Bay of Bengal

Chennai rains claim 450 lives

The epic voyage--Nadisutra--along the Ganga may have been the high point of Emmanuel Theophilus’s recent work, but there have been many more peaks and valleys for this fervent mountaineer cum ecologist. Theo lives in a remote village near Munsiyari in Uttarakhand.

Residents were convinced that November was the worst but stock taking and rehabilitation had to wait a week longer as the maniacal rains of December took everyone by surprise and completely crippled the city. According the

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Chennai has historically been a water-starved region, but never rain-starved as it receives much of its annual quota during the northeast or ‘retreating’ monsoon between October and December. But this November was like no other. 

The participants are expected to share their experiences and views on the following aspects of Ganga River during the seminar:

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Panel not to consider projects until eco-zones are clearly demarcated

NIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of Ganga