Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands

Centre notifies minimum e-flow for the Ganga river

India gets its first soil moisture map developed using hydrological model

Wildlife Board clears Lower Demwe hydel project despite flaws in report

World is losing the wetlands at a rate of 0.78 percent a year: Ramsar Convention

Every time there is a huge flood in India with massive loss of lives and extensive physical damage, there is a hue and cry. Especially, if this takes place in an area not normally prone to such floods. Assam and Bihar, for instance, are regularly laid waste by floods and so, there is not much agitation over that anymore.

Additional funds of over Rs 1,300 crore allocated to dam safety project

As the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost.

Clean chit to dam management, CWC says congested Vembanad lake worsened floods in Kerala

Witnessing a multitude of disasters from destructive floods to catastrophic earthquakes, the vulnerabilities arising out of natural disasters are ever increasing in Jammu and Kashmir.