Image source, Arindam Mukherjee In many places, villagers have fortified the river bank with bamboo cross-meshes to stop erosion. But experts say these structures are weak and of little use in ...

Mandal, who is also a farmer and father of two, says the erosion of the river means his family has ... of the most climate-vulnerable regions of India, according to a report by the Council on ...

Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday expressed concern over the erosion of the Hooghly river bank, which resulted in the subsidence of some of the major ghats along the river. Hakim said ...

“The area is prone to erosion and we expected the irrigation department to take up the protective initiative. But with silt deposition increasing on the river bed, the pressure of water towards the ...

She is actively involved in the research initiatives undertaken by Center for Health and Development (CHD- India ... coastal erosion as a hazard but completely ignored river bank erosion.

In Maheshtala, a village located in Samsherganj of Murshidabad district and on the right bank of the river, around 160 families have lost their houses in recent times as the erosion has turned acute.

Kolkata: Following a letter from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last month seeking money to restore river banks ... the ‘perpetual' erosion of the Hooghly river bank in the state.

Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to treat large-scale river bank erosion in Malda and Murshidabad districts of West ...

The recurring incidents of river bank erosion have doubled the safety concerns of people close to the most vulnerable river banks in Kozhikode. With the onset of monsoon, the worst-hit are those ...

The erosion of river banks mainly takes place from July to October after the water from the monsoon subsides and the brittle soil on the river bank collapses. “The river bank erosion in ...

the priest of a temple of Hindu goddess Durga stands with his son watching the temple being washed away by the river Brahmaputra at Murkata village, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday ...