Rivers

Dams and poaching doom dolphins

There are just 5,000 river dolphins left in India and unless strict measures are undertaken to protect the remaining population, warn experts, the mammal will soon be extinct

Publication Date:

14/08/1992

Author(s): R S Lal Mohan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Rivers, Brahmaputra, Ganga, Dolphin, Dams, Poaching, India

India

Farsighted plea on Pakistan's sightless dolphins

Experts have asked for a second dolphin reserve in Pakistan to house the blind river dolphin in the wake of a study on the impact of a hydroelectric station at the Tunsa barrage

Publication Date:

14/08/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Rivers, Dolphin, Hydroelectricity, Thermal Power Plants, Sanctuaries, Pakistan

India

Water pact

INDIA and Bangladesh have arrived at an agreement to prepare a comprehensive and permanent sharing of the Ganga-Brahmaputra waters. This agreement was reached in New Delhi between visiting

Publication Date:

29/06/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Rivers, Brahmaputra, Ganga, Water Distribution, Bangladesh, India

India

Water squabbles

CLOSE on the heels of the bitter land wars in the West Asia comes the bitter conflict over water. Israel and the West Bank Palestinians are at odds over scarce water; its Arab neighbours - Palestine,

Publication Date:

14/06/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Rivers, Water Distribution, International Disputes, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

India

Dying springs

SPRINGS in the Himalaya are drying up on a massive scale, says a detailed study of a 59,723ha catchment area in the Kumaon. The study conducted by geologists K S Valdiya and S K Bartarya of the

Publication Date:

14/06/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecology, Himalaya, Rivers, Drinking Water, India

Climate Change

Carbon sinks in mangroves and their implications to carbon budget of tropical coastal ecosystems

Nearly 50% of terrigenous materials delivered to the world's oceans are delivered through just twenty-one major river systems. These river-dominated coastal margins (including estuarine and shelf ecosystems) are thus important both to the regional enhancement of productivity and to the global flux of C that is observed in land-margin ecosystems. The tropical regions of the biosphere are the most biogeochemically active coastal regions and represent potentially important sinks of C in the biosphere.

Publication Date:

01/01/1992

Author(s): R. R. Twilley, R. H. Chen, T. Hargis

Source: Water, Water Air & Soil Pollution

Vol:

64

Issue:

1-2

pp:

265-288

Tags:

Mangroves, Carbon Sinks, Ecosystems, Carbon Dioxide, Wetlands, Biomass, Mexico, United States Of America (US), Carbon Sequestration, Fiji, Samoa Island, Hydrology, Rivers, Gulf Of Mexico

Dams/ Irrigation

A hydro-wood net-energy approach to hydro project design

An integrated approach to energy planning, when applied to large hydroelectric projects, requires that the energy-opportunity cost of the land submerged under the reservoir be incorporated into the planning methodology.

Publication Date:

01/04/1988

Author(s): Sharad M. Lele, D. K. Subramanian

Source: Energy

Vol:

13

Issue:

4

pp:

367

Tags:

Energy, Hydroelectricity, Reservoirs, Dams, India, Western Ghats, Rivers, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Koyna, Dams/ Irrigation

Natural Disasters

Model Bill for Flood Plain Zoning, 1975

Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, states have opposed provisions of this bill prepared by CWC in 1975. It provides clauses about flood zoning authorities, prohibition of the use of the flood plains, compensation & most importantly removing obstructions to ensure free flow of water.

Publication Date:

01/01/1975

Source: Central Water Commission (CWC)

Tags:

Floods, India, Flood Control, Central Water Commission (CWC), Compensation, Rivers

River Pollution

Save The Yamuna: What Steps Are Needed To Revive The Frothing Yamuna?

India Ahead is a national English news channel offering the latest in politics, national events, business, sports and entertainment. We also bring to you exclusive ground reports from various parts of the country.

Tags:

River Pollution, Rivers, Yamuna, Water Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

River Pollution

India's Shame: Activist Dies For Ganga - Who's Responsible?

This is truly India's shame. Why did 87-year-old GD Agarwal die after he spent years fighting to save the Ganga? The veteran activist was fasting for 111 days, demanding that the government get serious about cleaning up the Ganga. His death shows that despite all the big promises and the big slogans, the effort to clean up the river has been a hollow promise.