Rivers

Eco-Watch, Centre for Environment & Sustainable Development, based in Bangalore, and more active in North Karnataka, is organizing the event, namely “Aghanashini River Festival” at Aghanashini village situated on the bank of the River‘Aghanashini’ in Kumta taluk, Uttara Kanada district.

The Sabarmati Riverfront Development has been hailed as a project towards urban regeneration & environmental improvement, which will transform the river to a focal point of leisure and recreation.

Event: One-day workshop on the Launch of the Partners’ Forum of the Koshi Basin Programme

Venue: A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Bihar, India

Time: 10:30  am – 5:15 pm

Panelists:

PMO approves law to protect Ganga river

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It's been years since Bhutahi Balan, a small tributary of the Kosi river in Madhubani, North Bihar, has been causing devastation on both its banks. Dinesh Mishra in his book 'Story of a ghost river and engineering witchcraft' objectively analyses the failure of embankments, which are raised banks to contain the river's flooding.

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Green norms eased for expanding coal mines