Taking a note of China’s decision to construct three hydropower projects on the Brahmaputra River, India has conveyed its concern to the neighbouring country.
Erosion by the River Brahmaputra took a serious turn in the last two weeks, rendering over 300 families homeless in Ghogadaho and Jattrapur unions under Kurigram Sadar upazila.
GUWAHATI, June 25: A total of 105 people in five districts of the State have been affected by floods. These districts are Lakhimpur, Darrang, Sonitpur, Kamrup and Udalguri.
Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau – the source of rivers such as the Brahmaputra – have shrunk by as much as 15 per cent, retreating by 8,000 square kilometres since 1980, according to a new Chinese
GAIBANDHA: The people living along the banks of the Teesta and Brahmaputra rivers are losing their cropland and homesteads as erosion has taken serious turn here in the district.
Despite retreating glaciers, the amount of water supplied by the Himalayan Mountains will increase in the coming decades, a study from FutureWater, Utrecht University and the International Centre f
Erosion by the River Brahmaputra took a serious turn in the last one week, rendering at least 300 families in different villages homeless in Sadar and Rajibpur upazilas of Kurigram district.
BEIJING: Glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the situation could worsen in future due to global wa
A human chain was formed on Saturday at Nayarchor area under Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram to prevent river erosion.
Hundreds of people from all walks of life attended the human chain.
The direct impacts of delta subsidence and effective seas level rise abetted by dams include inundation of coastal areas, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, increased rates of coastal erosion, an increased exposure to storm surges, etc, in addition to the threat to food security, livelihood security, water security to millions and huge l
