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Audit lays bare numerous breach of India’s coastal regulations -GS Mudur

-The Telegraph Jail and racetrack on beach bully list New Delhi: An audit has identified dozens of public and private projects that have breached India’s coastal regulations — beach resorts, ports, Roads, a racetrack, and even a jail near an Olive Ridley turtle nesting site. The exercise by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged deficiencies in the Union environment ministry’s project approval mechanisms and lapses by state coastal regulatory authorities that...

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Why Thousands Are Fleeing The River Islands Of Bangladesh -Rafiqul Islam Montu|

-IndiaSpend.com Many in Bangladesh have settled on the chars, islands in the middle of the river, formed of the silt that accumulates along the deltaic basin. But the river Meghna is swallowing many of these islands, leaving people homeless. Charfasson (Bhola), Bangladesh: Strong waves gradually wash away the island at the mouth of the sea, and with it the houses, fields, buildings, markets, Roads, everything. Over two decades of constant erosion, the island's...

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Trains, Road Traffic Affected As Farmers Protest In Punjab, Haryana

-PTI/ NDTV.com In Punjab, the Ferozepur division of Indian Railways had to cancel or reschedule several trains because of the four-hour agitation. As a result, scores of passengers were forced to wait at various railway stations for hours. Chandigarh: Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks and blocked Roads at several places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's nationwide protest against the centre "reneging on its promises"...

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Assam suffers 195 human casualties in two waves of flood

-The Telegraph Senior official says deaths are highest in 'recorded' history of the state Guwahati: Assam has suffered 195 human casualties in the two waves of flood that have hit the state between April 6 and July 15 this year, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction, affecting one third of the state’s over 3.2 crore population and triggering a massive rescue and relief operation. According to chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, besides...

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Prof YP Sundriyal, leading geologist who teaches the subject at the Hemavati Bahuguna Garhwal University, interviewed by Rashme Sehgal (Newsclick.in)

-Newsclick.in As landslides plague Garhwal Himalayas, geologist YP Sundriyal says it confirms scientists’ fear that geologically weak areas will destabilise during monsoons. Leading geologist Prof YP Sundriyal teaches the subject at the Hemavati Bahuguna Garhwal University. In this interview with NewsClick, Sundriyal, who specialises in the Garhwal region of the Himalayan range, expresses concern about the rising frequency of landslides. He believes the government must set up a special fund to maintain...

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