Critical climate stress moments may be defined as those moments when households, communities, and their livelihood systems are vulnerable to climate related risks and hazards. This working paper examines critical climate stress moments due to specific climatic and biophysical causes experienced by the people in the Teesta River basin in …
Bangladeshis expatriates in the United States will stage demonstrations in front of World Bank head office, IMF, Indian embassy, US state department offices in Washington DC today between 1:00pm and 5:00pm. They will press for equitable share of Teesta water and stoppage of India’s river interlinking project and construction of …
In a move which should caution power developers to avoid illegal dumping of waste like excavated debris, the Department of Forests, Environment and Wildlife in Sikkim has fined NHPC Rs 75 lakh for violation of forest laws and unauthorised dumping of muck at Elaichi Khola and the area downstream of …
The Indian Supreme Court yesterday ordered the government to implement an ambitious project to link the major rivers of the region in a “time-bound manner”. The court also appointed a high-powered committee to plan and put into action the Rs 5,00,000 crore scheme. The river-linking project was first devised in …
Perhaps encouraged by Miss Mamata Banerjee's record of vetoing important UPA initiatives recently, Greenpeace is urging the West Bengal chief minister to help scuttle the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill. The Bill, which was drafted by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and tabled during Parliament's Monsoon Session …
Bangladesh, Nepal and India are discussing collaboration in river water sharing, an emotive issue in all three countries, highly placed sources said. “There could be a tri-nation meeting very soon. We are working on it.” The broader idea is to rope in Bhutan as well, where public opinion has not …
New Delhi: With the BJP taking a contrary stand to the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee nixing the Teesta agreement, the Manmohan Singh govern- . desh ment initiative ’s much- hyped is in danger Bangla of - falling flat on its face. India expects …
An expert committee of the Paschimbanga government is set to delay its report on the Teesta water-sharing issue between India and Bangladesh. Head of the committee Kalyan Rudra, a leading hydrologist, hinted this on Thursday. Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on November 15 last year had appointed Rudra as the …
Guwahati: NHPC on Thursday hinted at adopting a more flexible approach to accommodate concerns raised by anti-big dam activists in Assam. This development came after NHPC maintained an almost rigid stand on not incorporating any change in its 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydel Power Project at Gerukamukh in Assam-Arunachal Pradesh …
Dhaka: The Teesta water sharing treaty remains the main bilateral issue between India and Bangladesh six months after the accord was called off at the last minute. “It is a fact that Bangladesh was looking forward to the Teesta water treaty, and people were disappointed. All the other achievements, were …
The West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL), state-owned power generating company, is planning to foray into hydel power with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. “We are thinking to set up two hydel power projects. At present, we are in the process of finalising the detailed project report,” State Power …
New Delhi: For the first time since the Teesta water treaty between India and Bangladesh fell through, both countries are moving ahead again. Last September, the accord had come unstuck during PM Manmohan Singh’s visit to Dhaka after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee objected to the quantum of water …
Having burnt its fingers over the Teesta river water agreement with Bangladesh, that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stalled, the draft National Water Policy (NWP) envisages “consultative association with riparian states” while negotiating such deals over trans-boundary rivers. “Negotiations over sharing and management of water of international rivers should …
KOLKATA, 18 JAN: River expert Kalyan Rudra today said that few more issues have to be studied before submitting the report on sharing of the Teesta river water with Bangladesh. Mr Rudra heads the one-man commission, set up by the state government, to find an acceptable solution to the issue. …
Jalpaiguri, Jan. 16: The Centre has released nearly Rs 13 crore for the construction of spurs on the Teesta a few kilometres from here, where the river changed its course last monsoon and threatened to flood Jalpaiguri town. River expert Kalyan Rudra has termed the measure temporary and suggested that …
Gajoldoba (Jalpaiguri), Jan. 8: Bickering gave way to bonhomie today when water was released for the first time from the Teesta Barrage to farmlands along the left bank. Irrigation minister Manas Bhunia was showered with praise by his cabinet colleague, Trinamul Congress’s Gautam Deb, and the CPM MP from Jalpaiguri, …
Jalpaiguri, Jan. 1: The irrigation department is reviving the Karala Action Plan that was drawn up by North Bengal University in 2000 with revised estimates to improve the flow and control the pollution of the river. From yesterday, the irrigation department has been releasing water from an aqueduct of the …
KOLKATA, 22 DEC: The state government has taken up a Rs 51-crore project to clean Bagjola Canal, state irrigation minister Dr Manas Bhuniya said at Writers’ Buildings today, adding the Centre would share 35 per cent of the total project cost. He made the announcement following a meeting with education …
In Sikkim at least 17 large hydropower projects on the Teesta River and its tributaries have their environmental clearances in place, despite warnings, improper assessments and negotiated conditions. At a point of time when a natural seismic occurrence has shaken the stability of an already unpredictable Himalayan ecosystem, it is …
A high amount of silt deposit on the bed of the Teesta combined with the hydel power projects upstream in Sikkim and Bengal has reduced the flow and the volume of water in the river, an expert report has said. Around 10 million tonnes of silt is deposited on the …
Kolkata, 8 DEC: River expert Kalyan Rudra, who heads the commission set up by the West Bengal government to find an acceptable solution to the Teesta water issue between India and Bangladesh, today said he would submit his report probably by the end of this month. “I will submit the …
