Two Gangetic dolphins found dead in Bihar in the last 3 days
Both Gangetic dolphins were killed due to the ongoing mechanised dredging to deepen the riverbed, say residents
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Union Budget 2020-21: Half-hearted effort to revive rivers, including Ganga
Fund allocation dips for Namami Gange and National River Conservation Plan
River pollution, conservation: UP’s fishing community bears brunt
Regulations of industrial, municipal inflow in Ganga, at the centre of pollution mitigation policies, have dissociated rivers from riverine …
West Bengal discharges over 50% waste water untreated into Ganga
Report of CPCB calls for making sewage treatment plants functional, tackling waste discharged through drains to reduce pollution load on river
Critically polluted: Kolak fisherfolk in distress as chemicals from Vapi industries destroy river catch
Villagers fear CETP pipeline planned through River Kolak will kill more fish; to approach district administration
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2023)
Microplastics in 90% frogs studied in Bangladesh delta, can threaten biodiversity: Study
Microplastics abundance in frog samples from Bengal delta much higher than that observed in Europe, China in past studies
Wastewater, seasons, tides: How Ganga water quality in Bengal changes every year
Pollution is less in the monsoon and post monsoon due to dilution of river water with rainwater; it is the opposite in pre-monsoon
42 rivers have extremely high concentration of neurotoxic heavy metals
Ganga was found to be polluted with five heavy metals, namely chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron
The plastic trail of the Ganga from mountain to sea
Despite campaigns for cleanliness, India has ignored the massive proliferation of plastics along rivers like the Ganga, in towns and villages, …
If only ‘jal manthans’ could secure our water supply
Experts reiterate the old suggestions at the three-day meeting to strategise for better development and management of the country’s water …
Hindu philosophy and environmental pollution
Pilgrims believe that Ganga carrying away all the filth to somewhere else justifies the act of pouring dirt into it
Dead dolphin thrown back into Ganga in Bihar without autopsy
Locals in Patna district threw carcass back into the river out of fear even as officials failed to reach spot in time
Bihar plans migratory bird festival to raise awareness about them
The festival organisers hope the event will help in keeping a check on bird poaching incidents by making citizens value them
Here are five ways to counter groundwater depletion in the Ganga basin
Managements of river catchments, surface waterbodies, wastewater and the agricultural sector, in addition to a water resources database can …
COVID-19: Drizzle deters section of pilgrims but violations galore at Ganga Sagar Mela
“What can you do when a sea of people comes and overwhelms you,” say officials
World Migratory Birds Day: Save the gulls of the Sangam
Siberian gulls, who migrate to the Triveni Sangam in winter, die because of eating plastic; their habits also change when tourists feed them
Uttarakhand: as problems pile up, youths see wisdom in migration
The ecologically-sensitive state is crying for government interventions on several fronts
Suggestions on government’s Clean Ganga online platform limited in scope
The Ganga Vichar Manch was launched on January 30 under the National Mission for Clean Ganga
Modi’s Ganga sutra and the politics of Varanasi
River pollution and sewage are top of the agenda for all parties, but Latha Jishnu who spent several days on the campaign trail in Varanasi is …
G D Agarwal on indefinite hunger strike again
'Despite repeated assurances of government, 18 proposed hydel projects on the Ganga and its tributaries have not been scrapped'
Bengal green activist urges PM Modi to save country’s oldest botanical garden from Ganga erosion
The prime minister cleared Rs 2,550 crore to augment Ganga-bound sewage in Bengal; no funds to stop Ganga erosion
Indo-Gangetic Plain, Meghalaya will need to use flood protection for 1,000 years: DTE analysis
DTE analysed the need for flood protection measures in India in response to a study on the subject published in Nature
Arsenic-affected habitations in India up 145% in last 5 yrs
The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This increased to 4,421 as on September 17