Death of a river
Residents of more than 50 villages situated along the Pandu river, a tributary of Ganga which passes through Kanpur, are a disgruntled lot. They are bearing the brunt of the rampant pollution caused
Residents of more than 50 villages situated along the Pandu river, a tributary of Ganga which passes through Kanpur, are a disgruntled lot. They are bearing the brunt of the rampant pollution caused
The 250 km long Palar in Tamil Nadu is the only river, perhaps in the whole country, to have been recklessly misused and abused along its course by the industries, farmers and others all alike. The
Filtering drinking water from rivers and ponds through a folded piece of cotton cloth could cut disease by half in cholera plagued countries, a new field study suggested. Cholera causes acute watery
The pollution in the Gomti river in Lucknow is basically due to organic loading from waste water discharges and high levels of heavy metals and pesticides. This fact has come out from a study carried
The Uttar Pradesh Government has constituted a high-level committee to monitor the schemes for making rivers pollution free and the water suitable for drinking and irrigation. The State Environment
Villagers in Koratagere taluk, Karnataka, are against sand quarrying on the banks of the Suvarnamukhi river as it has affected the ground water level in the area. Setting up sub-canals for irrigating
Water Resources Minister Nurzamal Sarkar, recently visited Bandia and Gadhowa riverine areas of Darrang district, Assam, where erosion by the river Brahmaputra is posing a serious threat. He assured
An environmentalist from Poland, Mr Jacek Bozek, who is also a member of the Central European River Network, a group of NGOs from Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Romania,
The rule of law runs close to the rule of life and the Indian Constitution, in its humanist vision, has made environmentalal-ecological preservation a fundamental value. Rivers which are the source
The rule of law runs close to the rule of life and the Indian Constitution, in its humanist vision, has made environmental-ecological preservation a fundamental value. Rivers which are the source of
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh signed $300-million loan agreements for five new projects for improving rural and urban infrastructures and mitigating river erosion. The five projects
Truck loads of industrial waste from the 126 MW Larji Hydel Project are being emptied into the Beas due to which the river is getting polluted. It is also posing a danger to other hydel projects and
The Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to send within a week's time the compliance report on his directives to clean the rivers and ghats at the 'Sangam'
Taking up the delay in acquiring land for setting up oxidation ponds to minimise pollution of the Gomti river, the Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a status report within two
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Tuesday informed the Allahabad High Court that excess water has been released from Norora dam in river Ganga and steps taken to stop draining of polluted waters in the
A vast area of land in Harinagar part III, along the Indo-Bangladesh border under Karimganj district is being demoished following severe errosion of river Surma in Assam. People of the locality have
"Kali is one of the most exploited rivers in the country with six major dams across it which have destroyed over 1 lakh hectare of forests. Mining, logging and industrial activities have also taken
Uttara Kannada is popular for its forests. Tall trees, medicinal plants, rare wildlife, rivers and lakes add to the beauty of this district. It is difficult to assess the value of forest wealth in
Just about one per cent of Yamuna's pollution will be taken care of by the mesh walls that the city government is erecting along bridges across the river. Mesh walls are coming up on all five bridges
Save the Chittagong (STC) a non-government organization, formed a human chain in Chittagong (Bangladesh), the concluding day of its four-day programme to protest hill-cutting, encroachment of rivers,