KRISHNAGAR, 7 AUG: The state public health engineering department (PHE) today started two water supply projects at Kashiadanga in Nakashipara and Bhagyabantapur in Kaliganj to provide arsenic-free

New Delhi: After Posco, the environment ministry is likely to produce another conflicting report assessing a project

Around 80,000 people living in Manikchak are in panic with rains bringing to halt anti-erosion work along a 4km stretch of the Ganga.

Heavy rain last night inundated low-lying areas in Malda district and increased water levels in many rivers.

People of Domhat in Manikchak have rued that the anti-erosion work started just one week back when the monsoon was about to set in.

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked the Uttarakhand government to take action to stop illegal river bed mining in Ganga, particularly around Haridwar.

The Centre on Friday decided to declare 135-km stretch between Gomukh and Uttarkashi along River Bhagirathi as an

The recently issued orders by Ministry of Forest and Environment could have an adverse effect on plants generating power in the State with a directive making it compulsory for them tokeep a tab on their water usage.

As per the new directives issued by the Ministry of Forest and Environment, it would be now mandatory for those companies engaged in power generation to release more river water for

Slow decision making on the part of the Uttarakhand government has delayed the process of notifying the 135-km stretch between Gomukh and Uttarkashi on the river Bhagirathi as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ).

The stretch was declared an eco-sensitive zone under the Environment Protection Act in November last year when a group of ministers (GoM) comprising environment minister Jairam Ramesh, power m