New Delhi, 25 Dec – Apart from mentioning Govt failure in checking Ganga pollution, India’s Comptroller & Auditor General’s (CAG) performance audit report on Ganga rejuvenation tabled in the Indian Parliament on December 19 last specifically specifically mentions that National…
The quality of Buriganga water has improved slightly following the relocation of tanneries to Savar from the city’s Hazaribagh area and heavy rainfall this year. But experts think a lot more things, including checking other industrial and domestic wastes, need…
Undoubtedly sand is essential part of river ecosystem. Like flow and fish it helps rivers stay healthy. It’s critical for ground water recharge, replenishes the nutrients in moving water, supplies lean season flow to rivers and provides habitat to numerous…
Argentina set ambitious targets of providing universal access to water and 75 percent access to sewerage services for its citizens. How can the country move toward this goal?
Guest Blog by Nivedita Khandekar This story from Nag River in Nagpur is second in the series of online stories of urban rivers from across India. Please share your feedback and provide us with suggestions (read more in the appendix).…
Dhaka – Bangladesh is losing one percent GDP every year due to air pollution, which is a key barrier to the country’s vision to become an upper-middle income country, according to a new World Bank analysis.Bangladesh must check environmental degradation,…
13 soil scientists to watch Danielle Nierenberg Soil performs a variety of vital functions, including supporting plant and animal life and filtering contaminants from water and the air. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) asserts that “soils need to…
Tanusree Paul Despite the international recognition accorded to the key role played by women in issues around water, the extent to which India’s national water policies accommodate gender concerns remains to be examined. Based on an in-depth content analysis of…
Pollution stopped play on Sunday in the third Test between India and Sri Lanka, and visiting coach Nic Pothas said
By Manipadma Jena Nairobi/New Delhi, Dec 1 (IPS) – “Political resolve is the key for succeeding in our fight against oceans pollution,” Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment, who is leading hands-on the organisation’s global campaign to clean up seas…
New Delhi – The theme for India Rivers Day 2017 (IRD 2017), held on 25th November 2017 at the INTACH Delhi premises, was ‘Rivers in the Urban Context’. Various formats of engagement were deployed for discussion among the participants from…
Ratan Bhandari Nov 25 – The Nepal government on Friday decided to develop the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project on its own, nearly two weeks after it terminated the contract agreement with the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) to build the…
Dhaka, Nov 25 – The Paribesh Bachao Andalon (POBA), an environment protection organization, has asked for the strict enforcement of the laws to save the Dhaka City from polluting air.
Hopes that the 44 crew of a missing Argentine submarine might still be alive have been dashed after the navy said an event consistent with an explosion had been detected.
Dhaka, Nov 22 – A government Taskforce on Wednesday day asked the authorities concerned of Dhaka WASA to take necessary measures to recover its 13 canals from illegal occupation.
After days of searching for its missing submarine with 44 crew aboard, Argentina’s navy received distress signals late Saturday, authorities said.
Dhaka, Nov 18 – The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) on Saturday demanded immediate excavation of river Gumti and Dakatia by making those free from pollution and grabbing for the free flow of water and movement…
House and apartment owners of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) formed a human chain at Kalabagan on Mirpur Road in the city on Saturday protesting the rise in holding tax and blatant indiscrimination in the name of revision. The residents…
A total of 26 islands or chars emerged in the Bay of Bengal, near the coasts of three districts –Noakhali, Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong— in the last 10 years, Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif told Parliament on Monday.
Rajshahi, Nov 13 – Water experts at a workshop here on Sunday called for stopping indiscriminate extraction of groundwater for lessening the gradually mounting pressure on it in the vast Barind area.
Illegal crop burning in farm states surrounding New Delhi, vehicle exhaust in a city with limited public transport and swirling construction dust have caused the crisis, as they do year after year.
Savar – A butterfly fair will be held in Jahangirnagar University here on the campus Saturday.
By Sunita Narain Do not read me wrong. Last fortnight I had said we may breathe easier this winter. This does not mean we will breathe clean air. I meant compared to last winter air pollution would be lower because…
Danielle Nierenberg The following is an edited excerpt from Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity by Sandra Postel, published by Island Press.
A female bottlenose dolphin has died at a Japanese aquarium only weeks after breaking a national record of more than four decades in captivity, an official said Thursday. Nana, thought to be around 47 years old, was discovered drowned on…
Dhaka, Oct 31 – The settlements for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar district are dangerously congested and overcrowded and the pressure on sources of clean drinking water and basic sanitation are enormous. Clean water, sanitation remain big challenges as Bangladesh copes…
By International Organization for Migration Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Oct 30 (IOM) – You could not see it in their faces and they could no longer physically feel it but Mohammed and Jameelah’s pain was consuming their minds – in the…
A ship carrying 185 trucks was flagged by Indian Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari from Chennai Port to Mongla Port, Bangladesh. At a time when exporters are facing hurdles on the India-Bangladesh border, commercial vehicle…
The Indian Central Water Commission (CWC) of India’s Union Ministry of Water Resources periodically updates India’s National Register of Large Dams (NRLD), the latest edition seems to have been put up recently. Significantly, this latest edition reports a huge jump…
Bhadbut Dam Fisherfolk show black flags against Modi plan. Hundreds of fisherfolk riding on about 100 fishing boats waved black flags at PM during his laying foundation stone for Rs 4,000 crore Bhadbhut Dam on the Narmada river’s mouth on…