Dams/ Irrigation

Govt halts Ganga dam

Five weeks after Dr GD Agrawal went on a fast unto death, the Union government agreed to temporarily stop construction of the Loharinag-Pala hydroelectric project. The project is a mere 25 km from the Gangotri glacier in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, which is from where the Bhagirathi-Ganga originates.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
Civil Society
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Tags:
Rivers, Bhagirathi, Ganga, Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Scientists, Uttarkashi (D)
Climate Change

Geologists for improving dating techniques

The conference on 'Quaternary Geological Processes: Natural Hazards and Climate Change' came to an end on Thursday with geologists calling for improvement in the dating techniques used in study of sediments so as to gather more information about the undated sequences.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2009
Pioneer (Lucknow)
Tags:
Ganga, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Geology, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow (D)
Dams/ Irrigation

Passages from nature to nationalism: Sunderlal Bahuguna and Tehri Dam opposition in Garhwal

This paper focuses on the shifting contours of the anti-Tehri dam movement in the past three decades. It examines the changing declarations of environmentalists, especially Sunderlal Bahuguna and other leaders of the movement on the one hand, and the involvement of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in the anti-dam politics on the other.

Publication Date: 
21/02/2009
Mukul Sharma
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Himalaya, Rivers, Bhagirathi, Ganga, Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Tehri, Earthquakes, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Religious Beliefs, Hydrology, Geology, INTACH, WWF, Sunderalal Bahuguna, Politics, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tehri Garhwal
Water Resources

IIT alumni join hands to save the Ganga

NEW DELHI: An alumni forum of the Indian Institutes of Technology established to preserve the heritage and ecology of the Ganga has demanded suspension of the Loharinag Pala hydro-power project in Uttarakhand.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Resources, Ganga, Water Conservation, Hydroelectricity, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Water Resources

Will Ganga ever exist ?

Despite being declared as the

Publication Date: 
20/02/2009
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Pollution, Water Resources, Bhagirathi, Ganga, Dams, Tehri
Water Pollution

Effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga: notification

The notification for setting up the Ganga River Basin Authority for comprehensive management of the basin. The authority chaired by the prime minister will consist of the chief ministers of the Ganga basin states as members along with related ministers of the central government.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2009
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Water Pollution, River Pollution, Ganga, Water Conservation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Water Pollution

National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA): notification

Whereas the river Ganga is of unique importance ascribed to reasons that are geographical, historical, socio-cultural and economic giving it the status of a national river. And whereas the river Ganga has been facing serious threat due to discharge of increasing quantities of sewage effluents, trade effluents and other pollutants on account of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2009
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Water Quality, Government Of India (GOI), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Sustainable Development, River Basin
Climate Change

African fisheries hit hardest by climate change

The world's poor are increasingly relying on fish, but a combination of climate change and unsustainable fishing practices could wipe out this vital protein source.

Publication Date: 
14/02/2009
New Scientist
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Tags:
Food Supply, Ganga, Fisheries, El Nino, Climate Change, Glacial Melt, Africa, Bangladesh, India, Food Security
Climate Change

Rising Sea Salinates India's Ganges: Expert

KOLKATA - Rising sea levels are causing salt water to flow into India's biggest river, threatening its ecosystem and turning vast farmlands barren in the country's east, a climate change expert warned Monday.

Publication Date: 
03/02/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems, Ganga, Mangroves, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Salinity, Research Agencies, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Water Resources

Telugu Ganga water for Chennai

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: For the second time this year, the Andhra Pradesh government released Krishna water to Chennai from Kandaleru reservoir of the Telugu Ganga project on Wednesday as a Sankranti gift to the residents of the city.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, Irrigation, Andhra Pradesh, Nellore (D), Chennai (D)

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