Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Harivansh Yadav Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/03/2021. Prayer in the application was to restrain M/s Singh & Giri Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. from doing mining in West Champaran district in Bihar on the banks of rivers Gandak, Bansi …
Ganga, Ramganga Inundate More Areas In 10 Districts Lucknow/Patna: Flood situation in western UP and Terai areas worsened on Monday with Ganga, Ramganga and Kosi rivers inundating more areas in around ten districts. Besides, 11 districts of east UP were also facing flood fury. In Bihar, Gandak had breached a …
Shoumojit Banerjee PATNA: At least 25 North Bihar villages were flooded when waters from the Gandak river breached the makeshift embankment in the early hours of Sunday morning in the State's Gopalganj district. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held an emergency meeting in the morning with top officials of the Disaster …
PATNA: The Saran embankment, under severe strain from the rising Gandak river, gave way on Thursday afternoon causing a breach in a 500-metre stretch of the embankment near Simaria village in North Bihar's Gopalganj district. The State government, which has been mobilising resources since Tuesday, has started relief operations in …
Shoumojit Banerjee Patna: North Bihar faces the prospect of a severe flood with the turbulent waters of the Gandak putting a huge strain on the Saran embankment near Simaria village in Gopalganj district. State Water Resources and Disaster Management authorities told The Hindu on Wednesday that the embankment was in …
The strategy of building embankments to constrain river flow and to prevent floods in north Bihar has proven to be questionable and flawed. Reliance on a dam-and-reservoir system for that purpose only offers limited protection and even greater risks of flooding in case of damage. Learning to cope with floods …
For a species classified as critically endangered, Gavialis gangeticus, or the gharial, has had it good over the years at Patna zoo. From just 11 in 2002, there are now over 130 gharials in the zoo, officially called the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park. And the number is only set to …
Flood hazard is one of the most severe problems in the Himalayan river basins. Although floods are essentially hydrological phenomenon, the uneven distribution of floods in the river basin highlights the control of geomorphological and geological factors. A proper understanding of these factors is critical for a successful flood management …
The Indo-Gangetic plains are drained by several fan and interfan rivers fringing the margin of the outer Himalaya. These fan and interfan river systems are distinctly different from each other in terms of hydrology and sediment transport and generate typical alluvial architecture below the plains. The Siwalik sequences stretching all …
The mainstream of Gandak river is the boundary between India and Nepal near the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) on the western side. The government of India constructed a barrage in 1964 and also planned to construct guide bundhs on both sides of the river to save the bank from erosion. …
