a plan to use flood barriers to save Venice from flooding is likely to be abandoned because experts say it will harm the environment. The project was decided in the aftermath of the devastating

People of Deukhuri valley in Nepal are putting pressure on the Village Development Chairman (VDQ to check salutation in Rapti river. local people are demanding Rs 300, 000 out of the Rs

In a desperate attempt to contain growing pollution, the authorities in Bangkok have decided to lease city services worth over US $1 billion to private companies. Bangkok is one of the most polluted

Authorities plan reforestation scheme to combat floods

AFTER visiting the flood areas of eastern Uttar Pradesh, the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said India is going to take up the issue of floods with Nepal as most of the rivers which flood

Thousands of people in Bihar are trapped between the Kosi and its embankments. They have been suffering for decades. But the state government is still blind to their plight

The most devastating feature of Kosi, Bihar's sorrow, has been its ruthless course shifts. In the last 200 years, it has moved westwards by as much as 110 km averaging some 0.5 km every year. Up to

Despite the claims made by the Chinese authorities about an improved flood management system, the floods in northeast China have killed 2,000 people and left 14 million people homeless. Analysts

The Punjab government in Pakistan has allocated Rs 4.4 million for flood protection arrangements, which will include services of the Pakistan Army. According to Chaudhry Shaukat Daud, Punjab relief