Murky Waters

Assam: Students form human chain on banks of Brahmaputra in protest as river gets polluted

The state government had said on Saturday that the river’s water has become unsuitable for daily use after an ‘unusual phenomenon’ of excessive turbidity.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 12, 2017 · 11:09 am
Assam sends water samples for testing as Brahmaputra becomes muddy, say reports

The river’s tributary, Siang, turned black in the past two months in Arunachal Pradesh.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 10, 2017 · 01:23 pm
As the Siang river in Arunachal turns black, China is the usual suspect. But is it really to blame?

With no clear answers in two whole months, experts say the Indian government needs to be more transparent about its rivers.

Arunabh Saikia
· Dec 07, 2017 · 07:30 am

‘This water has poison’: In Chennai, thousands of dead fish wash up on shore of Adyar estuary

Experts say the Adyar river does not have enough oxygen for fish to breathe. Fishermen are worried that their livelihoods will be hurt.

Vinita Govindarajan
· Nov 30, 2017 · 06:30 am
As pollution, encroachment hurt Jammu and Kashmir’s water bodies, livelihoods suffer

Fishing and other rural communities that have traditionally depended on Wular Lake are now struggling to earn a living from it.

Athar Parvaiz
· Sep 13, 2017 · 09:30 pm
Will the Indus Waters Treaty ride out the latest India-Pakistan face-off?

The neighbours have so far managed to uphold the treaty that provides mechanisms for resolving disputes over water-sharing.

Athar Parvaiz
· Sep 26, 2016 · 05:30 am

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Assam: Students form human chain on banks of Brahmaputra in protest as river gets polluted

The state government had said on Saturday that the river’s water has become unsuitable for daily use after an ‘unusual phenomenon’ of excessive turbidity.

Scroll Staff · Dec 12, 2017 · 11:09 am

Assam sends water samples for testing as Brahmaputra becomes muddy, say reports

The river’s tributary, Siang, turned black in the past two months in Arunachal Pradesh.

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‘This water has poison’: In Chennai, thousands of dead fish wash up on shore of Adyar estuary

Experts say the Adyar river does not have enough oxygen for fish to breathe. Fishermen are worried that their livelihoods will be hurt.

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As pollution, encroachment hurt Jammu and Kashmir’s water bodies, livelihoods suffer

Fishing and other rural communities that have traditionally depended on Wular Lake are now struggling to earn a living from it.

Athar Parvaiz · Sep 13, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Will the Indus Waters Treaty ride out the latest India-Pakistan face-off?

The neighbours have so far managed to uphold the treaty that provides mechanisms for resolving disputes over water-sharing.

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Nov 10, 2024 · 08:55 am

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I wouldn’t enter the sea off Mumbai – it’s too dirty, says champion who has swum in all five oceans

United Nations Patron of the Ocean Lewis Pugh, who assisted in a clean-up initiative, says he has never seen so much litter on a beach.

Mridula Chari · Aug 10, 2016 · 11:30 am

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Sewage and factory waste from cities like Mumbai and Karachi is nurturing a kind plankton that stifles organisms eaten by fish.

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· Sep 13, 2017 · 09:30 pm

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· Sep 26, 2016 · 05:30 am

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· Aug 10, 2016 · 11:30 am

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· Oct 14, 2014 · 03:30 am