The number of Royal Bengal Tigers are gradually reducing in the Sundarbans due to the adverse impact of climate change, which has also changed the behaviors of majestic tigers making them more ferocious now than ever before.
KOLKATA: They endured the monsoon rains in temporary tarpaulin shelters pitched on embankments. Now, six months after the devastating cyclone pounded the region on May 25, Aila victims in the estuarine islands of the Sunderbans must brave the elements this winter since the promised compensation for rebuilding their homes is yet to come through for most.
We present evidence that the Indian Sundarbans is experiencing the effects of climate change over the last three decades. Observations of selected variables, such as the surface water temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and transparency show significant long-term variation over a period of 27 years (1980
West Bengal has asked the Centre to raise the issue of threat to the Sundarbans, one of the three most-threatened deltas in the world, at the Copenhagen summit on climate change next month.
The government today worked out a compensation package for 6,000 acres to be acquired in the Sunderbans to build embankments washed away because of cyclone Aila in May.
There was no official announcement on the amount to be offered but sources said it could be between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 6 lakh an acre.
Shagufta Kalim Through its many initiatives, Water for People is making clean water an accessible reality in West Bengal's rural areas. The project started in 2005 and it has been showing the required results when and where it matters the most.
