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

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, …

Silence is the best policy

Experts' panel red flags power, mining projects in Western Ghats

Urges MoEF to reject Gundia hydro-electric project and Athirapally dam

Mining in Goa: damage to the environment greater than loss of revenue

Activists demand assessment of impact of mining on state's environment and communities

A million opportunities lost

The ruling alliance’s flagship rural employment programme took unprecedented strides in creating water conservation structures across the …

Bokaro's displaced still await compensation

Residents of most villages whose land was acquired for the Bokaro steel plant have no jobs or means of living. Those who were compensated are …

US seeks strict scrutiny of World Bank lending to hydroelectric projects

External evaluation process to ascertain effectiveness of lendings recommended

More forest diversions likely in Singrauli

Greenpeace report says pollution from coal-fired thermal plants not considered while allowing mining in coal belt

Why Marathwada is becoming a graveyard for farmers

Season after season of failed crops is pushing farmers to the brink of desperation, while the inaction of the Maharashtra government is allowing …