Wang-Marathwadi dam protest called off

Government gives in-principle approval to ascertain compensation based on the annual income of affected people

Floods spell losses for states

High standards for high-risk projects

We need to vigorously defend our remaining rivers from over-damming and strengthen the laws and standards that protect them

Centre’s notice to Maheshwar dam

Threatens to stop work

Time Locked

Government watershed programmes run for a limited period. The impractical timeframe threatens to undo the goodwork

Sustained Conservation

Only a strong political commitment for water conservation will ensure the survival of these structures

Steeplechase

There is euphoria in the villages which have harvested rain. Overcoming hurdles, village communities learn the first lesson in water management

A village desperate for nutrition

Uttarakhand's hydel projects need urgent review

Projects under way do not take into account ecological impact on the Himalayas and the rivers

Penny unwise, pond foolish

The government should have revived traditional water bodies and ponds to prepare Bundelkhand for drought. Rather, it spent Rs 15,000 crore to …

Centre clears Sardar Sarovar dam height increase

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel rushes to dam site to hold 'pooja' to commence construction work; 245 more villages to be submerged after …

Green tribunal halts Mapithel dam in Manipur

MoEF asked to ascertain if project violates Forest Rights Act. State may now need people's consent to go ahead with the project

Manmohan fails to settle row over Cauvery water sharing

Disgruntled Karnataka likely to approach Supreme Court

‘No need to decommission Mullaperiyar dam’

As the impasse over Mullaperiyar dam continues, T Hanumantha Rao, former chief engineer of Andhra Pradesh's irrigation department tells Bharat …

Citizens' reports indict Gujarat government for Surat floods

The floods of August 2006 are among the worst Gujarat's Surat city

Lavasa exposed

By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …

Kerala’s Kadars continue fight for assertion of their community forest rights

Their Gram Sabhas have passed resolutions under the Forest Rights Act as work has progressed on the Anakkayam Small Hydro Power Project

“It is not religion but the state that is insensitive to the environment”

“Both Hinduism and modern science are sensitive to the environment”

“Both Hinduism and modern science are sensitive to the environment”

Maha Kumbh to be a dry run?

Religious organisations say there is not enough water in the Ganga to take the holy dip

Odisha's gift to Vedanta: penalty waiver for using scarce water

Company's Jharsuguda refinery has using water for free because it has no agreement with the state government on water

Karnataka fast tracks power plant

A water journey

Monsoon means celebrations for the people of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat who script success stories of rainwater harvesting. But in Rajasthan they …

Why Manipur is flooded

The state's worst flood in recent history raises doubts over the role of dams

Sardar Patel statue project has no green clearance: activists

 MoEF asked to declare Statue of Unity project illegal and stop construction