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Kaabar Tal gasps for breath

Bihar’s first designated Ramsar site, the Kaabar Tal is dying. Urgent efforts to restore the Tal are needed!

Posted on 28 Jan, 2022 12:15 PM

The Kosi-Gandak interfan region of the East Ganga Plains (EGP) is densely populated by wetlands, most of which are monsoonal (or seasonal), and remain dry in the non-monsoonal season.

Kaabar Tal, Bihar's first Ramsar site

Kaabar Tal cries for help! (Image Source: Mausam Nandan via Wikimedia Commons)

Increase in extreme flooding events in the Upper Ganga Basin post 1995

Upstream hydrological modifications altered the basin hydrology, says study

Somil Swarnkar

Pradeep Mujumdar

Posted on 21 Nov, 2021 04:57 PM

Climate change and anthropogenic activities pose serious threats to river basin hydrology worldwide. The Ganga River is the lifeline for close to half a billion people in the northern Indian region.

Kathiya Gaon, Tehri, Uttaranchal (Image: India Water Portal)

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