Bangladesh protests dam in Manipur sunamgonj in Bangladesh, a few kilometres from the border with India, looks stirred up. On June 21, the town citizenry gathered at the public library to listen to five speakers from India
The Amazon River accounts for one-fifth of the world's freshwater flow, and its floodplain is home to 60% of the world's remaining tropical rainforests. The basin's diverse ecosystems support an unparalleled array of biodiversity, and provide home to tens of thousands of indigenous people.
As the monsoon retreats and the flood waters recede, the flood bank and bed of the River Dikrong in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh becomes a humming ground of the human activities. Temporary labour tents or huts, crusher machines, movement of trucks and other vehicles all along the length and breadth become the state of affairs in the river.
The illegal sand mining is being carried out unabated in Cauvery river thus polluting the water and affecting the aquatic life.
Though the Department of Geology and Mining has given permission for sand mining in some places, several people are involved in illegal sand mining in the region.
NEW DELHI: While constructing the Yamuna Bank station on the river bed, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had taken into account all environmental concerns.
The High Court has directed the Government to submit a report on the damage caused to ecology due to rampant sand mining along the banks of Arkavathi river in Ramanagara.
People from Canacona taluka have expressed fear over the ecological imbalances in the region, which has led to drastic changes in the three major rivers.
According to sources, bygone farming practices are blamed for the declining width of the rivers at Galgibaga, Talpona and Saleri.
