National Security Act targets Narmada Bachao movement: Medha Patkar
The Madhya Pradesh government has invoked the National Security Act from July 1, at the same time when the Goods and Services Tax is all set to …
Latest AAP members: people displaced by Narmada dams
Facing harassment by government, Narmada Bachao Andolan chooses electoral politics with Aam Aadmi Party as its anchor
Who robbed Narmada?
Farmers in Gujarat prepare for a bleak future and protests as Narmada water disappears from canals after Assembly elections
Forced resettlement violates people's rights
The UN Commission on Human Rights adopts a resolution that will have direct bearing on the controversial Narmada clam in Gujarat.
Watershed ruling on Narmada
The Supreme Court has washed aside an ambiguous Review Committee Report and ordered fresh investigations
These satellite images of Indian rivers highlight environmental impacts of sand mining
In India, sand mining grew after the rapid urbanisation brought on by the economic liberalisation in the 1990s
High and dry
Madhya Pradesh's amended rehabilitation policy may render dam-affected tribals of 14 villages landless
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—…
Contemptuous moves
Do Arundhati Roy and M L Khurana understand what they are doing by undermining yet another institution of our democracy?
Politics of water resource management in India
Book>> The Politics of Water Resource Management in India by John R Wood Sage Publications 2007 pages 285 Rs 625
S Kumars loses defamation appeal against Narmada activists
Narmada Bachao Andolan cites cheating and fraud cases registered by police in support of its press statement against S Kumars and state financial …
A radical new order for living well
India is not in synch with G77's new declaration for development that is in harmony with nature and inclusive for all its peoples
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?
Madhya Pradesh government cracks down on Indira Sagar dam oustees
They were staging jal satyagraha to demand land compensation and reduction in reservoir water level
Jal Satyagraha forces Madhya Pradesh government to relent
People affected by Omkareshwar dam to get land in lieu of land; water level of reservoir reduced
CAG reports once again flag inconsistencies in central irrigation programme
CAG indicts government for including irrigation projects and schemes under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme, resulting in irregular …
28 years of Earth’s surface changes on Google
Watch a city expand or a glacier shrink through a series of satellite images; see the altering landscape at four spots in India
Gujarat’s Sardar Patel statue may face legal hurdle
Activists question authorities over construction of the statue near a wildlife sanctuary without environmental clearance
You've got a verdict
Six years of litigation over the Sardar Sarovar dam comes to an end with the Supreme Court giving the go-ahead to construction. The fate of …
How sand mining along the Narmada is choking web of life
Mining has altered the landscape, river flow, water availability and sand deposit patterns; rivers have dried up, farming has become difficult&…
Book review: Environmental issues in India
Book>> Environmental Issues in India: a Reader edited by Mahesh Rangarajan Pearson-Longman 2007
Green tribunal stays filling up of Maheshwar dam reservoir
Environment ministry yet to set up committee to supervise lowering of dam gates and partial filling of reservoir
Homeless hilsa
The ocean fish that swims against the tide to spawn in rivers is moving away from Bangladesh
SSP falls prey to political machinations
Thirty years of planning, 15 years of construction, ten years of promises and Rs 15,000 crore later, the Sardar Sarovar Project is finally …
The verdict and after
The Supreme Court's decision, giving a go ahead to the Sardar Sarovar Project, has regenerated the debate.