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Sharma, Arunayan
- Toto Community of North Bengal Under Extinction Threat
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1 Centre for Ecological Engineering, Netaji Subhash Road, In front of T.O.P, Malda - 732 101, West Bengal, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 24, No 2 (2010), Pagination: 10-12Abstract
It’s likely you have not heard of Totos, the most primitive Indo-Bhutanese tribal community in India. Soon you may not get to hear about them at all. The tribe, scattered in the Totopara region, is fast showing signs of complete extinction. Most unmarried Totos have thalassaemia, which is pushing the endangered tribe towards total extinction as because blood tests among unmarried Totos and found over 15% of them were carriers of the thalassaemia. Thalassaemia is a blood related incurable disease in which all the confined descended population will be affected though generation and will be extinct in due course of time. The Toto is a primitive and ‘isolated tribal group’ residing only in a small enclave called Totopara in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India. Totopara is located at the foot of the Himalayas just to the south of the borderline between Bhutan and West Bengal (on the western bank of river Torsha).
- A View on Flood Disaster Management in Malda District, West Bengal
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1 Centre for Ecological Engineering, Netaji Subhash Road, In front of T.O.F., Malda - 732 101, West Bengal, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 25, No 4 (2011), Pagination: 39-45Abstract
Flood is an intense and recurrent natural disaster in Malda district of West Bengal, considered to be the most flood & riverbank erosion prone area of India, and has been witnessing flood devastation since last four decades. Recurring flood and that of riverbank erosion in Malda mainly caused by the river Ganga which flowing southwestern boundary of the district. The nature and factors leading to riverbank erosion problem are much more complicated to allow instant fixes.
- The Colonial Legacy of Farakka Barrage
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1 Institute of Development Studies Kolkatta, University of Calcutta, Netaji Subhash Road, In front of T.O.P., Malda - 732 101, West Bengal, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 27, No 4 (2013), Pagination: 18-23Abstract
The Farakka Barrage which was actually abandoned by the British government, but taken up by the Indian government is the most debated and controversial hydrological structure play important role in environmental politics between India and Bangladesh. Primarily planned by the colonial rulers, but constructed by the Indian government for improvement of navigability in Bhagirathi-Hooghly river to revive Kolkata port; overtime the Farakka Barrage fails to save Kolkata port and the structure itself become a regional dispute over sharing Ganges water between India and Bangladesh. Consequently the location of Farakka Barrage also unfavourably responsible for increasing intensity of flood disaster and riverbank erosion in Malda and Murshidabd district of West Bengal, turning its habitants as Environmentally Displaced Persons recurrently. Although adverse externalities of Farakka Barrage are so far comprehended, it will continue in a form of colonial legacy towards our coming generation.
- Important Bird Areas of West Bengal
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1 Centre for Ecological Engineering Netaji Subhash Road, In front of T.O.P. Malda - 732 101, West Bengal, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 23, No 5 (2009), Pagination: 8-12Abstract
No Abstract.- A Review on the Causes and Consequences of Flood and Riverbank Erosion within Malda district of West Bengal
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1 Centre for Ecological Engineering, Netaji Subhash Road, in front of T0P, Malda -7 32 101, West Bengal, IN
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 22, No 2 (2008), Pagination: 36-40Abstract
The Malda district in West Bengal is a highly flood and riverbank erosion affected area and has been w itnessing devastating flood and riverbank erosion since last three decades. The flood in the district is mainly caused by the per sistent high water level in the river Ganga, Mahananda, Fulhar, Kalindi and Tangon all of which are flowing through the district. Out of fifteen blocks of Malda district, Kaliachack-1, Kaliachak-2, Kaliachak-3, Manikchak, Ratua-1 and some portion of English Bazar are the most vulnerable zone in respect of flood and riverbank erosion. The nature and factors leading to riverbank erosion are much more complicated to allow instant fixes. To prevent riverbank erosion, protective measures are continuing in the form of construction of earthen embankments and spurs along the Ganga riverside. Devastating ef fect of flood and riverbank erosion causes wash ing out of spurs and refined embankments in tandem. The fragile measures taken so far failed to secure impact on the rate of riverbank erosion and in effect lead to loosing more geographical and political areas of the district. Periodicity of flood and riverbank erosion continuing unabated has thrown the very existence of many habitats in the danger of extinction. In a wider perspec tive riverbank phenomenon has become respon sible for environmental, sociological, ecological, economic, geographical and political problems not only within the district but in the neighbor states Bihar and Jharkhand as well.- About Chemical Hub at Nayachar
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Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 22, No 3 (2008), Pagination: 12-14Abstract
No Abstract.- Are House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) now a vanishing species ?
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1 Centre for Ecological Engineering Netaji Subhash Road, In front of T.O.P, Malda 732 101, West Bengal., IN