With climate disasters impacting the Indian economy, a committee under National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and department of financial services on disaster risk reduction, is working on ...

The Central government seems to have prioritised corporate interests over public safety in recommending environmental clearance to rebuild the Teesta III Hydroelectric Power Project in Sikkim. This ...

claiming it was a "thoughtless clearance" as the threat of disaster continued to persist at the dam site. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared on X a media report ...

A Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) is a sudden release of water from a glacial lake due to the failure of a natural dam, leading to ... Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Uttarakhand.

Sikkim's Teesta III dam rebuilding project gets the nod of the Environment Ministry's Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), but a flood of concerns that led to the devastation of the previous dam in a ...

Observations were drawn from Scotts Peak Dam {station 097083}. This fully automatic station experiences extreme conditions. Sometimes, the rainfall and wind recordings are badly affected, and they ...

The opposition party also asserted that dams on the Teesta river are the prime example of how ecology is being fundamentally altered with grave consequences for this and future generations. A massive ...

Observations were drawn from Scotts Peak Dam {station 097083}. This fully automatic station experiences extreme conditions. Sometimes, the rainfall and wind recordings are badly affected, and they ...

Get the latest election news and updates of Gyalsing Bernyak Assembly constituency (Sikkim), Gyalsing Bernyak election results with party, votes and candidates names. Winning candidates in Gyalsing ...

Global warming and big dams are literally proving to be a deadly combination, especially in the Himalayas, as the recent tragedy in Sikkim has demonstrated. With a death toll of 82 and rising, this ...