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 …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said China had not constructed any dam on the Brahmaputra river that would have been a matter of concern for India, according to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorje Khandu. Khandu, who led a delegation of state leaders to Singh, said the prime minister had also …
In yet another instance of Beijing misleading India, China is said to be building a large-scale dam project on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river in its territory, which could trigger a major crisis for the people of north-eastern states. Reacting to a news report in this regard, External …
India said the Chinese government had assured it no dam on the Brahmaputra was proposed India today said it was verifying claims made by the Chinese government that it was not building a dam that would divert the Brahmaputra and will cause hardship for those living downstream. Tone measured, India …
So far, Beijing has denied any plans to build a dam on its side of the Brahmaputra river. But strong evidence has now emerged to suggest that China has begun constructing a dam on the river which it calls the Yarlungzangbo (better known as Yarlong Tsangpo to the Tibetans). It
It is 2050. A warming climate and accelerated snowmelt have reduced the dry season flow in the Indus to a trickle. Pakistan backs out from the Indus Waters Treaty and demands international intervention against India to increase its share of water flow. At the other end, gradual loss of land …
Over his 45 years, Siddique Ur-Rahman, a Bangladeshi rice farmer, has watched as his world has been gradually swallowed by water. During his youth his family cultivated 7.2 acres along the Kholpotua River, a waterway then so narrow that villagers standing on one bank could call across to those on …
Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their land to open ocean. The vulnerability is a result of sediment compaction from the removal of oil, gas and water from the delta's …
This is one hospital with a difference: Patients don't go to it; it floats to them. The many inaccessible islands in the Brahmaputra river now have a common connecting link-hospital boats from the award-winning project, Ships of Hope-that brings them quality medical care right at their doorstep. Former journalist Sanjoy …
The people of Barchala LAC of Sonitpur district, particularly those who have been living on the banks of the River Brahmaputra from the point of Gabharumukh Chapori till the point of Barchala Gokhaighat area
India and China have deferred signing an agreement for joint research on Himalayan glaciers till October-end. Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said a comprehensive accord will be drawn up when a Chinese delegation visits New Delhi. While the signs of fast melting of glaciers which feed …
Even as there is no fresh report of further escalation in the flood situation of the State, the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level at three places and some of its tributaries are also flowing above the danger level. According to the evening bulletin of the Central Water Commission …
Protests against mega dams in Arunachal Pradesh continue to mount, with several student bodies of both Assam and Arunachal as well as environmental groups resorting to stirs against the Centre
Allaying apprehensions over reports of China constructing dam on the river Brahmaputra, External Affairs Minister, S M Krishna said India has instituted a mechanism of expert level talks and water resources between the two countries. The mechanism would focus on issues such as, exchange of feeder control data and emergency …
According to the website of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) which is in charge of the Tipaimukh Project, this project will be one of the largest Hydro Electric Project in Eastern India to date and will be located 500 meters downstream of the confluence of the Tuivai …
