Experts say the most ambitious river navigation project in South America could ruin the Paraguay Parana river and the world s largest remaining wetland
A recent WHO meeting brought together experts from Bangladesh and India to develop a common plan of action to arrest arsenic poisoning in both countries
The Mekong river, running through six nations, has generated lot of development activities and much tension in the Southeast Asian countries. While China and Laos have pinned their hydro-electric
As part of the Indo-Nepal Mahakali Integrated Development Treaty, signed on February 12, 1996 in New Delhi, the 315 m-high Pancheshwar dam is to be constructed over the Mahakali river in Nepal. The
Environmental degradation arising out of desertification, deforestation, erosion and climatic changes and poaching is seriously threatening the delicate ecosystem of the riparian areas of Yangtze
The Supreme Court of India came down heavily on the Manali-based Span Motels Private Ltd for changing the course of the Beas river. The court ordered the owners to shift the motel away from the banks
CARELESSNESS on the part of a worker has resulted in a major oil spill in the Hooghly river at Haldia about 80 km from Calcutta. Marine pollution control vessels belonging to the Calcutta