The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
Growing concerns about China’s plans to divert waters of the Brahmaputra in Tibet has prompted a Parliamentary panel to seek from the government complete data of major river systems in the country for the past 10 years. In a report submitted to Parliament on Tuesday, the Standing Committee on Water …
With the China factor looming large, the Centre is desperately pushing the Arunachal Pradesh Government to expedite the development of storage hydroelectric projects on the Brahmaputra. Efforts are on to get the State to allot at least one storage hydroelectric project in each of the sub-basins of Siang, Lohit and …
China is calling it a run-of-the-river project and, for now, India is buying its explanation. After months of debate over Beijing's plans to divert the Brahmaputra, the prime minister assured the Rajya Sabha on August 4 that there was no cause for concern. "We have been assured that nothing will …
At least seven people were swept away and thousands displaced by flash floods in Assam Monday, officials said, adding that army soldiers and Indian Air Force helicopters were being deployed to rescue trapped villagers, officials said. A government spokesperson said heavy rains triggered massive flooding in the eastern Dhemaji district, …
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded a ‘White Paper’ on ongoing power projects in Arunachal Pradesh and impact of the dams downstream in Assam. Raising the issue of construction of dams upstream and China’s bid to divert the Brahmaputra river, in the Lok Sabha though a notice under Rule …
Flashflood triggered by incessant rainfall and hilly water claimed four lives in Bandarban in the last few days. Flash flood in the district damaged several hundreds houses and inundated crop land and disrupted road communication. Flood water has started to recede from low-lying areas but several thousands of people still …
Climate change vulnerability profiles are developed at the district level for agriculture, water and forest sectors for the North East region of India for the current and projected future climates. An index-based approach was used where a set of indicators that represent key sectors of vulnerability (agriculture, forest, water) is …
Reacting to the reported statements made by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) before the media on the issue of Lower Subansiri Hydel Project, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today said that the uttering smacked of a colonial mindset and was meant to mislead the people of Assam on a …
State-owned power producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) says it will invest about . 1 lakh crore to set up India’s largest hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh. The Siang Upper Project will have a generation capacity of 9,500 MW, enough to light up two cities like Delhi. “We are in …
China has assured India that the dam it is building across the Brahmaputra in Tibet will not harm India's interest, and India “trusts China,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. “We trust its statement. India and China are neighbours. It is in our interest to have …
Dispelling apprehensions that the flow of the mighty Brahmaputra in India would be affected by a dam built by China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the government was keeping a close watch on the activities of its neighbour on the northeastern river, on which agriculture and economy of …
TEZPUR, July 25 – After inundation of a large area in greater Panchmile area by flash floods followingt incessant rains during the last one week, both flood and erosion have posed a serious problem to the residents of the greater area. People of the area have expressed their strong resentment …
Rainfall activity picked up in parts of North India on Thursday, including the Capital, even as three persons died in the region in various rain-related mishaps. The weatherman has predicted light to moderate showers over the next 24 hours at several places in the region. Though rain brought down the …
Heavy monsoon rains have led the mighty Brahmaputra River to overflow its banks and submerge scores of villages in India's remote northeastern state of Assam. District magistrate Anwaruddin Chowdhury says more than 150,000 people have been hit by floods in three districts of northern Assam. Chowdhury said Sunday at least …
GUWAHATI: The issue of mega dams has been raised in the Assam Assembly by former Chief Minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. On the issue, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samti (KMSS) and other organizations like the All Assam Students
A protracted negotiation between Dhaka and Delhi on sharing the Teesta river is likely to end soon. The governments are set to sign an interim treaty on sharing the trans-boundary river water for 15 years, until they can strike a long-term agreement. The river, which originates in Sikkim, is the …
The Indian security agencies are extremely worried over the ignorance of New Delhi in strengthening its claim on river Yarlung Tsangbo (as the Brahmaputra is known in Tibet) by expediting construction of dams, reservoir or power station on the Brahmaputra river within the country. The Centre is convinced with the …
Artificial floods in Jorhat district have threatened the existence of a tea estate with the garden authorities today appealing to the district administration to bail it out of the crisis. More than 50 per cent of the 174 hectares of Haru-charai tea estate, 16km from here, has been inundated by …
