A shocking act of alleged environmental disregard has put Krishnagar's Jalangi river in the spotlight, as councillor Palash Das of ward 25 stands accused of unauthorised digging near the riverbank.
Besides Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, the meeting was attended by Project Coordinator, Inland Waterways Authority of India(IWAI) and other officers.
Officials in Nepal confirmed that there were 42 passengers from Maharashtra aboard the Kesarwani Travel bus from Gorakhpur. The deceased included tourists from Maharashtra and the bus driver, Murtaja alias Mustafa, from Pipriach in Gorakhpur.
This international collaborative research provides new evidence that reassures the global community: there is no significant ozone depletion in the tropics, and no associated health threats to the millions of people living in these regions.
At Karuri village within Boro Polason Panchayat in Memari-II, a temporary wooden bridge was washed away by an inflated Khori.
Troops of the Ladakh-based Fire & Fury Corps of the Indian Army saved the family trapped in a car surrounded by gushing water of a nullah near Rezang La War Memorial.
During a raid by the J&K police, an excavator machine bearing number SYQ15512086, operated by Shiv Chander Prasad Singh and a dumper bearing registration N0 PB35Q2359, driven by Gulshan Singh, were seized from the spot. While two more drivers succeeded in fleeing the spot with their dumpers.
A Raigunj-based environmental set-up has rolled out a campaign called 'Kulik Bachao' to prevent the destruction of a 67-km-long waterbody.
The Sub-Inspector, belonging to the 36th battalion of the BSF, is said to be accompanied by two constables.
Provincial Disaster Management Authority of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said India had opened the outlets of Alchi dam "without preschedule" which could lead to a flooding situation in river Indus.
