Newsletter No. 60;
received 64% deficient rainfall.
IRBMS
a three-hectare stage that organizers boasted was
On the other side if we consider month wise
rainfall which is important for agriculture in India,
the rainfall statistics does not help much to the
the largest ever. Pontoon bridges, portable cabins
and parking facilities were also constructed over
dozens of hectares in the fragile ecosystem.
farmers in many parts of India. In April 2015 South
Peninsula received 128% excess rainfall but in July
received 50% less rainfall. Indian agriculture use
excess water and large part of Indian farmers are
dependent upon rainfall for farming; then such
region wise and seasonal variation is problematic
for farmers at large; therefore when urban India is
very happy listening normal rainfall in 2017
monsoon farmers at different regions, states &
A scavenger looks for recyclable items on the banks
of the Yamuna River.
districts are struggling with excess and deficient
(Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)
rainfalls.
NEWS
The NGT slapped an interim fine of Rs 5 crore on
Spiritual festival on India's Yamuna River the Foundation for environmental damage before
caused £5m damage the festival. A committee appointed to assess the
A spiritual festival held along Yamuna River last damage, reported that the festival had destroyed
year, country s the riverbed and adversely affected more than 170
environmental watchdog National Green Tribunal, hectares of the floodplains. The 47-page report
caused more than Rs 42 crore of damage and that estimates that approximately 120 hectares of
will take 10 years to fix, according to a report. floodplains of right bank of the river Yamuna and
Celebrated guru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar organized the about 50 hectares floodplains of the left bank of
World Culture festival along Delhi s Yamuna River the river have been adversely impacted ecologically
in March last year, drawing more than 3 million at different magnitudes.
despite
warnings
by
the
visitors including Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
The three-day festival involved the construction of
The festival had led to a change in topography
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Integrated River Basin Management Society