Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajendra Prasad Gupta Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. Counsel appearing for the state of Uttar Pradesh submitted that the action plan to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents in river Ganga is ready …
The goal of the Living Ganga Programme is to develop and implement strategies for sustainable energy and water resources management within the ganga basin, in the face of climate change. This programme brings together components of climate adaptation, vulnerability assessment, environmental flows and water allocation coupled with pollution abatement and …
New studies, committees and a tag of national river. Will it help? the government has decided to declare the Ganga a national river, following campaigns from several quarters to preserve its cultural and religious significance. A High Powered Ganga River Basin Authority, to be chaired by the prime minister, will …
The recent Kosi floods have proved once again that inadequate control measures have been responsible for the recurring disasters. Typically flood control and riverine studies focus on hydrological information, whereas a much more integrated approach that pays attention to specific morphological factors is required. Since Kosi is a dynamic river …
Way to economic development The Ganga Expressway, extending from Ballia district to Greater NOIDA, will link the underdeveloped eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) with the affluent western part. It
The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, a large number of them may disappear by 2035 because of climate change, warn Indian and foreign environmentalists and geologists. The Himalayas have the largest concentration of glaciers …
Earlier Project Had Guzzled Rs 1,000 Cr And Left The River As Dirty As Before Ganga chose the mystic Himalayan heights to begin its descent to the ground below. She brought back to life the mythological King Bhagirath
At geological time scales, the role of continental erosion in the organic carbon (OC) cycle is determined by the balance between recent OC burial and petrogenic OC oxidation. Evaluating its net effect on the concentration of carbon dioxide and dioxygen in the atmosphere requires the fate of petrogenic OC to …
Recently, there have been news items and discussions suggesting that the Gangotri glacier is melting at a rapid rate and it is likely that it will disappear in the next 20
A perusal of environment impact assessments for hydel projects in Uttarakhand brings out various deficiencies in the reports, and the unstudied manner in which such projects have been embarked upon. That many more of such projects have been proposed points to the muddled direction adopted for energy supply, reminding us …
This report focuses on three major river basins in South Asia: the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, the Indus and the Helmand. A composite Water Vulnerability Index
BY YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI It was Narendra Modi at his usual best, but minus the saffron tone. His expertise was witnessed during an orientation programme on climate change for Gujarat government officers in New Delhi, where the chief minister counted various initiatives taken by his government in countering global …
Varanasi: For the cause of the Ganga, an impressive rally was carried out under the banner of Ganga Raksha Manch (GRM) from Rajendra Prasad Ghat to Lahurabir on Thursday. Besides the local citizens and seers, hundreds of students from different schools and vedic students of Sri Vidya Math took part …
