Rs 389-crore Bihar dam collapses ahead of inauguration; low-lying areas inundated

The dam was to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today

Threat of dam collapse, floods in California force nearly 200,000 people to flee

Crumbling emergency spillway on Oroville Dam could unleash floodwaters onto rural communities along the Feather River

FAC gives final clearance to North Koel dam project in Jharkhand

The project will impact 15 villages in the Palamau Tiger Reserve, and the people have been protesting against the project

Narmada dam oustees not satisfied with MP govt assurances

They shouted slogans even as activist Medha Patkar held a meeting with a state minister about the fate of those displaced due to the Sardar …

Damn the trucking

Climate change affecting hydropower generation in India: study

The generation of hydropower from the top seven hydropower projects in India has suffered due to climate variability in the past six decades

Only a quarter of our longest rivers flow freely to oceans: Study

Most of the remaining long free-flowing rivers now remain restricted to remote regions of Arctic and of the Amazon and Congo basins

Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers

Most of the recent floods in the country have occurred due to sudden release of dam water

Ratnagiri dam breach: Flooding causes 44% of dam failures in India

Tiware Dam in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district breached, flooded seven villages and swept away 20 people on July 2, 2019

The making of Sardar Sarovar dam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar dam on September 17

Rain, tremors near Mullaperiyar dam spread panic

No disaster management plan in place

How lack of coordination between Odisha and Chhattisgarh led to floods

Lack of information from Chhattisgarh and water hoarding by Odisha to blame 

Blunder 999

Kerala is trapped by its promise to host Tamil Nadu’s Mullaperiyar dam for a millennium

Dam 999 angers Tamil Nadu politicians

Feature film intensifies row over Mullaperiyar dam

As Sardar Sarovar dam's gates get shut, 192 villages fear submergence

But the government is not sure who all will get submerged, let alone rehabilitate them

Will PM Modi celebrate his birthday again?

A year ago, Narendra Modi celebrated it by closing the gates of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, even when there were 32,000 families living in the …

Damming biodiversity

Damned chicanery

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

Victims of rehabilitation

To swindle money from the Narmada dam rehabilitation scheme, lands of thousands of tribal families have been given to the dam-displaced people …

NHRC raps Centre, Madhya Pradesh for insensitivity towards dam oustees

People affected by Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar dams had staged jal satyagraha to demand rehabilitation rights

Polavaram dam project has opened floodgates of corruption: activists

Activists are calling for setting up of a multi-member judicial commission to do a comprehensive enquiry into the process of land acquisition, …

Deadly dam burst in Brazil puts mining company under scanner

Brazil’s Federal Police accuse mining company Samarco of wilful misconduct in relation to a deadly dam burst in November 2015

Committee admits leakage in Hirakud dam, rules out danger

Recommendations on repairing crack will be submitted soon, says a panel member