Dams may dry up Ganga, warns ministerial group

NEW DELHI: Recognizing that the plethora of dams built and planned in the Ganga basin could almost empty the river of its waters in the winter season, an inter-ministerial group has recommended that the projects be re-engineered to maintain 30-50% of water flow in the...

Concerns over India rivers order

A supreme court order in India asking the government to link more than 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas has sparked concerns in neighbouring countries. Bangladesh says it would be hardest hit because it is a downstream country to two major rivers that flow...

Ganga dies, Government decorates it

The Minister of Environment & Forest Jayanti Natarajan wants a Commission to deal with pollution of Ganga and other major rivers. She mooted the idea while replying to a debate in Rajya Sabha on March 11. “Just as we have a Commission to ensure there are no...

Anti Tipaimukh campaign staged on International Rivers Day

IMPHAL, March 16: The Committee on Natural Resources Protection in Manipur in a press statement has said that as part of the ongoing observation of the International Rivers Day Week March12-17, the Committee and the JAC for Protection of Hydrocarbons had a protest...

Soon, one water tribunal to replace all

In 1986, V Balakrishna Eradi, then a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, was appointed chairperson of the Ravi-Beas River Waters Tribunal to look into the dispute regarding sharing of these waters between Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. In December last year, almost 25...