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 …
Standing crops on 78,589 hectares of land have so far been submerged under floodwater in seven affected northern districts along the Brahmaputra basin, sources in the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said.The submerged crops include growing fields of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) on 66,378 hectares of land, Aman seedbed on 973 …
Flood water in two districts has risen with river erosion taking heavy toll on arable land and properties while in two other districts it has remained static. Our correspondent from Sherpur reports that rise of the water level in the Brahmaputra river and river erosion continues in the district. Water …
Even as Assam battles floods, the swollen Brahmaputra has created havoc inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the abode of one-horned rhinoceros. KNP Director MK Yadav said the flood water had inundated over 85 per cent area of the national park, forcing the animals to flee to the hilly areas …
Nine people have been killed and over 12 lakh hit by floods in 16 districts of the state. The floods were triggered by heavy rain in the region, mostly in neighbouring Arunachal, over the last few days. Till Wednesday, four persons were reported killed in Lakhimpur district, three in Dhemaji …
The overall flood situation in the State remains almost unchanged with the Brahmaputra and several of its tributaries still flowing above their respective warning or danger levels at places and over 12 lakh people in 2,093 villages under 57 revenue circles of 16 districts still reeling under floodwaters. According to …
Over one lakh people affected as Brahmaputra, Jingiram waters inundate several villages West Garo Hills was on Monday declared as flood hit district after the swollen Brahmaputra and Jingiram rivers submerged several villages of the district. Two other districts — East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills — were also …
At least seven persons have been killed so far as the flood situation in the State remained grim, affecting nearly 3 lakh people in 15 districts. Dhemaji, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Morigaon, Kamrup, Dhubri, Kokrajhar and Karbi Anglong have been affected by the current wave …
Guwahati: Flood waters from the Brahmaputra have entered Assam’s Kaziranga national park, inundating almost 80 percent of its 858 sq km area. The park is famous for its one-horned rhinos. It is divided into five ranges — Kohora forest range, Bagori forest range, Agratoli forest range, Burha Pahar and the …
Erosion caused by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries rendered 36,796 families homeless in 10 districts of Assam over the past ten years. The families include 2,426 families of Majuli river-island in upper Assam’s Jorhat district, as the landmass of river-island shrunk by 5,900 bighas (about 7 bighas equal one hectare) …
The nascent Brahmaputra Integrated Development Forum has constituted its technical advisory committee to prepare the action plans for the solution to the State’s flood and erosion problems According to Muhi Bargohain, general secretary of the Forum, the technical advisory committee will be headed by former NEEPCO executive director Tarun Chandra …
Taking a note of China’s decision to construct three hydropower projects on the Brahmaputra River, India has conveyed its concern to the neighbouring country. India has urged China to ensure that the interests of downstream States should not be harmed by any activities in the upstream areas. “During the visit …
Erosion by the River Brahmaputra took a serious turn in the last two weeks, rendering over 300 families homeless in Ghogadaho and Jattrapur unions under Kurigram Sadar upazila. Besides, Jattrapur Government Primary School is facing serious erosion threat, reports our correspondent. The erosion-hit people have taken shelter on high lands …
GUWAHATI, June 25: A total of 105 people in five districts of the State have been affected by floods. These districts are Lakhimpur, Darrang, Sonitpur, Kamrup and Udalguri. Flood has been reported from five revenue circles and 33 villages. The revenue circles affected are Nowboicha under Lakhimpur district, Dalgaon under …
Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau – the source of rivers such as the Brahmaputra – have shrunk by as much as 15 per cent, retreating by 8,000 square kilometres since 1980, according to a new Chinese government-backed study. The decades-long study conducted by the official Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) …
GAIBANDHA: The people living along the banks of the Teesta and Brahmaputra rivers are losing their cropland and homesteads as erosion has taken serious turn here in the district. Onrush of water from the hilly upstream across the border in India has caused rise in water level during the last …
Despite retreating glaciers, the amount of water supplied by the Himalayan Mountains will increase in the coming decades, a study from FutureWater, Utrecht University and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) suggests. Glacier- and snowmelt contribute water to ten important river basins originating from the Himalayas and in …
Erosion by the River Brahmaputra took a serious turn in the last one week, rendering at least 300 families in different villages homeless in Sadar and Rajibpur upazilas of Kurigram district. The affected villages are Char Jatrapur, Kazipara, Baldipara and Garuhar in Sadar upazila and Uttarpara (Nayarchar), Munshipara (Nayarchar), Shankurpara …
BEIJING: Glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the situation could worsen in future due to global warming, Chinese scientists say. Glaciers have shrunk by 15 per cent from 53,000 to 45,000 square kilometres …
A human chain was formed on Saturday at Nayarchor area under Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram to prevent river erosion. Hundreds of people from all walks of life attended the human chain. As the water level rises at Nayarchor area of Mohanganj union, the severe erosion of Brahmaputra River starts at …
