Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Salboni Apartment Owner’s Association Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to restoration of the Salboni Jheel, Kolkata, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to place …
Some 100,000 hectares of land could emerge from the Bay of Bengal as about 7 billion tonnes of silt fall into it each year from China and India, says Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju. “Another Bangladesh is emerging from the Bay…100,000 hectares of land will emerge from the …
The South Asian summer monsoon directly affects the lives of more than 1/6th of the world’s population. There is substantial variability within the monsoon season, including fluctuations between periods of heavy rainfall (wet spells) and low rainfall (dry spells). These fluctuations can cause extreme wet and dry regional conditions that …
The 5.8-magnitude quake with epicentre in the Bay of Bengal, around 275 km southeast of Paradip grabbed the attention of scientists and made them take up a fresh investigation into the reactivation of fault lines in the Bay. The quake occurred between the Mahanadi offshore basin and the Bengal basin …
At least 96 panic-struck persons sustained injuries following the earthquake of moderate intensity that had hit Odisha on Wednesday evening. The earthquake having a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 9.51 pm with its epicentre in the Bay of Bengal about 310 km South-East of Bhubaneswar. As …
Mild tremors were felt in eastern parts of Madhya Pradesh including Jabalpur and Mandla on Wednesday night as earthquake struck in Bay of Bengal about 400 km south of Kolkata. Tremors took place around 9:55 pm and 9.58 pm and is said to have lasted for 2 to 5 seconds. …
Hyderabad: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Delhi, Ranchi, Vizag, Chennai and parts of eastern and northern India. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property, but the quake shook up residents. The quake struck 60 km east of Paradip at a depth …
The State came under yet another spell of scorching heat wave conditions on Tuesday with 17 cities and towns recording temperature above 40 degrees Celsius and sunstroke death toll rising to 20. While Subarnapur and Titilagarh recorded day’s highest temperature at 44.8 degrees Celsius, capital city Bhubaneswar recorded the season’s …
The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology's (IITM) first experimental real-time monsoon forecast for this year predicts delayed monsoon advancement over the country . Scientists said that consequently , the first spell of rainfall will be inadequate and scantier than normal. The scientists said a low pressure system over the Arabian …
Vadodara: Former vice-chancellor of M S University (MSU) Anil Kane has bagged the World Wing Energy Award 2014 that recognizes his contributions as one of the pioneers of wind power in India, Asia and worldwide. The board of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) had decided to confer the award …
Decision Can Lead To Coastal Constructions In what could set a precedent for construction along bays that are like open sea fronts, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has given the go-ahead for a slum redevelopment scheme close to the Mahim Bay. The MCZMA took the decision after the …
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry has launched a special program to protect sharks that are facing the threat of extinction. Accordingly, the ministry has prepared a special plan for the protection and management of sharks called the Sri Lanka National Plan of Action for protection and management of …
Migratory routes and spawning or breeding grounds of hilsa at the Bay of Bengal are being shifted due to pollution, siltation, and climate change, says a recent report of the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). It says hilsa have changed their migratory routes and spawning or breeding …
The local met centre has urged the state government to take necessary steps to protect the standing crops in the field in south and western Odisha Cyclone Phailin Several districts, particularly those in south Odisha, have been put on alert because of approaching severe cyclonic storm Lehar, that is expected …
Army, Navy, Coast Guard alerted; 20 more NDRF teams sought The Andhra Pradesh administration is on high alert as `Lehar’ entered the Bay of Bengal started its movement towards the State’s coastline as a very severe cyclonic storm. The India Meteorological Department said Lehar, after crossing Port Blair, lay centred …
A 40-member NDRF team deployed to carry out rescue and relief operations Krishna district authorities alerted the people in the cyclone-prone 12 mandals where evacuation measures have already been put in place in the wake of the likely landfall of Cyclone Helen on Thursday near Kavali in Nellore district. A …
Yesterday’s cyclonic storm ‘HELEN’ over west central Bay of Bengal intensified into a severe cyclonic storm in the early morning of today, the 21st November 2013 and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today near latitude 15.80N and longitude 83.40E about 240 km east-southeast of Machillipatnam, 350 km east-northeast …
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal would intensify into a cyclonic storm and cross the coast between Chennai and Ongole Thursday night, the Indian Meteorological Department said here on Wednesday. Cyclone 'Helen' would cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast near Kavali on the night of November 21, the …
Nearly one in four people on earth live in the countries that border the Bay of Bengal. The region is strategically vital to Asia’s rising powers. Its low-lying littoral — including coastal regions of eastern India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra — is home to over half …
Effective disaster planning, preparation and dissemination of early warning information led to a minimal death toll in the wake of the strongest cyclone to hit India in 14 years. In mid-October, Cyclone Phailin swept over the Bay of Bengal and across the eastern coast of India, causing hundreds of millions …
Monsoon and cyclones : Role of climate change - A presentation by M.R.Ramesh Kumar at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
