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 …
The heavy metals generally, enter the aquatic environment through atmospheric deposition, erosion of geological matrix or due to anthropogenic activities caused by industrial effluents, domestic sewage and mining wastes. The main objectives of this paper is to understand the processes controlling major and trace elements in the surface water and …
A Southern Ocean Pilot cruise covering the latitudes from 10°N to 56°S in the open Indian Ocean was car- ried out during January–February 2004. Surface and upper air data collected during this cruise are re- ported here. It is shown that the broad features of the atmosphere, in particular that …
The most delectable hilsa, swore connoisseurs, were to be found in the rivers of Bangladesh. But silting and have changed that. They are moving towards the Ganga now. Read this special report by Down To Earth on hilsa's shifting homebase. Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. …
Aminul Islam looked to the sky and in an instant brought his eyes to rest on a small mound of hilsa. He picked up a silver-scaled fish, patted its underbelly that had a streak of pink running across it, and let out a cry drowning the scraping of crates, the …
At Chandpur, about 150 km south of Dhaka, Anisur Rahman has a scientific explanation for the predicament of fisher people like Samaad. Currently senior scientific officer at Bangladesh’s Fish Research Institute, Rahman explained, “In scientific parlance, the hilsa is an anadromous fish. It lives most of its lives in the …
BHUBANESWAR: The depression over the Bay of Bengal remained stationary on Thursday before making a late movement even as the State will be monitoring its progress for the next three days. The Dussehra celebrations began during the day and by the evening, mild drizzle had begun, pouring cold water on …
888.7 cm: total average rainfall till September 22 which is 4 per cent above normal 52.7 cm rain fell between September 16 and September 22 which is 44 per cent above normal16.43 million people were affected by floods1,006 people died102 districts were affected34,931 houses were fully damaged772,676 people are living …
At least 200 fishermen were missing after 15 fishing boats capsized in the Bay of Bengal during a storm, boat operators said Thursday. A wall of water whipped up by strong winds also flooded coastal areas, forcing about 150,000 people to flee their homes, officials said. A storm surge over …
A study has been carried out by comparing the extreme wind speeds estimated based on NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data for 100 years return period using Fischer Tippet-1 (commonly known as Gumbel) and Weibull distributions for three locations (off Goa, Visakhapatnam and Machilipatnam) in the north Indian Ocean. The wind dataset for …
Sept. 29: The residents of S.Yanam village of Uppalaguptam mandal of East Godavari district are eagerly waiting for the government aid for the damage caused to their crops and fishing activity due to the oil spill that was formed in the Bay of Bengal in their village on September 13. …
Environment state minister has expressed his concern that large areas in eight districts of Bangladesh may become submerged by 2050 due to climate change. In reply to a query from a MP Mosammat Shammi Akter (reserved women's seat) in parliament, Hasan Mahmud, said, "Several coastal areas including those of Noakhali, …
Vast areas of costal belt including parts of eight southern districts may sink as the sea level will rise by 14 centimetre and 32 cm by 2030 and 2050 respectively due to climate change effects. State Minister for Environment and Forest Hasan Mahmud told parliament yesterday that the districts are …
The country is going to reclaim an area of 600 square kilometers from the Bay of Bengal in an effort to offset the growing demand for lands to accommodate ever increasing populations and adapt to the climate change. "We are going to reclaim 600 square kilometers of land from the …
Vast areas of costal belt including parts of eight southern districts may sink as the sea level will rise by 14 centimetre and 32 cm by 2030 and 2050 respectively due to climate change effects. State Minister for Environment and Forest Hasan Mahmud told parliament yesterday that the districts are …
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Thursday said that its natural gas output will rise by over 58 per cent to 100 million cubic metres a day by 2015-16 after it puts its eastern offshore fields into production.
Kakinada, Sept 15: Hundreds of people including leaders and activists of the Congress, the Telugu Desam and the Praja Rajyam on Wednesday staged dharnas in front of Cairn Energy seeking immediate steps to remove the oil spill along the coast. The oil spill that was formed in Bay of Bengal …
Kakinada, Sept. 14: Officials on Tuesday began to assess the environmental damage caused by an oil spill in the Bay of Bengal a few days ago and spread panic in S.Yanam village of Uppalaguptam mandal in East Godavari district on Monday. A team of officials from the Kakinada region of …
Sep 06th, 2010 - Rashme Sehgal | Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean have led Indian scientists to conclude that the Indian Ocean is rising faster than other oceans. Dr Satheesh C. Shenoi, director, Indian National Centre for Ocean Infor-mation Services, speaking at a workshop …
SEA level is rising, but only in parts of oceans. US researchers have said certain countries across the Indian Ocean, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, and Bay of Bengal would see higher than the average sea level rise predicted by UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. On the contrary, …
