Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The Study of Lohit Basin in Arunachal Pradesh has been initiated at the instance of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India while according prior Environmental Clearance to Demwe Lower hydroelectric project and Demwe Upper hydroelectric project being developed by M/s Athena Demwe Power Limited, New Delhi. The Basin …
The impact of climate change is likely to have considerable implications for water resource planning, as well as adding to the risks to water infrastructure systems and effecting return on investments. Attention is increasingly being paid to adaptation strategies at the regional and basin level; however, the current paucity of …
Sustainable management of the natural resource base supporting agriculture is one of the three major strategic objectives of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (CRP5) combines the resources of 14 CGIAR and numerous external partners to provide an integrated …
In the arid and semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan, tanks and ponds have been a mainstay of rural communities for centuries. There are over 4600 large minor irrigation tanks, plus numerous johads, bandhs and pals (small water harvesting structures). This paper assesses a strategy proposed for rehabilitating 1200 of the …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has established a network of monitoring stations on rivers across the country. The present network comprises of 2000 stations in 27 States and 6 Union Territories spread over the country. The monitoring network covers 383 Rivers, 127 Lakes, 9 Tanks, 59 Ponds, 40 Creeks/Seawater,17 …
In the face of climate change, there is urgent need for Himalayan nations to build resilience to buffer the impacts of climate change and generate resources for adaptation, capacity building, and technology transfer. Such actions can no longer wait for a global agreement. In the Himalayas where the impacts of …
Conventional blue water scarcity indicators suffer from four weaknesses: they measure water withdrawal instead of consumptive water use, they compare water use with actual runoff rather than natural (undepleted) runoff, they ignore environmental flow requirements and they evaluate scarcity on an annual rather than a monthly time scale. In the …
How much water should flow in Indian rivers? Hydrologists have been discussing minimum river flows for over four decades now. The churning has resulted in the concept of environmental flow, or e-flow. This implies strategically releasing water downstream of dams and reservoirs to protect the services a river provides. Two …
As part of our environmental analysis of the Bharathapuzha river basin, southern India, we examined the trend of temperature in the basin for a period of 36 years (1969–2005). It shows an overall upward trend in annual and daily temperatures. The temperature during winter, and the southwest (SW) and northeast …
Touching up on the sensitive issue of land acquisition, the Prime Minister said that land acquisition must be transparent and fair. "Our Government wants to replace the 117-year-old land acquisition law by a new forward looking and balanced law in this connection. Land acquisition is no doubt necessary for projects …
Amidst the row over striking a balance between environmental protection and formulating policies that foster development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that in order to make the process of giving green clearances more efficient, the government would set up an environmental assessment and monitoring authority. During the course …
The present study has been taken up to quantify the possible impact of the climate change on the water resources of Indian river systems within the constraints of the uncertainty of climate change predictions. The study uses the PRECIS daily weather data to determine the spatio-temporal water availability in the …
DEHRA DUN, 9 AUG: The state government is opposed to the proposed notification of the Union government to declare Gaumukh-Uttarakhand stretch an eco-sensitive zone. Chief minister Dr Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank conveyed this to the Union forest and environment minister calling it against the interest of the local people. Dr Nishank …
A foreign firm, OEC-RVA-PHE, has been asked by the Pune district collector, Vikas Deshmukh, to prepare a pre-feasibility report on ways to control pollution in the Indrayani river. Deshmukh told reporters on Tuesday that he had a meeting with representatives of the firm along with officials of the irrigation department …
The Krishna River Basin has witnessed high rainfall and consequent floods of various intensities during the last few years. These floods have both the positive as well as negative impacts on the population and the resources. Increase in the ground water potential and availability of additional surface water resources are …
Integrated water resources management (IWRM) combines land and water management through broad-based stakeholder participation to realize multiple co-benefits in watersheds. IWRM recognizes the economic benefits of managing water and related resources in an integrated manner to provide high levels of ecosystem services (ES). In turn, ecosystem management incorporating ES valuation …
Nagpur: The detailed project report (DPR) of the Damanganga-Pinjal link, a project to share water of two river basins across Maharashtra and Gujarat is likely to be ready by the end of this year. The Geological Survey of India (GSI) central region, one of the agencies involved in the project, …
The Comptroller and Auditor-General today said it is in the process of finalising its report on Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 gas fields. Refuting allegations by Reliance Industries that it was not given enough time to respond to the audit observations, Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, Mr Vinod Rai, said, “We have …
The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture were assessed. These two key sectors are highly sensitive to climate and provide support to the livelihoods of the poorer sections of the population. The study: Assessed the present water availability and examined the links between changes in river flow …
The policy shall apply to such Hydropower projects/stations of estimated installed capacity of 2-100 MWs as may be notified by the JKSPDCL for execution by IPPs. Hydropower Projects of more than 100 MWs capacity shall not be covered by this policy. Policy framework, guidelines, bidding parameters, etc for this category …
