Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi

Assistant Editor at Hindustan Times

Environment journalist @htTweets

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NGT notice to Uttarakhand, Jharkhand over untreated sewage polluting Ganga

1 day ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has sought reasons as to why sewage treatment plants (STPs) remain non-functional and effluents continue to pollute Ganga in Uttarakhand and Jharkhand. It has also sought a plan for how wastewater will be treated before releasing into Ganga, until STPs start functioning. NGT was hearing an application by MC Mehta against Union of India, in which the Tribunal is considering the issue of preventing and controlling pollution in Ganga.
IMD warns of high maximum temperatures, heatwaves over northwest, central India

1 day ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

Heatwave conditions are likely to grip central India and the plains of northwest India till April 29 and over eastern India till April 26, the India Meteorological Department warned on Wednesday. There is likely to be a gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3 degrees Celsius over northwest and eastern India over the next seven days, the weather department said in its forecast.
Disaster victims should be given prompt psychological first aid: NDMA

2 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi: Prompt psychological first aid needs to be provided to victims of natural calamities to minimise the impact of trauma, and people may also be trained to provide such first aid apart from recruiting more counsellors, several experts said at a recent workshop organised on post-disaster mental health.
HT Syndication: Pace of melting snow sparks water worry

2 days ago | htsyndication.com | Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi, April 22 -- Snow melted in the Ganga basin at the fastest rate in more than two decades this year, data from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) showed on Monday, raising the spectre of heat stress and water shortages in summer months and adverse impact on agriculture.
Pace of melting snow sparks water worry

2 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

Snow melted in the Ganga basin at the fastest rate in more than two decades this year, data from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) showed on Monday, raising the spectre of heat stress and water shortages in summer months and adverse impact on agriculture.
Ganga basin records lowest snow persistence in 23 years: Report

3 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

The snow persistence in the Ganga basin this year has been 24.1% below normal — the lowest in the past 23 years, vis-à-vis 30.2% above normal (the highest) in 2015 — which could lead to reduced flows in early summer, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has said. These reports provide year-wise analysis of seasonal (November-March) snow persistence.
HT Syndication: Ganga basin records lowest snow persistence in 23 years: Report

3 days ago | htsyndication.com | Jayashree Nandi

India, April 21 -- The snow persistence in the Ganga basin this year has been 24.1% below normal - the lowest in the past 23 years, vis-a-vis 30.2% above normal (the highest) in 2015 - which could lead to reduced flows in early summer, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has said. These reports provide year-wise analysis of seasonal (November-March) snow persistence.
IMD: Heatwave to grip NW, Central India; rain, storms in NE over next 5 days

4 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi: Heatwave conditions are expected to return to parts of northwest and central India, while light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is likely over Northeast India in the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. Areas that are likely to experience the heatwave are Vidarbha from April 21 to 23; south Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh till April 24; Rajasthan and south Haryana on April 23 and 24.
Wildlife board likely to form sub-committee

5 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife is likely to form a sub-committee to review agendas at least three days in advance of the NBWL meetings, minutes of the board’s April 15 meeting have shown. The decision was taken after the seventh meeting of the board in March, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “No proposal shall be taken for consideration in the meetings of the Standing Committee received within less than three days before the meeting date.
‘Over 1,000 nests of Leatherback turtles recorded every year’

6 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi : The Andaman and Nicobar Islands host a globally significant nesting population of vulnerable leatherback turtles, supporting over 1,000 nests annually, according to a recent report by Dakshin Foundation. While records of leatherback turtles existed on mainland India in early 1900s, their nesting population is now entirely restricted to these islands.