Bay of Bengal

Hon’ble Madam,

Namaskar.

Cauvery dispute: New Supreme Court bench constituted

No water to TN till a special state legislature session takes a call: Karnataka 

Karnataka to seek more time to release Cauvery water

Women in Salmora area of Majuli, the world’s largest riverine island and India’s first island district, practise their traditional form of pottery--the one that does not use a wheel but is hand beaten to shape and uses a viscid kind of clay. As the Brahmaputra eats away huge swathes of land year after year, the clay that these potters use is being taken away by the river. 

Ganga polluted with heavy metals and pesticides: CPCB

Cauvery river dispute: Karnataka to share less water, SC raps the two states over protests

Even as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu fight over their rights on Cauvery water, not much thought has gone into the place where the river originates. Kodagu district, earlier known as Coorg, lies on the eastern slope of Western Ghats, a biological hotspot which is home to the Cauvery and is also the primary catchment area of the river.  

Bihar is India's most flood-prone state, with 76 percent of the population in north Bihar living under the recurring threat of floods. North Bihar is home to eight major rivers, all of which end up in the Ganges.

Guinness World Records names Assam’s Majuli world’s largest river island