Wetlands are a very important part of nature. In a general sense, the area where water has accumulated or is surrounded by for most of the year is called water bodies or wetlands. The water bodies located near rivers, lakes, canals, farms, or other vegetation, have been commonly identified as wetlands.
A Photo story by Panchamit Lepcha, That he feels “like this small river used to sing a beautiful gurgling song but now it seems to have gone silent. And I have nothing to lose. Is it because even the river doesn’t have anything to say?”. Remembering a small river deep down in the forest in his village.
An essay written by Unmilan Kalita, who is studying B.A. in Political Science at Ramjas College, University of Delhi, about pollution and how it affects the Disang River in Assam. Parthana Arandhara (Water Fellow-NEWT 2020) organized the online contest, and this was the best entry.
Himanshi Rajkhowa, a student in class IX at Christ Jyoti School in Nagaon, wrote an essay about pollution and how it affects the Disang River located in Sivasagar, Assam. She did this by taking part in an online essay contest that Parthana Arandhara (Water Fellow-NEWT 2020) organized.
Pragyan Chakravarty, who is pursuing B. A programme at Delhi University, has penned an essay pertaining to the role of community participation in safeguarding the Disang River in Assam. He did this by participating in an online contest organized by Parthana Arandhara (Water Fellow-NEWT 2020)
A 60-metre high dam has been built over the river Teesta, just below the confluence of the Chungthang valley in North Sikkim, which is known as the Teesta III Hydroelectric Project. Chumit Lepcha took out his camera and took a photo before the valley sinking, recently, when he was heading towards Lachung,
Chu Kingchum Lepcha took a photo when she returned from Siliguri. Where the stress of scarcity states by saying, " My brother is staring at the bottle below the tap for a refill, but the water is not coming out of it; and just behind him, there is a drain where water is flowing, but it is not for drinking."
Loktak, an internationally acclaimed freshwater lake, is the soul of Manipur. In this detailed story walks through this maze of issues and attempt to explain the nature of the problems, especially the existential dilemma of the inhabitants of Champu Khangpok, the only recognised floating village of the Loktak lake.
Bomjir is one of the oldest villages located at the lower basin of the Dibang river under the Dambuk circle in Arunachal Pradesh. The river Dibang, one of the three main rivers that form the mighty Brahmaputra in the plains of upper Assam, is called Talo by the Idu Mishmi tribe.
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