Himalayan plunder: Nature-friendly & participatory initiatives are the only hope for recovery, says Madhav Gadgil

Projects such as the giant Tehri dam also play a role in exacerbating effects of disasters, as seen during the 2021 Chamoli flash floods

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

Thermal power plants in Singrauli, Sonbhadra under NGT radar again

In July 14, 2020 order, the tribunal orders remedial action against thermal power plants; directs NTPC Vindhyachal to pay Rs 10 cr in …

920 million people could face conflict over the world’s rivers by 2050: What our study found in Africa

There’s a real risk that conflicts over sharing water resources will become more common as global temperatures rise

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

Himalayan plunder: Hydroelectric plans in Arunachal will effect downstream Assam too

Arunachal Pradesh is highly susceptible to landslides; debris flowing downstream will change river behaviour, fear experts 

Kerala faces floods for third consecutive year

Extremely heavy rain forecast in Idukki, Palakkad, Thrissur and Wayanad districts for the next two days

Over 1,000 people, including monks, arrested for opposing Dege hydropower dam project in Tibet

Experts claim monasteries have been put under lockdown; dam will be environmentally detrimental

How lack of coordination between Odisha and Chhattisgarh led to floods

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

Sikkim’s Chungthang dam collapse signals the need for dam safety & emissions reduction

Any hydroelectric project situated downstream of unstable lakes carries the risk of being washed away.

Monsoon 2022 ends with filling up India’s major reservoirs

Some 44 reservoirs have 100 per cent storage at the end of the monsoon

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Ineligible for rehabilitation, many in a fix

Several disqualified from rehabilitation process on absurd grounds, found DTE 

Sunderlal Bahuguna: The oxygen for the global green fraternity

Anecdotes from the environmental activist's visit to Kolkata a decade back

Live storage at 64% capacity in 123 reservoirs

5 of 36 dams in south India are 100 per cent full and need close monitoring

Thousands marooned in Odisha as Mahanadi basin floods due to heavy rain

Forty gates of Hirakud dam to be opened August 16 night to release excess water

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies

The families depended on forest produce but have been moved far away from forest land

Solar, wind can break Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deadlock

India’s old dams: Gandhi Sagar in MP needs immediate repair, says CAG report

A breach in the dam could affect millions of lives and damage property

Ukraine war: What we know about Nova Kakhovka dam and who gains from its destruction

A major dam in Russia-occupied southern Ukraine suffered a collapse June 6, 2023 

MGNREGA uplifts villages in drought-prone Bundelkhand

Meegni and Himmatpura in Bundelkhand region have used the scheme to build check dams, water harvesting structures