A pause on hydropower

A recent report could check expansion of hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh

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Power struggle

Nepal's controversial Arun III dam becomes the first World Bank-bankrolled project taken up for re-scrutiny by the Bank's new Inspection Panel …

Myth of power

Nourisher of an ancient civilization, the Ganga could be gasping for its survival. Every few kilometres the water of its tributaries will be …

Faulted for raising a banner

At the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul, Payal Parekh and her colleague Ann-Kathrin Schneider were deported. She spoke with Bharat Lal Seth

Polavaram in tender turmoil

Court questions awarding of tender for mega dam to a disqualified consortium  

Truth is more Slppery

Hydropower is northeast India's biggest resource. But the manner in which the Subansiri Lower Project (SLP) is being implemented forces nitin …

Dam in check

In an atmosphere of deepening mistrust on the India-Nepal border, Bihar farmers find it difficult to build check dam

Rivers must flow

Book>> Economics of river flows: lessons from dam removals in America • by Bharat Jhunjhunwala • Rs 750

Politics of irrigation

Book>> Controlling The Water: Matching Technology And Institutions In Irrigation Management In India And Nepal • Edited By Dick Roth …

907 km from parliament

In the past two months, India has revisited its most contested dam, the Sardar Sarovar Project. While people affected by it in Madhya Pradesh …

Half-baked mega project

Power-starved Andhra Pradesh’s big lift irrigation schemes hinge on availability of electricity

‘Scrap 24 dams, save Ganga’

Wildlife Institute of India report warns against ecological impact of dams in Uttarakhand

Rice from dry river

Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought

Reservoir of dams

Arunachal Pradesh is awarding hydroelectric projects to private companies at the breakneck speed of one every nine days without proper scrutiny. …

Yours unilaterally

Nepal suffers as India builds dykes along a trans-border river without informing the neighbour

Barrages spur protests

Odisha wants to dam surplus water downstream of Hirakud dam. But where’s the surplus?  

US policy shift to hit dam funding

Shift in focus from hydropower to new renewables may impact World Bank funds for big dams

Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

Andhra government should immediately compensate tribals displaced by Polavaram project

Scientific assessment of ecosystem services should be carried out for quantifying the compensation

‘MoEF violated Supreme Court order’

Ministry’s own panel says it should not have given clearances to two Uttarakhand projects