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117 dead in Assam floods till now this year; toll over 5 years 880: MHA informs Rajya SabhaReplying to a question in Rajya Sabha by MP Sushmita Dev, Minister of State of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Thursday stated that, as per i...
View: The cost of inaction in a changing climateCEEW estimates that the direct costs of India’s lack of disaster preparedness in the last two decades amounted to Rs 13.14 lakh crore. Extr...
Begusarai wetland becomes Bihar’s first & India’s 39th site of international importance
COP14: India identifies 130 wetlands for priority restorationThe highest number of such identified wetlands are in Uttar Pradesh (16) followed by Madhya Pradesh (13), Jammu & Kashmir (12), Gujarat (8)...
Supreme Court expresses concern over disappearance of wetlands in IndiaA wetland is a land area that has water, either permanently or seasonally, and it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.
SC pulls up Centre for defying wetlands orderIn April, the SC had set a deadline of June-end for the government to notify the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, but the Cent...
SC directs Centre to take steps to preserve over 2 lakh wetlandsIn a major direction to preserve ecologically crucial wetlands threatened by encroachment in many parts of the country, the Supreme Court d...
Despite reassurances, Bengaluru is nowhere close to embracing digital transparencyThe municipal commissioner promised to put up data on encroachment of storm-water-drains in the public doman within 10 days. What came out ...
Few wetlands impacted due to urbanization, development activities: GovernmentA few wetlands in the country have reportedly been impacted due to various developmental activities and urbanization, the government said o...
Few wetlands impacted due to urbanisation, development activities: GovernmentA few wetlands in the country have reportedly been impacted due to various developmental activities and urbanisation, the government said.
- Ban construction on wetlands in Maharashtra: HC
A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice S C Gupte also directed the government to state if it will adopt the Centre’s wetland at...
- Climate change may impact wheat productivity in Punjab
The climate change in northern India is likely to have a severely detrimental impact on the productivity of wheat, the prime crop in Punjab...
- Spread of waterbodies: Mumbai tops list of major cities
Maximum City Mumbai leads the pack of major Indian cities when it comes to spread of waterbodies. 35% of Mumbai are covered by wetlands or ...
- Coastal zone violations to be mapped
Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh declared on Wednesday that a comprehensive mapping of all coastal regulatory zone ...
- Community support needed to conserve biodiversity: Jairam Ramesh
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Jairam Ramesh called for community participation to conserve biodiversity and to protec...