It's the final frontier, our 2000 kms journey from source to sea has now come to an end. Our Environment Editor travels to Sunderbans to meet the scientists who are counting tigers in what is considered to be the most dangerous place on planet earth. Bahar Dutt on the last leg of her Ganga journey. ...
04:59 PM, May 19, 2012
The Sunderbans: The Ganga ends its journey in the Bay of Bengal, forming one of the largest delta in the world. Here, the nature is at its pristine best. Despite the difficult terrain, scientists are now using modern technology to count tigers. An odd-looking camera trap, with a sensor inside it, is used to click pictures of the big cat. For this, the scientists must select an ideal spot, where...
11:30 AM, May 18, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
05:30 PM, May 12, 2012
Jajmau: A cocktail of chemicals is being dumped into the river Ganga in Kanpur. What is even worse is that Rs 900 crore of the Ganga Action Plan have simply gone down the drain. In the historic city of Kanpur, a thriving leather industry is central to the crisis facing the Ganga. Rakesh Jaiswal, an eco-crusader, explains, "This is a failure of the Ganga Action Plan. The water that should...
10:53 AM, May 11, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
05:38 PM, May 05, 2012
Varanasi: For thousands of years, people have been thronging the ghats of the ancient city of Varanasi to offer prayers. It is here that the circle of life and death is completed. Cruising down the river Ganga, one reaches the ancient city of Varanasi... and one NGO has shown that all is not well with the river here. Once a week, volunteers from the Sankatmochan Foundation give the holy waters...
08:59 AM, May 04, 2012
Haridwar: At the temple town of Haridwar lies the Samadhi of Swami Nigamanand, a man who gave up his life to save the Ganga after being on a 100-day fast. He fought a lone battle against stone crushers and illegal mining mafia operating on the river. And at his Samadhi, now sits another holy man. "I consider Ganga my mother. And I cannot see my mother in such poor condition...
07:59 AM, May 03, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
10:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
10:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Shivpuri: The Chipko movement, 40 years ago, was India's first green movement and one of our first green heroes is Chandi Prasad Bhatt. In the 1970s across Uttaranchal, rural women gave a cry to 'hug the trees' in protest against a government plan to chop the ancient trees. One of the activists from the region Chandi said, "Chipko meant "Hug the trees". When the government sent the woodcutters, we would...
07:27 AM, Apr 27, 2012
The Ganga is today one of the five most polluted rivers in the country and large parts of it are dry. ...
01:07 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Garhwal: The Ganga is India's most revered of rivers. Her waters sustain all forms of life. She is a life-giver for over 400 million people. But unknown to the faithful, the government has planned over 300 dams on its various tributaries to generate electricity for a power-hungry nation, and the move comes despite a government-commissioned green panel report that has recommended scrapping 34 of the dams citing environmental concerns. The...
07:07 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: There has been a setback for India's single largest FDI investment, the showcase Posco Steel plant to be set up in Odisha. The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environment clearance given to Posco Steel. The clearance was given a year ago by the then environment minister Jairam Ramesh. The National Green Tribunal noted, "Environment clearance stands quashed, fresh terms of reference must be issued." The Green Tribunal...
12:21 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Wildlife experts are trying to enure in Hastinapur that the endangered Ghariyals return to its original home - the Ganga. ...
10:38 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has ordered a probe and a site inspection of the wetlands in Greater Noida which have been sold to a private builder. ...
04:30 PM, Jan 20, 2012
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