With only four states enacting floodplain zoning legislation, the Centre plans to make it mandatory for accessing central flood management ...

Nishad said bulldozers should be used against criminals and not against the poor living in their houses with proper registration and papers...

The heavy downpour has led to traffic snarls in several parts of the city, leaving houses and vehicles partially inundated.

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted that Vishwamitri river is one of 351 identified polluted river stretches,...

The report of the committee constituted for Formulation of Strategy for Flood Management Works in Entire Country and River Management Activ...

A committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to monitor cleaning of the Yamuna has recommended that the Delhi Transport Corpo...

Environment Ministry told the NGT that the Water Resources Ministry has issued a notification, which provides for protection of flood plain...

The signs are already there. In recent monsoon seasons, many areas in southeast Delhi have seen basements of buildings getting submerged un...

The observation was made during hearing of a PIL on the issue of unauthorized constructions on the flood plain of Yamuna.

51.86 million people were affected due to floods and soil erosion by rivers over the last three years with the calamities claiming 4226 liv...

Many in Braj Mandal area have welcomed the Tribunal's order banning tree felling and new constructions along the Yamuna flood-plains.

A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, directed Uttar Pradesh authorities to come prepared and comply with its directi...

In a major victory to activists red-flagging encroachments near Kaliasot river, central zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ord...

The seven-member panel, set up by the Water Resources Ministry, has also suggested creation of an appropriate mechanism on the lines of Coa...

Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, several states have opposed the provisions of a 38-year-old Model Flood Bill.

The NHRC’s direction came following petition filed by Bhubaneswar-based India Media Centre, a voluntary organisation.

South Asian nations, including India, face "serious" threats of food shortage, says UN.