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The rain-fed Luni river, which used to be a boon for Balotara, Samdadi, Siwana, Sindhari, Gudamalani tehsil in Barmer district, is now ruining these places. The polluted water in the river has spoiled the drinking water in a large number of wells and fertile lands are becoming barren. The polluted water in the river is

An international team of researchers have found the evidence of a “lost” river that ran through the central Thar Desert, near Bikaner, as early as 172,000 years ago, and may have been a life-line to human populations enabling them to inhabit the region. The findings, published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, represent the oldest