Rivers

NGT to hear petition on Ganga revival on a day-to-day basis

People of Sikkim stand against Teesta hydel project

India should inform us about its future hydel projects: Pakistan

Process to move water to concurrent list begins

Last year, a crocodile walked seven kilometres to reach Jamwa Ramgarh village near Jaipur looking for food. It had ventured out from Jamwa Ramgarh dam, which used to have around 100 of its species at one time. Since 2006, however, the dam is dry, leaving little fish or other prey for the aquatic reptiles. 

Why are lands acquired from farmers barren? SC asks states

Maharashtra approves cost overrun in irrigation projects, set to complete Gosikhurd project

Jaman Ram, a resident of Bhikia Sain, a tehsil in Uttarakhand, remembers fishing with his father in the Ramganga. “We could catch 80-100 kilograms of fish a day. That is no longer possible,” he says. Shafiq of Haldwani shares an unsettling memory of the Ramganga. As a young man on a holiday, he was paddling in the river near Marchula when the rock he was standing on shifted.

The year 2016 was eventful, to say the least when it comes to the water scenario in the country. The year saw severe droughts affecting 33 crore people across 10 states.

No final approval for Ken-Betwa river link as claimed by Centre