Punjab has six Ramsar sites, a wetland that meets certain criteria to be designated as a protected area of international importance, at Harike, Beas, Kanjli, Keshopur, Nangal and Ropar. (HT File) The ...

At Kanjli Wetland Conservation Reserve ... A similar decline was observed at Ropar Conservation Reserve, where 1,486 birds of 44 species were counted this year, down from 1,755 birds across ...

Presently, Punjab has six Ramsar sites, a wetland that meets certain criteria to be designated as a protected area of international importance, at Harike, Beas, Kanjli, Keshopur, Nangal and Ropar.

Punjab has lost eight wetlands over three decades due to government inaction and land conversion, impacting biodiversity and groundwater levels. Experts have identified siltation, agricultural ...

Police in Patiala and Ropar districts demolished illegally constructed houses of alleged drug smugglers, Rinky and the couple Salim Mohammad and Asha, as part of an anti-drug campaign. The ...

Wetlands are regions of land that are generally saturated with water. However, when rain causes water to pool on land, it does not constitute a wetland. More specifically, wetlands are areas where ...

The Canton Topgolf project would involve filling 7.5 acres of wetlands, including a rare forested wetland type. The EPA has objected to the project's wetlands permit, citing concerns about ...

A fast-moving bill in the Kentucky legislature would narrow the state’s water protections, leaving groundwater, ephemeral streams and wetlands vulnerable to pollution — with myriad downstream ...

The defendants also conducted prohibited activity in a wetland of national significance and were found to have caused harm in a culturally significant area. A commercial farming company and one of ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signaled it could narrow which set of waters receive protections under the Clean Water Act — and will narrow protections for wetlands in the meantime.