Expressway on sliding sand
Uttar Pradesh government
Uttar Pradesh government
Manmohan Singh
The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, a large number of them may disappear by 2035 because of climate change, warn Indian and foreign environmentalists and geologists. The Himalayas have the largest concentration of glaciers outside the polar caps. That is why, they are called the
KOLKATA: Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee cast his vote here on Monday to nominate the Sunderbans, the world
Earlier Project Had Guzzled Rs 1,000 Cr And Left The River As Dirty As Before
At geological time scales, the role of continental erosion in the organic carbon (OC) cycle is determined by the balance between recent OC burial and petrogenic OC oxidation. Evaluating its net effect on the concentration of carbon dioxide and dioxygen in the atmosphere requires the fate of petrogenic OC to be assessed.
River Panel With Strong Powers May Put Paid To CM
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Union Government has decided to declare the Ganga as
Recently, there have been news items and discussions suggesting that the Gangotri glacier is melting at a rapid rate and it is likely that it will disappear in the next 20
A perusal of environment impact assessments for hydel projects in Uttarakhand brings out various deficiencies in the reports, and the unstudied manner in which such projects have been embarked upon. That many more of such projects have been proposed points to the muddled direction adopted for energy supply, reminding us of the hydropower story in the United States.
This report focuses on three major river basins in South Asia: the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, the Indus and the Helmand.
BY YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI
Kanpur: With the launch of the countrywide campaign to save Ganga, convener of the
Varanasi: For the cause of the Ganga, an impressive rally was carried out under the banner of Ganga Raksha Manch (GRM) from Rajendra Prasad Ghat to Lahurabir on Thursday.
A run of the river project is of two types, one that requires a long tunnel and the other that requires a huge reservoir. The river is diverted through a tunnel and the water falls on a turbine from a height, generating electricity. In a reservoir-run of the river project, the tunnel is small as the volume of water is responsible for generating electricity. The water is released back into
The Ganga is said to have special chemical qualities, which accord it its purity. High concentration of calcium and magnesium is found in the water, says a study carried out by researchers of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
Power-generating companies can get a minimum fixed sum irrespective of how much electricity they produce Capacity Index (CI) = declared capacity
A series of hydropower projects on the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda may reduce the Ganga to a trickle. But project proponents will still be making money.
Both Alaknanda and Bhagirathi are glacier-fed rivers and the hydrology of these rivers is directly impacted by climate change. The rate at which the glacier is melting has to be a consideration for the running of these projects.
The debate