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 …
Floods are the most common water-induced hazard in the Hindu Kush Himalayas and have seriously affected the lives and livelihoods of many people, especially those living in the Brahmaputra and Koshi river basins. Government efforts to protect people from flood waters and mitigate the impacts of flood have largely consisted …
As the fragility of the Himalayan range lies exposed by the devastating floods in Uttarakhand, it has imparted more weight to the on-going movement in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh against the numerous mega hydel projects that coming up in a sensitive zone that is considered not very stable from the …
Satellite images provide information on the flood disaster footprints, which is essential for assessing the disaster impact and taking up flood mitigation activities. The Brahmaputra floods that occurred during June–July 2012 devastated a large part of Assam. This article discusses the maximum spatial extent affected due to the flood event, …
An unexpected rise in global temperature during the next decade is expected to result in reduction in crop yields and impact food adequacy in India because of reduction in water availability, a study by World Bank released on Wednesday warned. “India will see a significant reduction in crop yields because …
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi directed the authorities concerned to take up immediate measures to stop erosion of Brahmaputra river banks at Nematighat and Majuli, the world’s largest river island. Gogoi, accompanied by Water Resources Minister Rajiv Lochan Pegu, today visited the erosion-affected Nematighat from where ferries to Majuli leave, …
In a bid to bring transparency in the water sector, the Centre has decided to put in the public domain all water data maintained by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Central Ground Water Board. The data, including river water levels, river discharge, siltation, reservoir levels, ground water levels …
While India is seeking a joint mechanism with China for better transparency about 39 project sites that the latter is reported to have identified on tributaries of the Brahmaputra, including seven on the main river, what was signed on Monday during the visit of Premier Li Keqiang was a “renewal” …
Chinese authorities have granted approval for an environmental assessment of a controversial 2 GW dam project — slated to be the country’s tallest dam — despite concerns voiced by a number of environmental groups. The Ministry of Environmental Protection this week said it had approved a year-long assessment of the …
GUWAHATI: Floods and erosion are a perennial problem in Assam that have wreaked havoc on the people of the State, especially in rural areas and who live by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries. Over the last few years, demands from several quarters have been increasing to get the problem of …
DIGBOI: A discussion on the topic ‘Adapting to Environmental and Climate Change in the Eastern Brahmaputra River Basin: Priorities for Research, Advocacy and Intervention’ has been successfully held last afternoon at Digboi College under the collaboration of Digboi College, Aaranyak and ICMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) of Kathmandu, …
How to handle thorny issues is the crux of talks The question how India and China can more effectively manage persisting thorny issues such as the border dispute and trans-boundary rivers is expected to emerge as the centre of talks as External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrives here on Thursday. …
Environment ministry does not evaluate cumulative environmental impact of multiple dams in a region. Funded by the project proponent, the EIA report of a project too downplays the environmental costs, reports M Rajshekhar Housed in the ministry of environment and forests is a quasi-independent body whose job is to scrutinise …
According to this policy released by the government, all water data maintained by the Central Water Commission and the Central Ground Water Board will be made available in the public domain. See Also Policy: National Water Policy 2012. Policy: Draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy. News: ICSSR plans one-stop …
An inter-ministerial expert panel on the Brahmaputra has asked the government to intensify monitoring construction projects in the middle reaches of the river by China. It has also cautioned that China may replicate the same in the Great Bend area. The panel in its recent report to a committee of …
Inter-Ministerial Expert Group calls for further monitoring The Inter-Ministerial Expert Group (IMEG) on the Brahmaputra has said China is carrying out a series of cascading Run-of-the-River (ROR) projects in the middle reaches of the river and the same may be replicated in the Great Bend Area as a viable alternative …
Bangladesh was equally concerned and apprehensive over diversion of Brahmaputra's water in China Arunachal Pradesh and Bangladesh have discussed several measures for better management of the Brahmaputra river for mutual benefit, official sources said on Saturday. Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Development Minister Newlai Tingkhatra during a meeting, here, on Friday …
Bangladesh and Arunachal Pradesh have discussed several measures for better management of the Brahmaputra River for mutual benefit, official sources said on Saturday. Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Development Minister Newlai Tingkhatra during a meeting in Itanagar on Friday with the visiting Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Khan discussed …
World Bank, which is funding a $150-million project on integrated flood and erosion management in the Northeast, has called for a multi-sector approach towards management of water resources in the Brahmaputra basin. The bank’s suggestion is meant to ensure that the states involved benefit from the risks and opportunities associated …
Allaying apprehensions over construction of three dams by China on the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo in China), Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat on Friday said the “run-of-the-river’’ projects would not impact water flows on the Indian side. He said the issue had been taken up by India at the highest …
Guwahati: The Assam government has moved the Centre for setting up Brahmaputra River Valley Authority in the wake of opposition from Arunachal Pradesh to the idea of North East Water Resources Authority, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Thursday. “If the new body comes up, we will get enough funds …
