead for China Three Gorges Corp.'s $1.6 billion hydroelectric-power project after the Chinese state-owned company threatened last month to pull the plug on its investment. Lawmakers had raised concerns that Nepal's government had awarded the contract without opening it up to international …
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a civil miscellaneous appeal that has sought court's directions to stop the federal government from entering into any deal to purchase electricity from India. The petitioner, Barrister Zafarullah Khan, appeared before the bench in person and contented …
Highly critical of being furnished a “half-baked” reply on diversion of waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries by China, the standing committee on water resources has once again asked the Water Resources Ministry to compile complete data of major river systems in the country at the earliest. In its …
A parliamentary committee in Nepal has given the go-ahead for China Three Gorges Corp.'s $1.6 billion hydroelectric-power project after the Chinese state-owned company threatened last month to pull the plug on its investment. Lawmakers had raised concerns that Nepal's government awarded the contract without opening it up to international bidding, …
A supreme court order in India asking the government to link more than 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas has sparked concerns in neighbouring countries. Bangladesh says it would be hardest hit because it is a downstream country to two major rivers that flow from India. New Delhi …
The study focuses on the hydrology of Wardha sub basin of Godavari which occupies the area between latitudes 190 18’ N and 210 58’N and longitudes 770 20’E and 79045’ E. The designated sub basin is characterized by some distinctive features including: the sub basin is triangular in shape with …
The Tamil Nadu Government has approached the Supreme Court to prevent Karnataka from using the Cauvery water stored in its four main reservoirs for irrigation between February and May. This demand is in line with the final order of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal on February 5, 2007. On March 21, …
China's Three Gorges Corp. on Thursday marked the beginning of construction for a dam that will flood the last free-flowing portion of the middle reaches of the Yangtze, the country's longest river. The 30 billion yuan ($4.75 billion) Xiaonanhai dam is decried by environmentalists because it will flood a nature …
A drought affecting southeast England has spread further north to parts of Yorkshire, as another dry month depleted river levels and underground water supplies, the UK's Environment Agency said on Wednesday. Areas from Chesterfield to Scarborough have fallen into the drought zone, as well as areas around Sheffield, Doncaster, Hull …
The metropolis is all set to boost public participation in keeping the city clean by introducing a campaign “Clean Kathmandu-Our Kathmandu.” The metropolitan city aims to deploy 10,000 volunteers everyday for the week-long campaign beginning April 6 in the first phase. The entire metropolitan city area of 50.67 square km …
