At Halda-Banshtala village in the Rupmari gram panchayat of Hingalganj block in North 24-Parganas, a 200-foot stretch of the ...
Last month, an estimated 350,000 liters of fuel oil spilled into the Sundarbans delta on the Bay of Bengal. An oil tanker that had collided with a cargo vessel on December 9th sank into the Shela ...
The bonojibis—forest-dependent communities who survive on the resources of the Sundarbans—are increasingly turning to the ...
The Ganges is more than a river. It is a lifeline, a sacred symbol, and a cornerstone of South Asian civilisation. But it is ...
Fishing has been suspended in the Bay of Bengal since April 15 for a 58-day conservation period, set to end on June 11. Before that period concluded, authorities imposed a separate three-month ban on ...
Due to erosion traders had relocated from the area that led to stoppage of the celebration, this year, the villagers of ...
Coast guard personnel rescued four fishermen from the Sundarbans who had been kidnapped by robbers demanding ransom, officials said today (3 October). The rescued fishermen were identified as Md ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Yet another coal-laden ship has capsized in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. On Saturday, “MV Sea Horse-1”, a cargo vessel ...
The Sundarbans covers 10,000 km 2 of land and water (more than half of it in India, the rest in Bangladesh) in the Ganges delta. It contains the world's largest area of mangrove forests. A number of ...