Disquiet in Dibang
No freeloaders
Work on Suktel irrigation project begins at gun point
Balangir district authorities use police force to allow construction work as anti-dam stir continues
Poll-bound Rajasthan hurries with controversial Parwan dam
Rahul Gandhi to lay foundation stone. But what about people, including tribals, likely to be displaced and fudging of facts relating to the …
Allahabad High Court continues tough stance on construction along Ganga
Development authority fails to give clear answers on fate of development in the river’s inviolate zone
In Focus
The laboratory of development
Age of dissent
Six villages in Madhya Pradesh reject Centre’s proposal to declare their forest a wildlife sanctuary
How the Grand Renaissance Dam might spark basin-wide water cooperation
There is no doubt that the dam has become a source of serious tension among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan
Government considering pumping funds into Maheshwar dam
LIC expresses interest in funding project even as increased capital costs make power from the project too expensive
Subansiri dam protests: Akhil Gogoi goes on indefinite fast
WAPCOS completes cumulative impact studies for dams in Subansiri and Siang sub-basins
CHILE
Protect ecologically sensitive areas of Western Ghats: high level MoEF panel
It recommends ban on activities that damage the environment in such regions; more studies proposed for Gundia hydropower project and Athirappilly dam
S Kumars loses defamation appeal against Narmada activists
Narmada Bachao Andolan cites cheating and fraud cases registered by police in support of its press statement against S Kumars and state financial …
Murdering the Mekong river
The Lao and Thai governments plan to build mainstream dams and irrigation take offs on the river. This will convert this mighty waterway into …
Make India drought-proof
Kerala faces floods for third consecutive year
Extremely heavy rain forecast in Idukki, Palakkad, Thrissur and Wayanad districts for the next two days
Khandwa replaces municipal water with supply from PPP project
Madhya Pradesh town municipality blames state water resources department for stopping local municipal supply to provide water from Narmada PPP project
Telangana fallout: Scrap Polavaram, demand project-affected tribals
They oppose national status to the project under Telangana bill. Polavaram will benefit only Seemandhra and displace about 200,000 people, all in …
Reservoir of dams
Arunachal Pradesh is awarding hydroelectric projects to private companies at the breakneck speed of one every nine days without proper scrutiny. …
BJP attempts to garner anti-dam votes in Assam
Manifesto promises fail to impress. Steps proposed by BJP to address concerns arising from large dams will not solve anything, say activists
28 years of Earth’s surface changes on Google
Watch a city expand or a glacier shrink through a series of satellite images; see the altering landscape at four spots in India
A journey called change
Their struggle for survival and progress has shaped the understanding of environmentalism both at the national and global levels and influenced …
Protests continue at lower Suktel dam site
Villagers fear water will go to mining companies and thermal power plants instead of irrigation
In deep water
Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …