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Mahananda river survey records 190 dolphins, warns of fishing threats to Red List species

A November 2021 survey of the Ganges river dolphin in the Mahananda river may help close the existing information gap in the IUCN Red List Assessment for the dolphin species. The recent November 2021 survey covered a 250 km stretch over 10 days, states the report published recently. 

Dolphin mortality due to entanglement in nets and oil-baited hook lines continues to remain a challenge in the river.
Unregulated sand mining, pollution, solid waste dumping and construction of embankments for flood control have negatively impacted Mahananda ecology and the survival of dolphins and other riverine species.

Despite anthropogenic pressure and intensive fisheries, the researchers are still hopeful about dolphin conservation through active community participation.

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Assam tea gardens experiment with solar for reliable power supply and cutting costs, emissions

Northeast India’s tea gardens have the scope to adopt renewable energy systems which will be beneficial both for the tea estates and the environment.

Solar is a popular clean energy option in tea estates in Assam. Renewable energy helps the energy-intensive estates cut costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Agrivoltaics, a method to combine agriculture and solar photovoltaics in the same plot of land, is also being considered for tea gardens.

In new tea plantations, solar energy could provide necessary revenue to the planters as it will begin generating energy immediately on installation, between the plants maturing and yielding tea (i.e., the initial 2-3 years). Tea garden managers will have to factor in wildlife movement spaces to sustainably integrate solar installations in such tea estates, note experts.

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A third of monitored antibiotic manufacturers in Himachal found to be polluting

Every third of the antibiotic manufacturing industries examined by the Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board have been found to be in violation of the discharge limits prescribed for Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP), according to a new report.

The report had been requested by the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal in New Delhi from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change and the Central Pollution Control Board.
It was to detail measures taken to prevent pollution in the rivers Sirsa and Satluj due to waste discharged from the CETP in Baddi, Acme Life Sciences in Nalagarh and Helio Pharmaceuticals in Solan.

CETPs are treatment systems specifically designed for collective treatment of effluents generated from small-scale industrial facilities in an industrial cluster. The concern was that the pharmaceutical industries at Barotiwala and Nalagarh were not connected to the CETP, therefore their effluents were being discharged straight into the rivers.

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Police arrests man with 426 turtles from Gorakhpur Railway station: UP

The accused was allegedly planning to sell off these turtles in West Bengal. Additional Superintendent of Police of Government Railway Police in Gorakhpur, Rachna Mishra said, "We have arrested a person at Gorakhpur railway station and recovered 426 turtles from his possession."

During questioning, he told that he was taking them to sell in West Bengal. We have handed over the turtles to the forest department.

Nagarjuna adopts 1,000 acres of forest land on occasion of Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao's birthday

On the occasion of the birthday of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday, actor Nagarjuna announced that he is adopting 1,000 acres of forest land.

The actor came forward to set up an urban park at the Chengicherla Forest area on the outskirts of Hyderabad in his father Akkineni Nageswara Rao's name. At the foundation laying ceremony, along with MP J Santosh Kumar, Nagarjuna participated along with his family members.

Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala, sons Naga Chaitanya and Nikhil and other family members attended. For the development of the forest region, they have donated Rs 2 Crore cheque to the 'Haritha Nidhi' as conceived by the Chief Minister.

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