World Rivers Day is being observed today
Even as World Rivers Day is observed on Sunday, the Central Travancore region, comprising Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, and parts of Alappuzha, is fast becoming a graveyard of rivers and natural streams owing to indiscriminate sand-mining, encroachments, and pollution.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/where-rivers-die-slow-death
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/radhakrishnan-kuttoor
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-thiruvananthapuram
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pathanamthitta-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kottayam-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/alappuzha-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/sand-mining
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solid-waste
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-pollution
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pampa-action-plan
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-river-conservation-plan-nrcp
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources