Erosion threatens premium TEs of Assam Company
Assam Company Limited is the world's oldest tea company. Several of its premium tea gardens are located along the Brahmaputra and the Dibur rivers, and most of these now face the bleak future of
Assam Company Limited is the world's oldest tea company. Several of its premium tea gardens are located along the Brahmaputra and the Dibur rivers, and most of these now face the bleak future of
The Assam State Forest Department's inviting quotation from architects for construction of a three-storied building at its Panbazar campus on the bank of the river Brahmaputra, has sparked off a
The Central Government has launched flood-prone river projects to take up schemes to control floods and erosion having inter-state ramification and the State Soil Conservation Department (SCD) has
Instead of helping in cleaning up the highly polluted river, the sloppily constructed 1,006 community toilet complexes under the Yamuna Action Plan, with Japanese financial grant are going to be a
An official Japanese team is scheduled to arrive to work out the modalities for a joint effort in cleaning up the Ganga and other sacred rivers in the country. The team led by Yoshiyuki hoshiyama,
Structural control of river waters in Bangladesh's upstream region hampers productitvity of agricultural land, eventually exacerbating desertification in the country's western region, Prime Minister
Hong Kong's environment secretary said that she hoped a pilot project to curb air pollution in China's Pearl River Delta would be in place in three years. "My target is three years," Sarah Liao,
Taking a serious note of continued pollution of the Ganga river and its tributaries due to direct discharge of sewage, the Supreme Court has issued notices to eight states and 122 municipalities
If studies were enough to clean up a river, the Ganga should have been sparkling with crystal-clear water by now. The government is into the 17th year of tortuous attempts to clean up this 2500-km
It was high time a case was filed against Karnataka to restrain it from polluting the Thenpennaiar river entering Tamil Nadu, the Education minister, M. Thambi Durai, has said. Inaugurating a
The pollution in Ganga due to immersion of idols has increased manifold in the past decade. Mr Ravi Kant, member secretary, West Bengal pollution control board said, 'the sheer vastness of the river
Residents of Mahili, a village of some 50 families falling under village Panchayat Nagar about 21 km from Kullu across river Beas just opposite to Patlikuhal, are up in arms against a stone crusher
The mighty Chenab river, which has been a source of inspiration for many a poet and writer, has also been a lifeline for a large number of people settled in small villages and big towns all along its
The dust has settled, the air has cleared. Even as Delhi carries sweet memeorised of the festive fervour of Dusshera and Durga Puja, a river without a reprieve gasps for a lifeline. For, the 22-km
Delhi has barely three months to clean the Yamuna with the Supreme Court deadline for the project ending on March 31, 2003. And how far is the Capital from a clean river
The Pandu River in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, which till yesterday was clean with crystal clear water has today turned into a big sewage canal with blackish water emitting a nauseating odour much to the
The Rural Development Department has taken up an ambitious project of setting up an agriculture reserve in 8,000 hectares of waste land along the Solengi river in Assam in Pub Chaiduar development
Plan after plan. Study after study. And yet, polluted flows the Yamuna. After all, neglect is what Delhi contributes to this river. But even as Delhi waits for the government to deliver 13 of the 15
With one more farmer from the Cauvery river delta committing suicide because of failed crops, the Madras high court on Wednesday sought an explanation from the Tamil Nadu government, taking note of a
Having announced a massive scheme to provide free lunches to millions of hungry farmers in the parched Cauvery river delta of Tamil Nadu, chief minister Jayalalitha o Monday petitioned the Centre for