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 …
Sikkim Flood Control and Irrigation Minister Dawcho Lepcha has called for the inclusion of the State as a permanent member of the Brahmaputra Board, a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Water Resources. Sikkim should be considered for permanent membership along with other Northeastern States in the Brahmaputra Board, …
The worldwide paradigm shift in river basin management has not affected policymakers in south Asia. Hydro-diplomacy in the Ganges-Brahmaputra- Meghna basin is still based on reductionist engineering, and looks at marginal economic benefits, without showing any concern for the long-run implications for livelihoods and ecosystem. The governments in the river …
On a day when Beijing softened its anti-New Delhi rhetoric, India officially acknowledged for the first time that China was building dams on the Brahmaputra but downplayed its significance, with Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal saying the construction was taking place around 1,100 km upstream. The Chinese Foreign Ministry …
A day after the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) confirmed that construction was on at the Zangmu site on the Chinese side of the Brahmaputra river, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Wednesday said that New Delhi has many a time raised the issue of construction of a dam by China …
Despite mounting evide-nce of China undertaking construction of dams, purportedly to divert the Brahmaputra river, India today reiterated its stand that Beijing is
NEW DELHI: Amid reports in a section of the media that China is building a dam across the Brahmaputra, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Wednesday said the issue was raised with Beijing several times, and each time it denied that it was engaged in any such activity.
A recent report on the status of Ganges river dolphins (Plantanista Gangetica Gangetica) in the Brahmaputra and adjoining rivers has suggested that after a long period of decline, the population of the endangered species could have stabilised. Striking a cautionary note, the report submitted to the Sir Peter Scott Fund …
Over-exploitation of ground water resource (stage of ground water development - more than 100%) refers to the development of ground water resource which is available below the active recharge zone or zone of fluctuation that is sometimes referred as Static or In
Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today assured the State Government of a thorough assessment of the cumulative impact on downstream Assam by the proposed hydro-electric projects on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh. The assessment will be done by a third party. Taking part in a …
Seeking to build trust and understanding, India and China today discussed all aspects of bilateral relations with an aim of looking at ways to address irritants such as boundary question and other issues, reports PTI. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi met here for …
India is expected to bring up the issue of Chinese investments in power projects in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and that of building of a dam on the Brahmaputra when External Affairs Minister S M Krishna meets Chinese Foreign minister Yang Jiechi in Bangalore on the sidelines of the India-Russia-China trilateral meet on …
Come January and a heady blend of adventure, wildlife and heritage is set to unfold on the waters of the mighty Brahmaputra with MV Mahabaahu, a four-storiedluxury liner taking travel
A population assessment survey of the endangered Ganges river dolphin was made between February and Apil 2005 in the Brahmaputra River starting from Assam-Arunachal border to the India-Bangladesh border. One hundred and ninety seven dolphins were recorded in the entire 856 km river stretch with an encounter rate of 0.23 …
The tests conducted on the water samples collected from Kachari Ghat and Pandu Ghat before and after the immersion of the Durga idols have led to such conclusions, which at any rate may not bode well for the Guwahatians. This is more serious, particularly for those who are dependent on …
Expressing concern over reports of China constructing a dam on the Brahmaputra river in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to form an expert committee to ascertain and verify whether a reservoir dam, entailing diversion of water, was actually being …
