Flood protection sites in the Ganga and Brahmaputra basins may be heightening risk by creating a false sense of security among people, an analysis based on 132 sites reveals 1. By holding off frequent ...

The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) rivers carry a massive sediment load that feeds the world’s largest depositional system: the GBM megadelta. The mass of sediment transported annually by the GBM ...

Summer monsoon floods (June–September) are a leading cause of infrastructure damage and fatalities in India, necessitating skillful river stage forecasts for flood mitigation. To address this, the ...

New Delhi: In order to meet the rising power demands, ensure long-term energy security, and facilitate the systematic development and evacuation of power from the country’s hydro potential, the ...

Ganga basin is among the 12 showing above-normal snow persistence in 2026 when overall snow cover across the Hindu Kush Himalaya was below-normal for the fourth consecutive year and even broke last ...

How India's River Basin Management Scheme Is Bolstering Water Governance. New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) India's River Basin ...

The Brahmaputra River begins on China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where it is called the Yarlung Tsangpo. After entering India through Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, it becomes known as the Brahmaputra.