Maharashtra Wetlands Review 2017: Destruction Despite Legal Intervention
Throughout 2017, civil society groups have been working hard to protect the wetlands in mangrove and coastal area in Maharashtra. Bombay High Court has also passed several orders in this regard. State...
View ArticleWest India Wetlands Review 2017: No Protection Here
GUJARAT WETLANDS DEVELOPMENTS 2017 Gosabara wetland declared IBA In March 2017 during a two days workshop, The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) declared 96 sq km coastal wetland area of...
View ArticleKarnataka Wetlands Review 2017: Bellandur Lake Remains On Fire
Wetlands For A Sustainable Urban Future : Text from Face Book post by Vishwanath Srikantaiah on occasion of World Wetlands Day 2018. Much grief, energy and monies can be saved if we imagine our...
View ArticleSouth India Wetlands Review 2017: Wetlands Critical in Changing Climate
KERALA WETLANDS REVIEW 2017 State wetlands face multiple threats In March 2017, a book titled “Biodiversity Richness of Kerala” revealed that riverine ecosystem of Kerala were subjected to human...
View ArticleIndia Wetlands Review 2017: Important Court Orders
SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court of India is hearing a matter Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 230/2001 in which there have been several orders of consequence this year (e.g. 8 Feb 2017 & 16 Aug 2017)...
View ArticleIndia Wetlands Review 2017: Important Governments Decisions
Central Government Decisions Environment ministry notifies new wetland rules In a major decision, the union environment ministry notified the new Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2017 on 26...
View ArticleDRP News Bulletin 05 February 2018 (J&K Shows The Way To The Nation: To...
In a remarkable development, Jammu & Kashmir Govt is reviewing its Hydro policy to assess whether the Hydro Electric Power Projects (HEPs) are still viable. As per sources, this is for the first...
View Article“Streams don’t like to be in Channels” Interview: Stream Restoration, Austin...
I was standing in a waste dump, with pigs, garbage and dumped clothes all around me when Mr. Shailendra Patel told me to take off my shoes. Just a few steps ahead of me was a miracle. In the midst...
View ArticleDRP News Bulletin 12 February 2018 (With Innovative Ideas Hyderabad, Chennai...
This week there are exemplary and encouraging wetlands revival stories from three metro cities of Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi. In the first example from Hyderabad, meticulously chosen plant species...
View ArticleSupreme Court Judgment on Cauvery Dispute: Does it change anything?
Supreme Court of India passed the much awaited 465-page Judgment on Cauvery Water Dispute on Feb 16, 2018[i]. After the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal declared its award on Feb 5, 2007, a number of...
View ArticleRivers are Us
Above: Sindhu by Anoop Patnaik, Outlook Traveller “To choose safe waters is the route of imposters: Those who love take on the mighty river.” (Seeking the Beloved, translations of Shah Abdul Latif...
View ArticleWhy Jammu-Srinagar Highway Is So Landslide Prone?
Finally, after five days gridlock, the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-1A) has been opened to traffic, on Feb 17, 2018, but only for one side. The all weather road was closed since February 12,...
View ArticleDRP News Bulletin 19 February 2018 (How Are We Treating Our Urban Rivers?)
In this comprehensive article Mumbai-based author Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar throws the light on the plight of Uraban Rivers. “Rivers and streams have borne the brunt of the recent urban explosion in...
View ArticleDRP News Bulletin 26 February 2018 (Banda People Also Protest Against Ken...
When Central Government is trying to push Ken Betwa link project terming it as beneficial for both Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, local people of Banda are now also protesting against it, in...
View ArticleNorth India Rivers Review 2017: Pollution Poisoning Lifelines
In an effort to assess the situation of Rivers in 2017, SANDRP is presenting the compilation of key rivers related development in the country. The first part of this Rivers Review 2017 includes...
View ArticleDRP News Bulletin 5 March 2018 (Will India Face An Unprecedented Water Crisis...
Residents of Muruga Tholuvu Harijan Colony in Chennimalai Union have urged the district administration to take steps to provide them water on a regular basis. In a petition, they said that villagers...
View ArticleAnthems alone don’t save rivers: Treat sewage & create room for the rivers
Above: Mithi River at Bandra-Kurla Complex; Photo by Nidhi Jamwal Guest blog by Nidhi Jamwal The four rivers of Mumbai —- Mithi, Oshiwara, Dahisar and Poisar —- now have an anthem of their own....
View ArticleThe Hype, Hypocrisy and reality of Mumbai River Anthem
Above: Dahisar river inside SGNP Photo Aslam Saiyad Guest Blog by Aslam Saiyad While documenting the work of the River March organisation[i], whose goal was to rejuvenate Mumbai’s rivers, I came across...
View ArticleMaharashtra Rivers Review 2017: Multi-colored Rivers!
About Rivers Pollution and Pollution Control Board Highest number of polluted rivers Maharashtra state has 49 polluted river stretches, highest in the country, which including Mithi, Ulhas, Vaitarna,...
View ArticleWest India Rivers Review 2017: Governments, Industries Destroy Rivers
After review of North India and Maharashtra Rivers, SANDRP presents the development surrounding rivers in rest of West Zone: Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan states in 2017. Gujarat Rivers...
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