Both are sources of silt-size particles that interact with wind, sand, and vegetation to form loess deposits. Deflation, the lifting and removal of particles from a surface by the wind ...

Now if we go to Sukkur from Rohri using the barrage, we can see several silt islands appearing on the east bank. The island on the west side has grown massively and people have started cultivating ...

Ghaziabad: Huge sludge along with silt and leftover puja material have deposited in Hindon River near the GT Road stretch in Ghaziabad, bringing in large-scale contamination to the already ...

YANGON: In Kachin State, the 2024 rainy season brought record-breaking floods along the Ayeyarwady River, leaving behind thick layers of silt but failing to produce crops, according to local farmers.

We can keep on changing the gates or increase their height, but, if the upstream is getting blocked with silt deposits, our efforts would go in vain.