New dams to burden Uttarakhand, heighten disaster risk
Districts worst hit by the floods are also the ones with maximum hydropower projects in the pipeline
Unsound power project plan thrown out
IT WAS a fast-track venture that sought to get round procedures perfunctorily, even if this meant fudging environmental impact assessments (EIAs) …
Kerala government gives go-ahead to Athirappally hydel power project
Decision elicits angry response from a cross-section of society
HC frowns at felling
New Joshimath: Activist demands town on the lines of ‘New Tehri’. But where will it come up?
Land subsidence is a ‘silent disaster’ that has taken hold of the Uttarakhand Himalayas; around 500 villages in the state are already …
Why flooding raises alarm over bearing of hydropower plants on the Himalayas
The need of the hour is to put halt large hydel-power projects in the Himalayas. Can small hydropower plants offer a sustainable solution?
Promises broken
Dear Prime Minister Koirala we urge you not to learn from India
Over 1,000 people, including monks, arrested for opposing Dege hydropower dam project in Tibet
Experts claim monasteries have been put under lockdown; dam will be environmentally detrimental
Uttarakhand: as problems pile up, youths see wisdom in migration
The ecologically-sensitive state is crying for government interventions on several fronts
STAR shifts from soaps, sleuths to nature
As people become more concerned about the environment, a TV channel moves its focus from family dramas and crime thrillers to nature.
G D Agarwal on indefinite hunger strike again
'Despite repeated assurances of government, 18 proposed hydel projects on the Ganga and its tributaries have not been scrapped'
Himalayan plunder: Why Sikkim geologists fear Joshimath-like disasters
Sikkim, also in eastern Himalayas, is plagued by unchecked development & lacks strong civil society to voice concerns
Himalayan plunder: Suspend all current massive infrastructural activities, until proper impact assessment
Studies, including the recent space satellite images shared by ISRO, have found that the town has been sinking for a while
Rewind 2018: Was renewable energy in power?
Here are the major policies framed, studies conducted and steps taken in the last year to boost use of renewable energy in India
Politics over world’s largest hydropower project
The hydropower project on the Congo is unraveling into a political ploy with disregard to the affected people and the environment
Sinking town: Probe NTPC project, say experts as subsidence creates panic in Joshimath
Uttarakhand government to prepare prefabricated buildings to shift people whose houses have cracked
Hydropower is far from ‘harmless’, says study
Building of Brazil’s largest hydroelectric reservoir has caused loss of animal life in the surrounding area
Uttaranchal aglow
Hill state leads the way in decentralising electricity generation by granting small-scale industry status to traditional water mills
Temporary relief as plan for Etalin hydel in Arunachal junked
Arunachal Pradesh government told to submit plan for controversial project again
Simply Put: In the name of development
Floods, earthquakes, landslides: Why Arunachal’s Etalin hydel project can be a worry
Formation of glacial lakes driven by climate change and sesimic risks pose threat to nature and life; project’s environmental …
SC rejects plea against relocating Dhari Devi
Says temple not a protected ASI monument
Joshimath sinking: Landslides in region not a new problem, says GSI report
Part 3: Clean chit to the Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project for water leakages, landslides not occurred in areas with low population density
Big dams stage a comeback as concerns over climate change grow
Fund flow for hydropower projects increases in the name of combating climate change but what about social and environmental safeguards?
Joshimath won’t be saved unless NTPC’s project is shelved: Expert’s dire warning
Big projects should never have been sanctioned in and around Joshimath without conducting proper studies first, say experts