Teesta 
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Teesta takes brunt of Kalimpong garbage
Truckloads of trash dumped in river
RAJEEV RAVIDAS
Waste being dumped in the Teesta at Labarbote near Kalimpong. Picture by Chinlop Fudong Lepcha
- Date:
- 03/03/2010
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- Telegraph (Kolkata)
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Dhaka, Delhi conclude water talks
Haroon Habib
DHAKA: Bangladesh and India have agreed to resolve outstanding issues relating to water sharing and decided that they will jointly start work for the protection of banks of the common rivers.
The consensus came at the end of the two-day crucial water talks at the Secretary level here on Tuesday.
- Date:
- 06/01/2010
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
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India, B'desh open river waters talks
India and Bangladesh today launched their crucial two-day talks to hammer out a deal on sharing of waters of Teesta river, with Dhaka favouring an "interim agreement" on the issue if it is not possible to reach a long-term pact.
The Secretary-level talks opened at the state guest house of Meghna this morning, a Water Resource Ministry spokesman told PTI.
- Date:
- 05/01/2010
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Centre seeks data on 6 Sikkim hydel projects
In a glimmer of hope for six hydel projects in North Sikkim with a projected generation capacity of 1,047 MW, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) has sought complete technical data for consideration of its earlier decision to put them on hold.
- Date:
- 01/10/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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States to get 'green' bonus for forest cover
Shishir Prashant / Dehra Dun September 07, 2009, 0:29 IST
The Centre today announced ‘green’ bonus and dividends for states maintaining their forest cover and said it would hire a consultant to look into the environment problems related to hydropower projects on the river Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand.
- Date:
- 07/09/2009
- Source:
- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Army rushed in for river rescue - Flood hits 3500 families
Aug. 20: The army has been called in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar to evacuate over 1,500 marooned families.
More than 3,500 families in three north Bengal districts have been affected after the water level of the rivers passing through them rose.
- Date:
- 21/08/2009
- Source:
- Telegraph (Kolkata)
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6 Sikkim hydel projects put on hold
The Centre has frozen six mega hydel power projects with a capacity of 1,047 MW proposed in North Sikkim following an adverse report submitted by Centre of Inter-Disciplinary Studies of Mountains and Hill Environment (CISME).
- Date:
- 23/07/2009
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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ACT to continue stir against hydel projects
Undaunted by the landslide victory of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) in the Sikkim Assembly polls, an apolitical outfit has decided to carry on with its agitation against two proposed hydel projects in Dzongu region of North Sikkim.
- Date:
- 20/05/2009
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Report on treatment of land slide and erosion control project under TDET - South Sikkim
Sikkim is facing great challenge to protect the natural resource from land degradation and erosion. The whole state of Sikkim is hilly and cris-crossed by number of streams. Soil erosion is one of the major problems. The hills of Sikkim mainly consist of gneissose and half-schistose rocks, making their soil brown clay, and generally poor and shallow.
- Date:
- Dec 2008
- Source:
- Government of Sikkim
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Rivers of conflict
James Bond films have an overdose of action, but they have one thing that is close to reality—the central plots usually spot global faultlines right. In the latest one, Quantum of Solace, the plot involves a rogue organisation trying to trade off lucrative water supply contracts in exchange of support for a coup attempt by a renegade military commander.
- Date:
- 24/11/2008
- Source:
- India Today (New Delhi)
