BJP attempts to garner anti-dam votes in Assam

Manifesto promises fail to impress. Steps proposed by BJP to address concerns arising from large dams will not solve anything, say activists

Climate crisis in North East India: Monsoon variations should ring alarm bells NOW

Over the past century or so, rainfall in the region, along with the flood-drought cycle, has changed character for the worse. The phenomenon has …

Jungle story

How the world's first human-made forest is being sustained by an indigenous community in Assam despite a range of threats

Brahmaputra rail bridge project suffers delays

Assam floods: 85% of Kaziranga submerged, 9 one-horned rhinos dead

The national park is home to more than 2,000 one-horned rhinos, the largest population of this species in the world

Assam prepares to spend Rs 40,000 crore on an economically unfeasible project

Removing excessive silt from the Brahmaputra by dredging will not solve the problem of annual floods in Assam unless the government pays …

Peninsular river basins in India more likely to face widespread flooding than transboundary rivers: Study

Researchers looked into drivers of widespread flooding in seven Indian subcontinental river basins

Himalayan destruction

Study quantifies the impact of hydel projects on the ecology of the mountain range

Churning issue

Does the concept of interlinking India's rivers hold water? The debate rages on...

Arunachal Pradesh postpones public hearing as anti-dam protests get violent

In Assam, activists block road leading to Gerugamukh project on Assam-Arunachal border

Teesta deal likely

India and Bangladesh to sign an interim treaty for 15 years

Landslide dams Tsangpo river

Dams in the north-east will also ruin livelihoods

After neglecting the north-east for years, Delhi now feels the need to initiate "developmental" activities in the region. There is good reason. …

Oil India's seimic survey threatens rare dolphin

Seismic survey in the Brahmaputra

Oil survey in Assam will endanger biodiversity, affect people

Flood threatens Kaziranga

Heightened risk of poaching as animals tend to leave the park area to take shelter on higher land

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh face worst ever floods recorded in June

Brahmaputra breaches danger mark, 300,000 people displaced

Assam's dam crisis

Protests against dams are snowballing into a political movement in Assam

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Passive neighbour

India remains indifferent as China builds dams on upper reaches of Brahmaputra  

China dams on Brahmaputra: Assam asks Centre to intervene

Admits that weak and old embankments are another threat to flood-ravaged Assam

Watery grave

Encroachment is killing Guwahati's only river and wetlands that can save the city from perennial floods

Activists Akhil Gogoi and Ramesh Agrawal attacked

Gogoi was visiting flood-affected areas in Assam; Agrawal is fighting land grab by industries in Chhattisgarh

Subansiri dam unsafe: experts committee

Report kept under wraps shows project plan ignores flood control and compromises on design, safety

Narendra Modi takes U-turn on large hydro projects in Arunachal

After endorsing smaller hydropower projects during pre-election campaign, the prime minister pushes for big dams during his recent visit to Itanagar