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Farakka Water Sharing Talks Without Informing Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the state was in the dark even as there were talks of renewal of the Farakka water sharing treaty with Bangladesh, despite West Bengal being a key stakeholder as the river passes through it to the neighbouring country.
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Gangetic Dolphins Sighted In Highly Polluted Pockets Of Hooghly River
Experts from Worldwide Fund for Nature-India, who mapped the abundance of and threats to Gangetic dolphins in the Hooghly, say one of the most "striking features" of the study was that the endangered mammals were sighted in highly polluted pockets of the river.
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Bihar Pitches For Action Due To Siltation Caused By Farakka
The Bihar government today made a strong presentation before a committee constituted by Union Water Resources Ministry to show how siltation in the Ganga due to the Farakka Barrage had caused flooding in the region.
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As Bihar Floods, Nitish Kumar Warns Centre, Send 'Impartial' Experts
More than 10 lakh people have been affected by the floods in Bihar - over 2 lakh of them have lost their homes and waters from the Sone and Ganga breached the embankments. Patna is witnessing unprecedented floods, the worst since 1994.
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Farakka Water Sharing Talks Without Informing Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the state was in the dark even as there were talks of renewal of the Farakka water sharing treaty with Bangladesh, despite West Bengal being a key stakeholder as the river passes through it to the neighbouring country.
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Gangetic Dolphins Sighted In Highly Polluted Pockets Of Hooghly River
Experts from Worldwide Fund for Nature-India, who mapped the abundance of and threats to Gangetic dolphins in the Hooghly, say one of the most "striking features" of the study was that the endangered mammals were sighted in highly polluted pockets of the river.
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Bihar Pitches For Action Due To Siltation Caused By Farakka
The Bihar government today made a strong presentation before a committee constituted by Union Water Resources Ministry to show how siltation in the Ganga due to the Farakka Barrage had caused flooding in the region.
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As Bihar Floods, Nitish Kumar Warns Centre, Send 'Impartial' Experts
More than 10 lakh people have been affected by the floods in Bihar - over 2 lakh of them have lost their homes and waters from the Sone and Ganga breached the embankments. Patna is witnessing unprecedented floods, the worst since 1994.
