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 …
NEW DELHI: States through which the Ganga flows will soon be given additional funding to operate and maintain projects to clean the river and restore its environmental health. However, States lobbied for more aid and free power to those affected by scrapping of hydel projects. At a meeting of the …
New Delhi: In a significant step, the Centre has given in-principle nod for declaring the 135-km stretch of the Ganga between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone seeking specific activities to protect the rich biodiversity of the region. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in its meeting held …
The West Bengal government will receive Rs 539 crore from the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) for cleaning up the Ganga river basin. An additional Rs 800 crore worth of proposals have also been sent to the authority for clearance. Giving this information here on Tuesday, the State Urban …
The government on Monday decided to discontinue three hydro projects on the river Ganga. While work is yet to begin on the 381-Mw Bhaironghati and 480-Mw Pala Maneri projects, considerable work has already been done at NTPC
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will release the conservation and action plan for Ganga river dolphins at the second meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in New Delhi tomorrow. NGRBA expert member R.K. Sinha told The Telegraph today:
Bhutan's ability to harness the hydropower resources has been made possible because of the close and friendly ties with its neighbour India. India has been providing both technical and financial assistance to develop the numerous hydropower projects in Bhutan. India has huge power shortage where as Bhutan has large hydropower …
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board ( MPCB) has come up with …
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. This is the proposed action plan for industrial cluster at …
The APSF -Environment project is supporting the Government of Kerala and its Pamba River Authority in producing an IWRM Roadmap for the Pamba River, with the aim of producing a replicable model for river basin management of intra-state rivers in India. Kerala has been practicing traditional water resources management along …
This new UNEP report looks at the pressures and the drivers of ecosystems degradation that affect inland fisheries, and reviews opportunities on how to manage inland fisheries sustainably through ecosystem management approaches. Blue Harvest: Inland Fisheries as an Ecosystem Service focuses on the importance of inland fisheries as an ecosystem …
The report by Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses is premised on the fact that India is facing a serious water resource problem and is expected to become 'water stressed' by 2025 and 'water scarce' by 2050. It raises fundamental questions about the forces driving water demand and the political …
This document reports provides an action plan to implement water reforms in Orissa to address the imminent water challenges of the state. The report provides an overview of the water challenges of Orissa which include growing competition for water resources from industrial and urban development, in a variable hydrological environment.
The purpose of this water footprint assessment is to provide Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd (JISL) with a framework to measure and report on the water footprints of its products, assess the potential influence of those footprints on local hydrologic systems, assess potential social and ecological impacts, and identify possible response …
KOLKATA, 5 AUG: The National Ganga River Basin Authority formed under the Union ministry of environment and forest, is not being taken seriously, said Mr Justice Shyamal Sen, former chairman of state Human Rights Commission, at a meet on Ganga pollution in the city today.Mr Justice Shyamal Sen, also the …
Snow and glacial melt are important hydrologic process in the Himalayan basins and changes in temperature and precipitation are expected to seriously affect the melt characteristics. Melt water is extremely important in the Indus basin and important for the Brahmaputra basin.
This study attempts to develop a case study of the Western Yamuna Canal Command in Haryana with the purpose of developing a general picture of the institutional environment and arrangements related to water resource development and use in the State of Haryana. It is based on a review of water …
New Delhi: More than 100 hydroelectric projects planned by the Uttarakhand government are in jeopardy. The Union environment and forests ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has decided not to give forest clearance to any of the proposed projects until the National Ganga River Basin Authority conducts a cumulative impact assessment …
AFTER the government dumped its plan to rope in international consultants, seven IITs have come together to prepare a strategy to revive the Ganga. A first of its kind for a river in India, the plan will concentrate on the entire basin to ensure quality and quantity flow in the …
After the government dumped its plan to rope in international consultants, seven IITs have come together to prepare a strategy to revive the Ganga. A first of its kind for a river in India, the plan will concentrate on the entire basin to ensure quality and quantity flow in the …
