Paribesh Bachao Andolan (PBA) yesterday urged the government to form a high-powered commission to save rivers from encroachment and pollution and to increase navigability across the country.

The demand rose at a PBA sit-in programme in front of Krishi Bank Bhaban in Motijheel. They also formed a human chain as a part of the programme.

Varanasi: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has alleged that there is a conspiracy to

For years, the residents of the slums along Manila's Zapote River have cursed the water lilies that clog up the waterway and cause flooding. Now, thanks to a handicraft project, they can't get enough of them.

The lilies, which feed on the garbage that is dumped daily in the river, grow like weeds, blocking water flow and ultimately damaging homes on the river bank.

LUCKNOW: It took nearly 22 long years for UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to get a leather industry booked under Water Pollution Control Act, for discharging untreated effluent into a river in Barabanki.

Ranchi, June 2: Villagers and activists across the state worshipped rivers today and took oaths not to pollute them.

Villagers also promised to save other water bodies, which are fast drying up due to various reasons, thus contributing to the depletion of sources of ground water.

Aquatic life safe, tests underway on april 24, 7,000 litres of heavy furnace oil leaked into the Sutlej river after a pipeline burst at the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant at Ropar in Punjab. A senior plant official said the welding in the pipeline could have given way due to heat and fatigue. Water samples collected by the Punjab Pollution Control Board found oil and

Meeting with villagers on Vedanta