Rivers

Identify farmers for income support scheme: NITI Aayog to states

People of Ramra, a village in the Kairana block of Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh have warm recollections of river Katha that joins the Yamuna below Ramra. Mustaquim Mallah, a 30-year old river conservationist recalls how his grandfather held many pleasant childhood memories of the river. "My great grandfather fished in this river.

Country's groundwater crisis showcases need to enact model groundwater bill

HC orders demolition of illegal prawn gheries in Odisha wetlands

What are sediments? Why do rivers carry sediment? Where does it all go? What happens to the sediment along the way? Have human actions modified the way a river works or carries sediment? How can sediments in rivers and reservoirs be managed? Here is all the information that you need to know about sediment and its management better.

A five-year study conducted in the Sundarbans region has found that the rising water salinity level is threatening the habitat of Gangetic river dolphins. 

States resort to under-reporting of manual scavengers in the final verification stage

Out of 41 study points, the Ganga clean only at the Haridwar barrage location: CPCB

Industries to pay water conservation fee for extraction of groundwater 

Until a few decades ago, the Ganga flowed with gay abandon and descended with rapidity into the plains. Today the waters have withdrawn from its banks and downstream of the hydropower and irrigation projects that have hindered its flow, the Ganga is totally dry.