Tag: Rivers
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Punjab Chief Minister proposes canalisation of three state rivers to Centre
According to Amarinder Singh, the move would help the state enhance its Jal Shakti to encourage diversity in agriculture, promote quality urbanisation, set up colonies, and speed up industrialisation for better and quicker economic emancipation of the citizens.
October 3, 2019 -
India Met department issues red warning as 29 dead in flood-hit Bihar
With water levels of rivers surging due to continuous downpour, Central Water Commission (CWC) has said, river Bagmati is flowing in severe flood situation and is expected to rise at Dheng Bridge, Runisaidpur in Sitamarhi district and Benibad in Muzzafarpur district.
September 30, 2019 -
India no longer bound to follow Indus Water Treaty as Pak supports terror: Nitin Gadkari
Gadkari further said that India has started studying the matter internally and that the water will be diverted to Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
May 9, 2019 -
‘Not concerned if India diverts water’: Pak after Govt decides to block flow of 3 rivers
Following the Pulwama attack, India had immediately revoked the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status accorded to Pakistan in 1996 and also hiked tariff on imports from Pakistan by 200 per cent.
February 22, 2019 -
Do not pollute rivers after festive season is over
Fall in love with rivers and save fresh water source.
November 14, 2018 -
A tale of three rivers
Recently I read an amazing historical novel, written in the backdrop of the Turkish invasion in Bengal during the Hindu-Buddhist era. This is a fantastic literary work by Shawkat Ali, one of the most famous novelists in Bangladesh, entitled ‘Prodoshe Prakritojon’ (Oppressed people in the Dusk). This unique novel has been developed by the culture, …
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September 28, 2018 -
From an enemy to a friend
I was mortally afraid of water as a child. I grew up in India and crossed numerous rivers in rickety steamers and puny, undulating boats. I heard cruel stories of helpless men and women gobbled up by giant waves. Water represented something immense and implacable, a merciless monster. My father sensed this and wanted me …
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September 17, 2018 -
Around two rivers
The ninth Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Meeting was held in Singapore on August 2. The conference was preceded by the 10th MGC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on August 1. The meeting was co-chaired by Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand and Gen V.K. Singh (Retd.), Minister of State for External Affairs. Senior …
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August 18, 2018 -
Rivers of despair
James Rennell, an Englishman, prepared a Bengal Atlas, which was dedicated to Lord Clive in 1780. The map shows the Ganga flowing towards the East and then meandering towards Murshidabad district as Baugrutty (presently Bhagirathi) that was flowing southwards. The reasons for the Bhagirathi’s disconnection from the Ganga are unknown. However, there was reportedly a …
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July 12, 2018 -
Rivers may swell after heavy rainfall, Centre warns 5 states
A forecast by India Meteorological Department indicates that “heavy to very heavy rainfall” is likely at a few places and “extremely heavy fall” at isolated places over Konkan and Goa, central Maharashtra from June 7-12.
June 6, 2018 -
Saving Bangladesh rivers from dying is a daunting task
Experts and environmentalists have criticised Bangladesh's environment agency for its decision to declare four dying rivers around Dhaka as ecologically critical areas (ECA). The department of environment (DoE), which can declare any area as ecologically critical according to the 1995 Environment Conservation Act, has drawn the flak after Environment Minister Anwar Hossain told parliament on …
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June 27, 2017 -
‘Open defecation polluting Goa rivers’
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), in its annual report has held that high levels of fecal matter resulting from open defecation is one of the major causes of river pollution in the coastal state. The report comes in the backdrop of the recent announcement made by Goa Governor Mridula Sinha to make the …
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June 7, 2017 -
PM Modi expresses concern over condition of rivers in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed concern over the condition of rivers in the country and said there are many rivers which have no water. "Many rivers in the country are on the map but do not have any water in them," Modi said while addressing a gathering to mark the conclusion of 'Namami …
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May 15, 2017 -
Narmada-like campaign to revive Madhya Pradesh rivers
After completion of the ambitious "Namami Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra" aimed at the conservation of Narmada river, the Madhya Pradesh government with the help of people's cooperation will launch a similar initiative to improve the health of other major rivers in the state. "After completion of the Sewa Yatra on May 15, the state government …
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May 13, 2017 -
DNA test on river waters reveals fish diversity
In a first, US scientists have monitored a spring fish migration through DNA tests on water samples, a study said on Wednesday. "Environmental DNA" or eDNA, strained from one-litre samples drawn weekly from New York's East and Hudson rivers over six months last year, revealed the presence or absence of several key fish species passing …
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April 13, 2017 -
‘Centre undertakes interlinking of rivers to enhance irrigation’
The Central government has initiated the process to interlink rivers in the country as conceived by to make irrigation facilities available for unirrigated areas. Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the Centre has already initiated steps under the leadership to implement the ambitious project of former Prime Minister Atal Behari …
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March 18, 2017 -
‘With thousands of dams upstream, China has water as weapon against India’
With China having 87,000 dams, many in Tibet, with strategic benefit against India, experts on Friday urged the "down stream" Asian nations to unite and force Beijing to sign a trans-border water sharing treaty to counter its massive damming policies. Tibet is source to ten major Asian rivers upon which 25 percent of the world …
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September 23, 2016