Model shift: Climate change forces Zimbabwe to finally take up irrigation

Irrigation has remained largely alien to Zimbabwe since rains were dependable; but that is no longer the case

Watch how MGNREGA help villages beat poverty in Bundelkhand

Meegni & Himmatpura were troubled by water scarcity like several other villages of the region

Sardar Sarovar Project faces its toughest challenge

For more than 56 years, farmers in Gujarat have been waiting to get water, but work on the most crucial aspect of Sardar Sarovar dam—…

Another dead sea

Water war

A dispuet is brewing between TN and Kerala over a controversial dam

RIVER CONTAMINATION

Moving nimbly beyond

Analysing Polavaram irrigation project

Polavaram in tender turmoil

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

When reforms ricochet

The biggest threat to Vietnam's bio-diversity comes from deforestation. In the past 25 years, the total area of natural forests has declined at …

Misdirected move

The Orissa government's decision to increase water cess for irrigation may spell doom for the state's farmers

In Mowgli's land

ANJOLI BANDYOPADHYAY visits Pench Tiger Reserve, the site of many a conservation scheme and finds the woes wrought upon the people there by …

Bureaucracy restricts potential of Orissa's pani panchayats

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 …

Supreme Court allows canal work

Overrules high court on Narmada irrigation projects

Easier to mine

A MEF proposal wants to do away with environmental clearance for small-scale mining

'No, no uranium'

Will the government lend its ear to Andhra public hearing?

South Asia

South Asia

A plan to fortify Orissa's tanks

Impending displacement for Orissa villagers

The Orissa government has finally begun disbursing compensation to likely oustees in the lower Suktel dam project. Nineteen families of Magurbeda …

Water budget

All that you wanted to know about water management schemes, but didn't know who to ask More...

Managing the mega irrigation beast

With better management, mega irrigation schemes can fulfil their large purpose

Jharkhand declares drought in 17 districts

The state overall recorded 38 per cent less rainfall than average during last monsoon

Pumping in diseases