Coastal erosion: India’s coasts are being damaged; here is how

More than a third of India's coastline that is spread across 6,907 km, witnessed some degree of erosion between 1990 and 2018. West Bengal is the …

Live storage in India’s reservoirs increases by 1%

India’s 143 major reservoirs had live storage of 147.631 BCM or 83% of these reservoirs’ total capacity

The Gharials of the Gandak: A conservation success story

Two recent surveys indicate that the Gandak, a trans-boundary river between Nepal and India, houses 210 gharials in the Indian section, the second-…

Renewable energy and the fight over Guatemalan rivers

The movement to liberate rivers by dismantling unauthorised dams along rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean seems at once …

Africa’s aquifers hold more than 20 times the water stored in the continent’s lakes, but they aren’t the answer to water scarcity

Due to changing climate & growing population, many of Africa’s surface water resources like dams & rivers are overused & …

Bihar canal collapse brings lack of dam safety in focus

A CAG report released in July found that less than 10 per cent dams had disaster management plans in place

Sounds of silence: a forest that resisted development

A trip to the Silent Valley National Park is a valuable lesson in the history of environmental movements and biodiversity conservation

Needs more teeth, say critics

The widely-criticised draft policy on rehabilitation and resettlement has a major loophole -- it does not provide for any legislative backing

Tehri: hanging over troubled waters

What will happen now to the Tehri dam? Even as engineers and environmentalists await the Prime Minister's verdict on the project, the proposed …

All about Alamatti

The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation's major wrangles over river waters

Dams, lies and red tape

Pro- and anti-dam activists join hands to establish an independent body for reviewing large projects

Damned forever

Participants at the first international conference of dam-affected people in Brazil vow to intensify their fight against large dams

Compensation be damned

As the Laos government basks in the glory of building a "model" dam, thousands of villagers are unlikely to be compensated

Building against odds

Despite a host of reasons against its constuction, Pakistan decides to go ahead with building the Diamer dam

Dam travails

The Supreme Court's order to increase the height of the Narmada dam comes in for criticism. Madhya Pradesh decides to file a petition

Living made difficult

Reservoir of corruption

How irrigation projects in Maharashtra harnessed money, not water

Grown on waste

Orissa wants stay on Polavaram

State says environment ministry’s approval overreaches apex court

Himalayan destruction

Study quantifies the impact of hydel projects on the ecology of the mountain range

The fish barrier

Threat to fish due to dams quantified in Mekong basin

Activists petition PM against dam

Maheshwar dam nears completion; rehabilitation too slow

Reduce Subansiri dam height: panel

Will National Hydro Power Corporation heed report?

SC orders land compensation

Recognizes rights of people affected by Narmada canals  

India’s lakes, reservoirs losing more water every year & climate change may be to blame: Report

An increase in surface area of the water bodies contributes to this loss