In all 11,553 people in Krishna and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh have been moved to 56 relief camps where food and drinking water are being provided.
Kaziranga exists because of the floods; they are the lifeblood of this 430 square km protected area, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Kerala's groundwater has fallen by 50 centimetres in 60 per cent of the aquifiers and is increasing. Intense heat and freak climate patterns are playing havoc in God's Own Country.
Siddharth Agarwal, who walks along rivers across India, feels the common man is being left in the lurch as urban desires will not solve the core issues confronting the rivers of India
NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) and SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) teams have been pressed into service in the flood-affected areas for search and rescue operation.
Under the Indus Water Treaty signed in 1960, the waters of the western rivers -- the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab -- was given to Pakistan and those of the eastern rivers -- the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej -- to India.
If India even plans to use the Indus to coerce Pakistan, it must be prepared for similar action by China and Nepal
According to Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj gave the assurance to her Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen during the 5th meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission...
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On Sunday, the water level touched 205.46 metres, reaching beyond the danger mark of 204.83 metres. The Indian Railways on Monday announced that the old Yamuna...
The water level in the Yamuna river continued to rise and stayed over the danger mark for the third day today, officials said.
Arvind Kejriwal directed transport minister to make proper arrangements for people living on roads after water from the swollen Yamuna entered their houses.
On Sunday, the water level touched 205.46 metres, reaching beyond the danger mark of 204.83 metres.
"It is of utmost necessity to comply with the right to live of persons using Ganga water and they are put to notice about the fitness of water."
The Narmada waters politics and industry while farmers and fishermen suffer in Gujarat
The theme for this year's World Environment Day, is 'Beat Plastic Pollution'
Farmers are opposing the Par-Tapi-Narmada and Damanganga-Pinjal river-linking projects between Gujarat and Maharashtra
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Interlinking of rivers is now a project on fast track. It’s also a political voyage.
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The SC verdict is a landmark verdict. It clearly rules that the rivers are national assets and no state can claim sole right over it.
Karnataka and Goa, the riparian states of the Mahadayi (known as Mandovi in Goa), have been locked in a bitter battle over the sharing of the water of the river
A sub-regional strategy with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal will only help India be able to bargain with China from a position of strength on water sharing...
