Ghaghara

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in district Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, 23/02/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News Item titled "Mafiayo ko kisi ka dar nahi is jile me beroktok ho raha avaidh khanan" appearing in Hindustan dated 22.11.2023". Date of hearing is February 23, 2024. The application related to large scale illegal mining of sand and …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in district Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, 23/02/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News Item titled "Mafiayo ko kisi ka dar nahi is jile me beroktok ho raha avaidh khanan" appearing in Hindustan dated 22.11.2023". Date of hearing is February 23, 2024. The application related to large scale illegal mining of sand and …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Ramgarh lake, Ami river, Rapti river and Rohani river, District Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 07/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Others dated 07/03/2019 regarding pollution of Ramgarh Lake, Ami River, Rapti River and Rohani River in and around District Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The rivers in question are tributary of river Ghaghara which in …

5 die in flood-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh

A number of people have taken shelter in various relief camps. Rivers Rapti, Ghaghara, Burhi Rapti, Rohini and Quano are in spate and have inundated vast areas in Lakhimpur Kheri, Barabanki, Faizabad and Ballia, Gorakhpur, Siddharthnagar. Five more persons died today in the flood related incidents in Uttar Pradesh, taking …

Order of the National Green Tribunal on river pollution caused by industries situated in Punjab and Haryana dated 27/08/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Baldev Singh & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others And Brig. H.S. Brar Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 27/08/2013 regarding pollution caused by the tannery and other industry situated in Punjab and Haryana thereby polluting the major …

Ghaghra, Rapti, Bhakla rivers in spate, 221 villages flooded

BAHRAICH: The level of Ghaghra is regularly rising because of heavy rainfall in the catchment areas and water being discharged by various barrages in Nepal and Uttarakhand. The flood water had entered 221 villages of Kaiserganj, Nanpara and Mehsi tehsils and affected a population of over five lakh in the …

UP's state fish Chitla is now critically endangered

Chitla - the state fish of Uttar Pradesh is now critically endangered. The fact comes from National Bureau of Fish Genetics Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow. Till a few month ago, the fish belonged to the endangered category. The list of endangered species in the world prepared by International Union for conservation …

Boat campaign to save endangered Gangetic dolphin

Separate teams to conduct surveys on 16 stretches, covering 2,800 km of the river system. Eighteen boats have been pressed into service to cover about 2,800 km of the Gangetic river system in Uttar Pradesh in the first major initiative towards creating awareness of conserving the critically endangered species of …

Over 10 houses submerge in flood waters of Ghaghra

BAHRAICH: Much chaos was witnessed in dozens of villages of the district after Spur no. 7 constructed to protect the coastal dam of Adampur-Rewali submerged 25 meters deep into the flood waters of the Ghaghra on Wednesday night. Nearly 12 housed and 90 bighas of fields are also submerged in …

Flood situation continues to be grim

The flood situation continues to be grim as large swathe of area remained inundated after rains lashed large parts of the state in last 48 hours. Many schools have been turned into relief camps. Villagers are being evacuated from villages and shifted to these camps. "Situation is very bad in …

Submerged Bahraich sets up schools in tents

Tarannum Manjul Even as the overflowing Ghaghra river is creating havoc for school going children in Bahraich, the district administration has ensured that children in the 219 flood affected villages do not miss their classes. In a novel initiative, the district administration has set up schools in specially created tents, …

Water quality of the Chhoti Gandak River using principal component analysis, Ganga Plain, India

Chhoti Gandak is a meandering river which originates in the terai area of the Ganga Plain and serves as a lifeline for the people of Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh. It travels a distance of about 250 km and drains into Ghaghara near Gothani, Siwan district of Bihar. It has been …

Saryu canal project in troubled waters

By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Oct 19 : While trying to understand why hardly a year goes by when some part of India experiences drought even as another region is devastated by floods, one came across an amazing case study in corruption and apathy: the Saryu canal project in Uttar Pradesh. …

Flood situation in UP still grim, 10 more die

LUCKNOW: As rivers emerging from Nepal showed no signs of relent, the floods in over a dozen districts of east UP and Terai region claimed 10 more lives on Monday, taking the toll to over 30. Though the state administration claimed that relief operation is underway at war footing, hundreds …

Nepal river turns Dudhwa into watery grave for wildlife

LUCKNOW/ BAHRAICH: With their habitat under two meters of water, survival poses a tough challenge to tiger and leopard cubs in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve of Uttar Pradesh. Flood situation in Bahraich and Pilibhit has worsened dramatically over the past three days after Nepal released over 5 lakh cusec of water …

30 yrs on, Saryu project meets 18 pc irrigation target

Lucknow: The ambitious Saryu Canal Project (SCP) launched in 1977-78 has been able to meet barely 18 per cent of its targeted irrigation potential while there has been a 743 per cent increase in the cost of the project. This is the finding of the latest report of the Comptroller …

Ghaghra flows below danger mark

BARABANKI: The turbulent Ghaghra is finally flowing below the danger mark after causing havoc in villages on its bank. About a hundred villages falling under Fatehpur, Ramnagar and Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of the district were badly affected by recent floods caused by discharge of water from Kali and other rivers …

Damming the deluge

Nikhilesh Jha As Bihar is undone by disaster, it is time to commit to long-delayed water management projects It was gracious of the PM to declare Kosi floods a

Damming the deluge

Nikhilesh Jha As Bihar is undone by disaster, it is time to commit to long-delayed water management projects It was gracious of the PM to declare Kosi floods a

The colonial state, zamindars and the politics of flood control in north Bihar (1850-1945)

The colonial dispensation in north Bihar believed that the rivers of the flood plains needed to be controlled. The zamindar became the pivot around which the implementation of these flood control efforts revolved. Along with the railways and roads, the uncontrolled manner in which many zamindary embankments were built led …

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