River basins under pressure

Why does Kosi river cause devastating floods so often? Answer lies in massive siltation: study

742 million tonnes of silt has been deposited in the Chhatra to Birpur stretch of Kosi River in the last 54 years, finds a new study

Water storage in major Indian river basins depleting

More than 60 per cent of the basins contain much less water than average storage over the last decade, CWC data shows

Saving the degraded river basin

Assam shows how water needs can be met without disturbing a river’s ecology

Can Ministry of Jal Shakti save Indian rivers?

The new ministry has its work cut out as old ministries’ track record in cleaning and saving river basins hasn’t been great

Why global environmentalists are silent on Venezuela's mining crisis

Venezuela opened up a large swath of the country to mining to prop up its economy. But a huge part of the area is a fragile ecosystem that …

CWC tells states to keep close watch on 15 dams

Central Water Commission asks dam officials to release water according to the rule curve and standard operating procedure  

Rivers' dry run

Ten of the 15 monitored river basins registered a dip in their reservoir levels between May 2014 and 2019

Gujarat’s rain-fed Fofal river dries up

This has sent villagers in Saurashtra region into a tizzy owing to the acute agrarian crisis

पद्मावत

इस बार पद्मावती को बचाने कोई नहीं निकला। सब के सब अपने एचडी टीवी-मोबाइल–लैपटाप की चिलम में तरक्की और विकास के नशे का दम ...

नालों-खालों में अतिक्रमण से रुके नदियों के रास्ते

नैनीताल हाईकोर्ट ने नाला-खालों पर अतिक्रमण के खिलाफ दायर याचिका पर सरकार व प्रशासन से जवाब मांगा। 

कभी भी गंगा सागर में डूब सकता है कपिलमुनि मंदिर

जलस्तर बढ़ने से जमीन का कटाव हो गया है और अगर इसी तरह कटाव जारी रहा, तो बहुत जल्द कपिलमुनि मंदिर भी पानी में ...

‘Indo-Nepal effort needed to prevent Ganges Basin fish from losing genetic variability’

Steve Lockett, a Mahseer expert, feels the two countries must pool in their efforts to preserve the freshwater fish stocks in the Ganga and its …

Low soil moisture posing threat in most river basins

At least half of 16 river basins have been found to be low in soil moisture across India, says a study

Copying nature is the only way to revive our rivers

Artificial groundwater recharge programmes can't be the long-term solution unless they are supported with measures to conserve soil and increase …

Latha Anantha: The agricultural scientist who fought for unhindered flow of rivers

The 51-year-old river activist passed away today morning after battling cancer for three years

This dying river in Karnataka is now coming back to life

A seven-year-long river rejuvenation project aims at bringing back River Kumudavathi by recharging groundwater

Coal mining, waste discharge, encroachment: River Bhogdoi has been dying a slow death

The inter-state river is one of Assam’s most polluted

नक्शे में समझिए, कहां-कहां सूख गए नदी बेसिन

मई 2014 से 2019 के बीच भारत के 15 में से 10 नदी बेसिन की जल भंडारण क्षमता कम हुई है

यह जल प्रपात नहीं है, नदी में अवैध उत्खनन का नमूना है

गर्मियों के दिनों में सूखी नदी से पहले रेत निकाली गई और फिर मिट्टी, इससे नदी का स्वरूप ही बिगड़ गया है 

India has 20 river basins, all over-exploited

Over 60 years after the country got its first plan to rejuvenate the rivers, not a single basin has been spared from overexploitation

86-year-old Gandhian GD Agarwal fasts unto death to save the Ganga

Noted Gandhian and environmentalist GD Agarwal has fasted many times before to save the Ganga. But this time he will give up water too if the …

Life along the Kosi: series 2

The Kosi river flows through the densely populated north-east Bihar, where people mostly depend on farming, fishing and cattle. They also make …

Healthy rivers: How DNA tool can help keep tabs on freshwater quality

DNA technologies have revolutionised the amount of data generated from a single river sample  

पहली बार परती ही छूट गई मोकामा टाल की 10 हजार एकड़ जमीन, किसान परेशान

दाल के कटोरे के नाम से मशहूर टाल इलाके में इस बार गंगा नदी का पानी जनवरी के पहले सप्ताह तक जमा रह गया, ...