Meghalaya govt. defends plan to dam river Umngot
People of 12 villages are opposed to the project The Meghalaya authorities has defended its plan to dam Umngot, arguably
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Rivers
Lockdown significantly improves water quality of Ganga and Yamuna
Amid the nation-wide lockdown to curb the spread of the COVID-19, the water quality of Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh
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For a change, Yamuna flows cleaner and full
After a long while, river Yamuna is flowing full and cleaner at this time of the year. “When US president
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Cauvery, tributaries look cleaner as pandemic keeps pollution away
Cauvery is gaining its original sacredness following the lockdown The strict enforcement of 21-day lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Bangladesh: 158 rivers dry up in 57 years
The government’s commitments and pledges to protect the rivers are nothing new. Even the court has ordered the government to
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Not a single Karnataka river has water of drinkable quality
Last month the National Green Tribunal (NGT) examined the contamination of the Bellandur, Agara and Varthur lakes on account of
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Two-thirds of world’s longest rivers choked by mankind
Only a third of longest rivers flow freely, with dams, reservoirs and power projects damaging biodiversity, study says. Almost two-thirds
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ചന്ദ്രഗിരിപ്പുഴയിലെ ജലജീവികളുടെ സങ്കടങ്ങള് അറിയിക്കാന് ഒരു കുറിപ്പ് | ഡോ. ഇ ഉണ്ണിക്കൃഷ്ണന്
മെയ് 22 ലെ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ജൈവ വൈവിധ്യദിനത്തില് പൂര്ണമായി വറ്റിത്തീര്ന്ന ചന്ദ്രഗിരിപ്പുഴയിലെ ജലജീവികളുടെ മഹാസങ്കടങ്ങള്ക്കു മുമ്പില് നിന്നു കൊണ്ടാണ് ഈ കുറിപ്പ് എഴുതുന്നത്. മീനുകളുടെ പിറവിയും മരണവും
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Dams in central Western Ghats affecting catchment of perennial rivers: study
A recent study has found that unplanned developmental activities and land use are reducing the evergreen forest cover and perennial streams
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