‘Baseflow one of most important factors driving river flooding in Peninsular India’
Researcher Shailza Sharma explains flood dynamics in Peninsular India using actual river flow data
At 31%, overall water storage in Indian reservoirs lowest in a decade
About 53 reservoirs have gone bone dry, water levels in river basins also declining
Why the Bedti-Varada river inter-linking project is not technically feasible
The adverse effects that will be caused by the interlinking of rivers and diversions from the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats terrain, are …
River basins under pressure
Peninsular river basins in India more likely to face widespread flooding than transboundary rivers: Study
Researchers looked into drivers of widespread flooding in seven Indian subcontinental river basins
Saving the degraded river basin
Assam shows how water needs can be met without disturbing a river’s ecology
Gujarat’s rain-fed Fofal river dries up
This has sent villagers in Saurashtra region into a tizzy owing to the acute agrarian crisis
Coal mining, waste discharge, encroachment: River Bhogdoi has been dying a slow death
The inter-state river is one of Assam’s most polluted
Kosi River course change not natural; here’s why
River Kosi became very unstable after embankments were made on either side of it
Simply put: Fast until death to save Ganga
Brazzaville Summit of the Three Basins needs to find ways to protect world’s tropical forests
Tropical forests face threat from fossil fuel, mining and extractive industry expansion
India’s rivers are heating up due to climate change, shows study
River water temperatures may rise up to 7°C in summer by 2070-2100
New software programme to aid management and development of Cauvery basin
Modelling platform Source employed by IIT Delhi needs to be adapted to Indian conditions
Ganga in IITs’ care
Ramesh dumps international consultants for a basin conservation plan
North India can tackle smog using eco-friendly farm practices from the South, say experts
Mulching, nitrogen-fixing have waned in the Indo-Gangetic Plain; but they are still being used in the Cauvery basin, according to scientists
Floodplain loss: Basins of Irrawaddy, Tapi, Indus, Cauvery rivers flowing through India altered most due to human activities
Asia lost the biggest area of floodplains among all continents from 1992-2019
Research on thin ice
Lack of coherent research on the melting Gangotri glacier spells disaster
Major rivers in Africa ran drier than usual in 2021, finds WMO
Water storage levels in river basins up in Africa, decreased in other continents
Water levels critically low in India’s reservoirs, river basins due to absence of pre-monsoon rain in areas
Odisha had highest departure from normal storage
India and Germany sign agreement for cleaning Ganga
Germany will contribute Rs 22.5 crore to the three-year-long project
Rivers at risk
Securing water for people does not have to be at the cost of biodiversity
Yamuna crosses danger mark, may get flooded
The Central Water Commission says the river is flowing at 205.24 metre level
Deluge of dams without any impact assessment
Ganga basin authority notified
Concerns raised over decimation of green cover in Cauvery basin: NGT issues notice to southern states
A recent report found green cover has declined to 15,345 sq km from 28,154 sq km over past 50 years