Civil society organisations (CSOs) can play a critical role in broadening the meaning of water through the inclusion of cultural, gender, ecological, and psychological aspects, says an international relations expert.
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বন্যা ত্রানের পাশাপাশি সমস্যার স্থায়ী সমাধানের উদ্যোগ নিনঃ ফারাক্কা কমিটি
ঢাকা, জুলাই ২৫ – তিস্তা ও ব্রহ্মপূত্র নদের উজান থেকে নেমে আসা বন্যার পানিতে বাংলাদেশের বিস্তীর্ণ অঞ্চল মারাত্মকভাবে প্লাবিত হওয়ায় উদবেগ প্রকাশ করে আন্তর্জাতিক ফারাক্কা কমিটি (আইএফসি) সরকারকে ড্রেজিং এবং নদী শাসনের মাধ্যমে দেশের ভিতর দিয়ে প্রবাহিত নদীগুলোর পানিবহন ক্ষমতা…
Inadequate Water, Sanitation Threatens Women Dev in Senegal
By Stella Paul HYDERABAD, India, Jul 22 2020 (IPS) – With Tabaski (Eid al-Adha) around the corner, 11-year-old Fatoumata Binta from Terrou Mballing district in M’Bour, western Senegal, wakes up early and joins her brothers Iphrahima Tall and Ismaila to…
Unremitting water triggers flood in Ganges basin
Rajshahi, July 19: The incessant onrush of water from upper catchment over the past one week has triggered a flood situation in char (riverbed) and other low-lying areas in Ganges Basin .
Fog traps save Chilean farming community from severe drought
By Orlando Milesi OVALLE, Chile, Jul 15 2020 (IPS) – “The harvested water has helped us at critical times and the fog nets have also brought us visibility. Today we produce beer here and many tourists come,” says Daniel Rojas,…
The magic of 24th June: Water Worship around the World
July 4, 2020 SANDRP “Sao Joao, Sao Joao, Viva Sao Joao!” The shouts were followed by unbelievably loud splashes in a red laterite well. The well itself was decked up like a bride. All along the way to Siolim in…
Drive soon to free rivers surrounding Dhaka: LGRD Minister
LGRD minister Md Tajul Islam on Thursday said that the government will soon launch a drive to free rivers surrounding Dhaka from pollution and illegal occupation to increase navigability.
Water enters houses in Sunamganj town; 11 Upazilas flooded
Sunamganj, June 28 – Flash floods, triggered by heavy rains and upstream water, have inundated Sunamganj town and 11 Upazilas of the district, rendering thousands of people marooned.
Drinking water crisis grips Cyclone Amphan-hit Sharankhola
People in Amphan-hit Sharankhola upazila have been facing acute drinking water crisis as saline water gushed into villages during the cyclone destroying their sources of safe water including ponds and tube-wells.
Envisioning a Blue Recovery
By Erna Solberg and Tommy Remengesau, Jr. OSLO/NGERULMUD – From Jamaica to Palau and Norway to Indonesia, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis is global, and national recovery efforts must be globally focused to seize shared opportunities. Nowhere is this…
Teesta water flowing above danger level in Nilphamari
The water level of the Teesta River in Nilphamari is flowing above the danger level following heavy rainfall and onrush water from upstream.
5 European companies helping to clean up the oceans
Addressing the environmental impact of CED This week saw the celebration of the 2020 World Ocean Day when world leaders were called upon to protect 30 per cent of our blue planet by 2020. To clean up plastics in oceans,…
Don’t be colour blind, help blue oceans keep the planet green
9 June 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic is a “sharp reminder” of how we are all intimately connected to each other and to nature, the UN chief said on Monday, World Oceans Day. “As we work to end the pandemic…
Launch, steamer services to resume Sunday on 34 river routes
Launch and steamer services on 34 river routes across the country will resume on Sunday after about two months.
Untimely Teesta River erosion perplexes people in Lalmonirhat
An untimely erosion in Teesta River in Gokunda Char area of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila devoured about six houses and arable land.
Historic Farakka Long-March Day Saturday
The Historic “Farakka Long-March Day” will be observed on Saturday in the country commemorating populist leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani’s huge long march towards Farakka Dam 44 years back. Different socio-political organisations chalked out various programmes to mark the…
Healthy Oceans: Keeping Asia and the Pacific Afloat
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana BANGKOK, Thailand, May 13 2020 (IPS) – Memories of idyllic beaches and sonorous waves may seem far away while we remain at home. Yet, we need not look far to appreciate the enduring history of the…
Fly Ash Dam Breach in MP, India: 6 killed, river gets toxic
A fly ash Dam of Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project of Reliance Company has breached in the evening of April 10, 2020, near village Harrahva in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, killing six people and destroying downstream river and fields.…
Ganga-Yamuna-Cauvery flow cleaner in lockdown: The lesson
April 6, 2020 SANDRP A number of reports have appeared that show that the state of a number of rivers of India, including Hindon, Yamuna, Ganga and Cauvery has improved during the current lockdown due to Covid 19 crisis. That…
Coronavirus and water: A round-up of global advice
The outbreak of a respiratory illness, known as COVID-19, continues to spread around the world. With one of the primary pieces of advice to regularly wash hands thoroughly to prevent the transfer of the disease, it means more than ever…
All 11 dam projects violate Ganga environmental flow notice
March 19, 2020 SANDRP A review of the Indian Central Water Commission (CWC) monitoring reports of all four quarters of 2019 reveals that all the eleven projects that were being monitored in Ganga basin have violated the mandatory Environment flows…
Manipur pledge to strengthen efforts for free flow of rivers
Dimapur, March 14 (EMN): Kangoi Khullen and Kangoi Khunnou village authorities, Centre for Research and Advocacy (CRA) Manipur and Citizens Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD) on Saturday observed International Rivers Day on Saturday, with the theme “Let the rivers…
Kobadak now a garbage dumping ground in Chougachha
The Kopotakkho River flowing beside the Chougachha town in Jashore district has turned into a garbage dumping ground, thanks to indiscriminate dumping of industrial and household wastes and negligence of the authorities concerned.
Experts for joint river management for Dhaka-Delhi ties
DHAKA – Experts at a seminar today stressed the need for proper watershed management of the common rivers aiming to establish people-to-people connectivity between Bangladesh and India. “…same rivers, same water and same soil, basically we have the same ecosystem,”…
‘Water-sharing on 7 rivers likely to be finalised this year’
Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday said Bangladesh and India are working to finalise an agreement on water sharing of seven common rivers within this year.
North East India Ramsar Wetlands in Crisis
North East India Ramsar Wetlands in Crisis: March 1, 2020SANDRP There are three Ramsar sites in eight states of north east India which includes Deepor Beel in Assam, Loktak lake in Manipur and Rudrasagar in Tripura. There are no Ramsar…
Power-water tariff hike: BNP announces nationwide protest
Describing the government’s move to increase the tariffs of power and water as an ‘anti-people move’, BNP has decided to organise human chain programmes across the country, including the capital, on Monday in protest against it.
Religious establishments built along rivers to be relocated
The government will take a project to relocate religious and educational establishments built within the boundaries of rivers in and around Dhaka, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Wednesday.
India’s unique water purifying wetland could soon be extinct
By Manipadma Jena KOLKATA, India, Jan 3, 2020 (IPS) – Ramkumar Mondal’s farm is awash in a brilliant yellow mustard bloom. A flock of grey cranes peck for food amidst the shallow watergrass. But Mondal’s fishpond digs in there like…
Plea for Third Pole Alliance to face Himalaya climate change
January 28, 2020 SANDRP In July 2019, former Prime Minister of Bhutan and President of the People’s Democratic Party Tshering Tobgay makes impassioned plea to act on the melting glaciers of Hindu Kush due to climate change and among other…