Established in 2010 for “effective and expeditious disposal” of environmental cases, the National Green Tribunal, say petitioners, lawyers, and government officials, has been deviating from its core mandate. theprint.in/ground-reports…

-Three boats got washed away frm u/s areas & hit Prakasam gates @ ~40km/hr speed, damaging horizontal concrete columns tht hold counterweight at gate no. 69. A similar incident happened in 2021, in which 1 of barrage gates ws damaged & hd to b replaced. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawad…

In the just concluded month of Aug 2024, India received just 295.2 mm (162.7 mm in Aug 2023, 263.8 mm in Aug 2022, 195.9 mm in Aug 2021 and 327 mm in Aug 2020. The blog gives district wise rainfall information across India during June-Aug 2024. sandrp.in/2024/09/03/jun…

As yet thr is no statement frm govt if a fair probe will b done to know whr frm did 5 boats came to Prakasham barrage, whom they belonged to & if they wr indeed involved in illegal sand mining. N Chandrababu Naidu Nimmala Ramanaidu Srijana Gummalla Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority Central Water Commission sandrp.in/2024/09/04/and…

Over time, dams (and other forms of barriers) will have caused more floods than prevented them #Budameru

Flood Lines, Riverfront Development & Citizen Heroes: Story of Pune Floods sandrp.in/2024/08/30/flo…

Current situation at Prakasam barrage!! At present Krishna river discharging 1,87,900 Cusecs at Prakasam barrage. Nagarjuna Sagar releasing 74,364 Cusecs and Pulichintala dam releasing 64,969 Cusecs.

DB report 03.09.24 says a tribal opposing illegal sand mining in Singrauli ws killed, allegedly by BJP linked miner/owner of tractor transporting sand & police filed FIR related to murder incident only after 26hrs of protest. Collector Singrauli SP SINGRAULI Dr Mohan Yadav Bhupender Yadav

Central & State govts hv proposed several changes in Ken Betwa river linking project which r not part of original plans & renders env, forest, wildlife clearances & manipulated appraisal void. These changes will increase project impacts, costs hugely &... sandrp.in/2024/09/05/yam…

⏯️Live from Belgium! 🇧🇪 Watch the live event on the Dam Removal Europe YouTube channel to learn about the removal of 11 barriers in the Rulles and Anlier River Basin ➡️youtube.com/@DamRemovalEur…

If you love a #river, any river, hear this song renditioned by #Pune's school kids If you live here, you'll want to cry with joy. Yes! this city will outlive the wrongs being flung at her rivers today 🥲 🖖🏻 to all who made this come alive #goosebumps youtu.be/z6zmkDP7Vug

-Frm novel experiment of entrusting sand supply job to SHGs to free sand, auctioning sand reaches & back to free sand supply. Successive govts hv formulated policies tht match their requirements. In process, sand, precious natural resource, is plundered... thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…

"आने वाले समय में ऐसे स्टेप न लिए जाएँ, जिनसे इन नदियों का वजूद ही खत्म हो जाए, क्योंकि अगर नदियाँ ही नहीं रहेंगी तो हम भी नहीं रहेंगे" - Venkatesh Dutta कहाँ गायब हो गईं कई नदियाँ, देखिए पूरी रिपोर्ट: youtu.be/AKMUtwqu314 #RuralTV WaterAid India Ministry of Jal Shakti, DoWR, RD&GR, GoI SANDRP

An analysis of daily dist wise rainfall data from India Meteorological Dept for Aug 2024 shows that there were 717 instances when dist rainfall of a day in a district was above 50 mm. 362 dists or about 49.7% of dists experienced such event in Aug 2024. sandrp.in/2024/09/06/hig…

CWC hs returned Himachal govt's Beas channelization DPR wth certain objections. State govt proposes to channeize 74km river stretch frm Palchan in Manali to Aut in Mandi under Flood Mngmnt Board Area Program costing ₹1669cr which ws ₹1155cr in 2015. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/be…

-BBMB officials say, 38-39MCM silt flows into Bhakra reservoir annually, >33-34MCM envisioned at dam’s impoundment in 1958. Experts say if silt inflow continues & no remedial measures r taken, reservoir capacity cld b further reduced by 35-40% by 2050. tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/…

Study finds displacing China, India is now world’s largest plastic polluter emitting ~10.2MT macroplastic into env each yr which can fill 604 Taj Mahals. UN projects production likely to rise frm ~440MT/yr to >1200MT, saying planet is choking in plastic. business-standard.com/india-news/ind…

This photo blog from Save the Hills in Darjeeling very well explains the ground situation post Aug 20 2024 landslide at Dipudara in Sikkim, which buried part of NHPC's Teesta V Power house. savethehills.blogspot.com/2024/09/survey…

Shocking to see this attempt to manufacture consent for hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh. Such attempts cannot help, only harm the cause being pushed.