About 21,750 people of several riverbank areas are likely be landless and homeless as erosions by the Jamuna, Padma and Ganges rivers will devour 2,178 hectares of land in 17 districts of the country this year.

Three major rivers of the country---the Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma---devoured 1,58,780 hectares of land, rendering about 20 lakh people homeless since 1973, a research organisation working with river and water resources said here on Wednesday.

At least 4kms of area and 1,000 bighas of cropland of Pakuria union in Bagha upazila went into the gorge of the river Padma in last two weeks as erosion by the river intensified during the monsoon this year.

Around 7.5 per cent of Assam

Japan will aid US$9.1 million Bangladesh under World Food Programme to provide food assistance to the ultra-poor living in areas to floods, riverbank erosion, coastal cyclones and tidal surges.

The United Nations World Food Prgoramme (WFP) yesterday welcomed the Japanese contribution of US $9.1 million.

SHILLONG, July 13: To address the problems being faced by the people of Balat village, officials of Union Water Resource Ministry visited the village on Saturday to asses the quantum of destruction caused by the Balat river leading to evacuation of more than 21 families recently.

Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi July 10, 2009, 0:15 IST

The diplomatic tug of war between India and China over the $60 million loan from the Asian Development Bank, or ADB, for Arunachal Pradesh has entered a new arena: Japan.

Both India and China are trying to win over Asia

July 9: The Centre had informed the Parliament that neighbouring country China

The Government on Thursday officially confirmed for the first time that China had blocked India