Escape route

Dams need structures to guide fish towards routes engineered for their safe movement

No free lunch for water projects

The concept of environmental flow appears unscientific, dangerous too

Changes in pattern of water releases from dams can help restore aquatic diversity

A new study shows how dams can be strategically operated to restore lost ecological functions  

Tibetan landscape may soon disappear

In the 1980s, when very few people visited Tibet, Michael Buckley, an Australian settled in Canada, wrote the first Lonely Planet guide to the …

When lakes were tanks

Bengaluru's lakes were actually tanks created in the absence of a big river

River diversion affects fish growth

Did everybody get it wrong?

Naini lake is depleting, but can we undo the wrongs?

Experts believe that obstruction in the subsurface recharge and increased abstraction of water to quench Nainital’s thirst are making the …

Engineered flood

Sun screened

Pollution joins clouds, blocks sunlight over India

Urban flooding may increase if wetlands not protected, says CSE

Centre for Science and Environment has recommended strong laws to protect urban lakes, their catchment and feeder channels

'37% of natural springs, which contribute directly to the Ganga, are drying up'

Increasing instances of extreme rainfall are slowly leading to the crumbling of the Ganga's catchment area, says P C Tiwari, professor of …

Dry cleaning Hussainsagar

Telangana plans to first empty Hyderabad's great lake and then refill it with rainwater. Experts say it is nothing but a harebrained plan

Flash floods are man-made

Environmental geologist K S Valdiya lives in Uttarakhand and keeps a tab on the changing geological processes in the Himalayan region. He was …

The Dead Sea is sinking

Ganga basin authority notified

Four Chambal dams stopped

Will Dehradun riverfront development project really help the city?

It focuses more on beautification aspects rather than rejuvenating the rivulets that flow through the city

Sea that isn't

In just 50 years, the Aral Sea - once the fourth largest inland water body - has turned into world's newest desert 

Temples of doom

The Mayans penchant for building places of worship brought their downfall

Spring in a box

A village in Maharashtra solves its water crisis by building underground boxes to tap spring water

The Northeast's power burden

The centrality of the Northeast to India's ambitious national electrification plan cannot be overstated, since the region will be required to …

All cracked up

Cauvery tribunal award notified

Disgruntled Karnataka chief minister writes to prime minister

Large dams not an answer to water shortage

There is a need to find better solutions