Taliban seize Herat and assault nearby dam that provides water and power to hundreds of thousands of Afghans
The Afghan-India Friendship Dam, the main source of electricity and irrigation water for hundreds of thousands of people in western …
And justice for all?
In the search for their rightful place in things, the adversaries of the Sardar Sarovar project have taken the issue to the highest court in India
How a government dams its people
Reacting to a perennial water crisis with a series of dams that will ravage the rainforests, the Thai government bashes on regardless and …
Gangetic dolphins may soon become extinct as river’s natural flow decreases: WII report
The first report on aquatic biodiversity under Namami Gange puts the blame on construction of large-scale hydropower projects
China and India’s border dispute is a slow-moving environmental disaster
Almost half the world’s population and 20% of its economy depend on Himalayan rivers. China and India’s …
A tradition that got washed away
For more than a century, the people of Motepur used to build an earthen dam on the Punpun river every two years. Today, wage labour has replaced …
Drowning all hope
The United Front government's agreement on the contentious issue regarding the Sardar Sarovar dam, callously ignored the interests of the people …
Flood decontrol
Every action has an opposite and equal reaction. If you embank a river it bursts its embankments. So much for flood control measures
A bewildering range
ARTISTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD·exhibition of paintings by various artists·New Delhi· August, 1998
Capturing imagination of stakeholders National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
BOOK>> Capturing Imagination of Stakeholders National Rural Employment Guarantee Act by K S Gopal Centre for Environment Concerns (CEC) …
US Congress tells government to oppose large dams
It also seeks compensation and redress to people who suffer violation of human rights, including forced displacement, resulting from loan, grant, …
Madhya Pradesh gets procedural rap
Maheshwar dam nears completion; rights of affected villagers ignored
Rivers must flow
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US seeks strict scrutiny of World Bank lending to hydroelectric projects
External evaluation process to ascertain effectiveness of lendings recommended
Promised land turns arid
Rajasthan fails to allot land to those displaced by Pong dam
Politics of irrigation
Book>> Controlling The Water: Matching Technology And Institutions In Irrigation Management In India And Nepal • Edited By Dick Roth …
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Frightened by change
Kulekhani dam
Simply Put: Damning evidence against large dams
Reservoirs across India filling up as country receives good rains
However, 14 out of the 123 reservoirs monitored by the CWC are 100% full
Danube blues
A death blow?
Damned bodyblow
The proposed Rathong Chu dam in Sikkim is a potential threat to the state's environment
Damned by tribals