Conolly canal harmful to Kottooli wetland ecosystem, finds study

Conolly canal harmful to Kottooli wetland ecosystem, finds study

A research study by a husband-wife duo, both professors, one at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) and the other at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), has revealed that rapid urbanisation in Kozhikode city has led to the extensive destruction of the Kottooli wetlands, a proposed Ramsar site, a wetland of international … Read more

Emotive issue of Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal takes political centre stage again in Punjab, Haryana

Emotive issue of Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal takes political centre stage again in Punjab, Haryana

A view of the SYL (Sutlej-Yamuna Link) canal in Punjab. The Centrally-funded canal links Sutlej with the Yamuna. It is to carry Haryana’s share (3.5 million acre feet) of Sutlej waters. The Centre has spent about Rs. 450 crores on the canal. The construction was abandoned in 1990 at the height of militancy in Punjab. … Read more