The Andhra Pradesh government lied to obtain forest clearance for the Polavaram dam on the Godavari; it said there were no forest rights claimants in the dam’s submergence zone. Richard Mahapatra visited the villages denied forest rights and found the state had indeed lied
A series of hydropower projects on the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda may reduce the Ganga to a trickle. But project proponents will still be making money
Arunachal Pradesh has alloted 52 hydroelectric projects to private companies in less than three years without scrutiny and basin-wise study of their impact on people and the environment
In one of the biggest protest in the last 50 years farmers from eight districts in Orissa, stormed the dam's reservoir area demanding water for irrigation that had been promised to them.
Hydropower is a valuable resource for development-starved northeast India. 168 dams are to dot the region. But the Subansiri Lower Project, a harbinger, is riddled with controversies. So, how should northeast India use its potentia
Nepal's controversial Arun III dam becomes the first World Bank-bankrolled project taken up for re-scrutiny by the Bank's new Inspection Panel an ombudsman body with teeth
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Congratulations, it is an eye opener to other states that are thinking of such schemes.
In Hyderabad, the government...
Thanks. You have raised a very pertinent issue. My family is a great lover of Makhana and we use it in different ways. Slowly...