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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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

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 …

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

Damned bodyblow

The proposed Rathong Chu dam in Sikkim is a potential threat to the state's environment

Damned by tribals

Dam nation

The saga of Indonesia's dam of misery continues

LAOS

Frightened by change

Kulekhani dam

Danube blues