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Draft Bill Suggests An Armed Force To Protect River Ganga
The draft Bill for protection of the Ganga has suggested provisions like having an armed force with the power to arrest those who pollute the river, and imprisonment and fine for offences varying from commercial fishing to construction of illegal structures in active flood plains, officials said.
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Himalayan Hard Rocks May Up Flood Risk, Affect Millions: Study
Earthquakes and landslides in the Himalayas - that lead to large volume of hard rocks being dumped into rivers - can increase flood risk up to hundreds of kilometres downstream, potentially affecting millions of people in India and neighbouring countries, a new study warns.
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Opinion: Op-ed: Himalayan Glacier Error Was 'Really Serious', Admits Climate Panel
Amidst the doomsday scenario presented by the United Nations panel on climate change, there is one silver lining. The glaciers in the Himalayas are not disappearing for at least a couple of centuries. The billion plus people who inhabit the fertile flood plains of the Ganga, Indus and Brahmaputra can breathe easy that the rivers which nurture them ...
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Draft Bill Suggests An Armed Force To Protect River Ganga
The draft Bill for protection of the Ganga has suggested provisions like having an armed force with the power to arrest those who pollute the river, and imprisonment and fine for offences varying from commercial fishing to construction of illegal structures in active flood plains, officials said.
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Himalayan Hard Rocks May Up Flood Risk, Affect Millions: Study
Earthquakes and landslides in the Himalayas - that lead to large volume of hard rocks being dumped into rivers - can increase flood risk up to hundreds of kilometres downstream, potentially affecting millions of people in India and neighbouring countries, a new study warns.
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Opinion: Op-ed: Himalayan Glacier Error Was 'Really Serious', Admits Climate Panel
Amidst the doomsday scenario presented by the United Nations panel on climate change, there is one silver lining. The glaciers in the Himalayas are not disappearing for at least a couple of centuries. The billion plus people who inhabit the fertile flood plains of the Ganga, Indus and Brahmaputra can breathe easy that the rivers which nurture them ...
