Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Excessive extraction of sand from the basin of river Tamirabarani is affecting ground water table According to the directive of the Bench, each zonal panel will comprise a retired district judge, an environmentalist and a geologist THE Madurai Bench has named the chairman and members of the zonal monitoring committees …
THE world’s rivers are threatened due to mismanagement and pollution. This imperils eight of every 10 people as well as 10,000-20,000 species that call them home. This is the finding of the first global initiative that assessed water security for people and river biodiversity. Eleven scientists identified 23 stressors, such …
This book about lessons from dismantling of dams in the US comes at a time when Indian government has been forced to cancel a few dam projects on the river Ganga. Economist and columnist Bharat Jhunjhunwala was drawn to the subject a few years ago on a visit to his …
Great effort continues to focus on ecosystem restoration and reduction of nutrient inputs thought to be responsible, in part, for declines in estuary habitats worldwide. The ability of environmental policy to address restoration is limited, in part, by uncertainty in the relationships between costly restoration and benefits. Here, we present …
NEW DELHI: Making an attempt to protect what is left of the floodplains of the Yamuna, activists of non-government organisation Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan have written to Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna asking him to ensure that there are no further encroachments on the riverbed. The activists are concerned that the Delhi …
The report would now be sent to the Cabinet Secretary NEW DELHI: The final draft of the report drawn by the Technical Advisory Committee on the Yamuna river development was approved at a meeting of the high-power committee chaired by Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna this past week. Besides Mr. Khanna, …
The report highlights the devastating impact on tribal people of a massive boom in dam-building for hydropower. Drawing on examples from Asia, Africa and the Americas, the report exposes the untold cost of obtaining
Mumbai: The Union minister of state for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh is at it again. After taking on his cabinet colleagues from the mines, coal, power and surface transport ministries, the no-nonsense minister is now talking tough to the chief ministers of Maharashtra and Rajasthan, both of whom are …
SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY NEW DELHI A DTC bus depot being constructed at Yamuna flood plain, near Akshardham temple, to ferry athletes and officials to and from the Games Village to sports venues has come under the scanner of the Delhi high court. Filing a petition on behalf of an NGO, …
GUWAHATI, June 2: A concept paper on the Brahmaputra river system and management based on hydrology and hydraulic will be prepared by German scientist Prof Wolfgang Flugel in association with Prof Nayan Sarma, head of the department, Water Resource Department and Management, IIT, Rourkee. The two scientists today demonstrated the …
A pusher tug, a small barge that propels a bigger vessel, drowned in the Hooghly near Prinsep Ghat on Friday night, releasing oil into the river. Attempts to salvage barge Bhagadutta, owned by the Assam government, might start from Monday, Calcutta Port Trust officials said.
The greenback cuthroat trout once swam in large numbers through the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers in the US. Diversion of water for irrigation and introduction of non-native trout species such as rainbow and brown trout into the main rivers and brook trout into the small streams led to its …
The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) with its major river systems has vast potential for hydropower development. Recognizing this potential, the Government of India in its recent initiative for 50,000 MW power generation proposes to develop several hydropower projects in the IHR. Based on the understanding of the prevailing policy framework …
Environmentalists are opposing a gargantuan mine proposed for several dozen kilometers northeast of Bristol Bay, Alaska, a prolific salmon habitat. Mining companies, on the other hand, are promising jobs and tax revenue. Joining environmentalists are their sometime foes, fisheries, whose work buoys up much of Bristol Bay's economy. As a …
Arunayan Sharma suggests a slew of measures to save the Ganga from slow but sure destruction IT may be recalled that the recent initiative of the Central government to ensure effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the Ganga by setting up the National Ganga River Basin Authority through an …
The state government has banned mining in three major rivers of the state. The rivers include Chaki and Neugal in Kangra district and Seer in Bilaspur district. The minister for IPH Ravinder Ravi gave this information while talking to The Tribune here today. The most significant among the said rivers …
