Damming biodiversity

A village betrayed

The people of Salehpur get a raw deal from the forest department of Haryana in return for the services rendered by them

Kerala: Floods over, struggle continues

Incessant rains and severe flooding have rendered several people without homes, food or even a livelihood

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

LESOTHO

More dams will not solve Mahanadi water conflict

Stakeholders in Odisha suggest building more dams on Mahanadi to resolve a water-sharing conflict, but that will make matters worse

Damn the trucking

Flowing poison

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

Ensure development doesn’t go against the flow of Himachal rivers, activists ask govt

Activists staged a dharna and sent a 10-point memorandum to the CM demanding clean and free-flowing Himalayan rivers

Breach bared

Dam tunnel collapse in Arunachal begs explanation

Not one dam in Kerala was inspected before monsoon, reveals RTI

The state received 42% above normal rainfall but the Central Water Commission didn’t have any information of the criticality of dams

Changes in pattern of water releases from dams can help restore aquatic diversity

A new study shows how dams can be strategically operated to restore lost ecological functions  

Amicus curiae flags sudden discharge from dams, lack of forecasting for Kerala floods

All 79 Kerala dams were geared up for power generation, irrigation; not controlling flood: report

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

Analysing Polavaram irrigation project

Old ‘Temples of Modern India’: Can India decommission ageing dams it has been warned about?

Dams have affected new ways of land use and life so much that many societies cannot think of a life beyond them anymore