Police arrest anti-POSCO leader for bomb explosion that killed four

Abhay Sahoo, the person leading the stir against the proposed mega steel plant of South Korean steel company, POSCO, in Odisha, was arrested on Saturday for his alleged role in the March 3 explosions at Dhinkia village that killed four people. Sahoo heads the POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), consisting of people displaced from villages in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha as a result of land acquisition for POSCO project. 

Green tribunal suspends POSCO’s clearance

The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environmental clearance granted to the controversial POSCO steel project in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district. The project was cleared by the Union environment ministry in January last year. This was challenged by Prafulla Samantray, an activist from Bhoinagar in Odisha, in the tribunal.

Polavaram fraud

Fear of submergence haunts Kurturu, a village nestled in the Papi hills of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. In 2005, a band of officials, an unusual sight in this remote village in West Godavari district, visited the place and marked a rock.

Dams induce severe floods

Each year, floods, to greater or lesser degree, affect about 7.5 million hectares in India, a little over two per cent of the country's surface area. What's more, over five times this area is considered prone to floods, caused when rivers breach their banks.

Why Hirakud dam failed to check flood

There is no sign of floods abating in Odisha. In the space of a fortnight, the number of people affected by the deluge in the Mahanadi river, the state's largest riverine system, increased from one million to 2.2 million on September 13. Two-thirds of the state's 30 districts are affected.

Flood alert in Gujarat

Even as 96 dams in Gujarat were put on high alert following heavy rainfall on the evening of September 11, many of them were full to their capacities, including the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam in Kevadia. At least 7,000 people were evacuated in August and September from different parts of the state, according to the latest reports and the Gujarat flood control department.

Rivers' fury

Narmada river in spate Photographs by: Narendra Paperwala Read also: Why floods despite dams

Rivers' fury

Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam in Kevadia is filled to its capacity Photographs by: Narendra Paperwala Read also: Why floods despite dams

Rivers' fury

Water filled Raja pada Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha Read also: Why floods despite dams

Rivers' fury

People wait for relief Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha Read also: Why floods despite dams