Global Eco Watch: Arm forest guards with guns instead of lathis, suggests SC

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The fish barrier

Threat to fish due to dams quantified in Mekong basin

Channels of interest

National Water Policy draft gives industry implicit priority over agriculture

Churning issue

Does the concept of interlinking India's rivers hold water? The debate rages on...

Parched soil

Balochistan, Sindh face drought

Why floods despite dams

Dam woes in Japan

An owl's day

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MoEF's decision on Dandeli project in Karnataka under review

Floods cause havoc in drought-prone Barmer, Rajasthan

Economic growth brings in invasive species

Reservoirs losing capacity

Floods hit power projects in Himalayan states; plans for more raise safety concerns

Citizens' reports indict Gujarat government for Surat floods

The floods of August 2006 are among the worst Gujarat's Surat city

One river dried, Agartala eyes another

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Karnataka to divert Mahadayi water

Goa cries foul. Supreme Court orders tribunal to settle dispute

Climate change affects low-lying areas, puts poor at risk

Salmon hatcheries deplete wild stocks

Introducing farmed salmon in the rivers doesn't help

Singapore taps its water

The Southeast Asian city-state strives to end its dependence on Malaysia for water

Rivers of discord

Against the flow

Downstream of India

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