Draft Inland Vessels Bill, 2020
<p>An Act; to promote economical and safe transportation and trade through inland waters, to bring uniformity in application of law relating to inland waterways and navigation within the country, to provide
Inland Waterways
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The role of waterways in promoting urban resilience: the case of Kochi city
This paper examines the case of Kochi, an Indian city located at the centre of a rapidly urbanizing coastal and estuarine region. In Kochi, a port city characterised by crisscrossing canals and rivers
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Occupation of the coast: blue economy in India
The Blue Economy involves economic activity that engages with the various components of the oceans. The study is divided into three chapters. Chapter one titled ‘Regulate’ studies the laws pertaining
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Inland waterway terminal at Haldia gets green nod
The Rs 516 crore project partially falls under the CRZ-IB, CRZ-II and CRZ-IVB zone and according to the EAC, the terminal's construction will have impacts on aquatic flora and water quality The proposed
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Chokepoints and vulnerabilities in global food trade
<p>There are significant and under-appreciated risks and vulnerabilities in the global food trade and key physical chokepoints where things could go wrong, according to this report published today by the think tank Chatham House.</p>
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Large CO2 effluxes at night and during synoptic weather events significantly contribute to CO2 emissions from a reservoir
<p>CO2 emissions from inland waters are commonly determined by indirect methods that are based on the product of a gas transfer coefficient and the concentration gradient at the air water interface (e.g.,
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The Adi Ganga- A forgotten river in Bengal
<p>The article sheds light on the Adi Ganga, one of the most significant streams of the Ganges in its lower course, and narrates how the stream (later Tolly’s Canal) which was once the life line
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction on the river bed of Hooghly, 10/07/2015
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of 2ND Vivekananda Bridge Toll Way Co. Pvt. Ltd. VS Subhas Datta & Ors regarding install a temporary floating jetty on
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Govt to bring 103 rivers under national waterways: Gadkari
The Centre will soon bring 103 rivers under national waterways to give boost to the inland water transportation, which is largely under-utilised. Union shipping, roads and surface transport minister Nitin
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Green hurdle for National Waterway
Although the state government has targeted to operate the first phase of National Waterway-5 (NW-5), linking Dhamra-Paradip-Kalinga Nagar by 2017, delay in getting environment clearance for certain stretches