Stagnation as a culture

WATER is for flowing. When made to stagnate, it buzzes deafeningly of a culture of deliberate ignorance. Look at the misfortune of the people of …

Going public

A unique experiment to involve the people in bringing water to desert communities is under way in Rajasthan.

Telangana approaches Supreme Court to stop work on Polavaram

Environmental clearance given to the project in 2005 is not applicable today, it contends

Climate change affecting hydropower generation in India: study

The generation of hydropower from the top seven hydropower projects in India has suffered due to climate variability in the past six decades

Madhya Pradesh government cracks down on Indira Sagar dam oustees

They were staging jal satyagraha to demand land compensation and reduction in reservoir water level

Malarial vector back with a vengeance in Rajasthan

Incessant rains and the resultant stagnant water in canals and fields have spawned a malaria epidemic in the western part of the state

Narmada authority slammed for shoddy canal work, ordered to compensate farmers for losses

Madhya Pradesh High Court says farmers impacted by incomplete canal works of Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar dams should be compensated according to …

NHRC raps Centre, Madhya Pradesh for insensitivity towards dam oustees

People affected by Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar dams had staged jal satyagraha to demand rehabilitation rights

Rs 212 crore for Omkareshwar dam oustees

Activists allege farmers being shortchanged; demand strict implementation of rehabilitation policy and Supreme Court guidelines

Latest AAP members: people displaced by Narmada dams

Facing harassment by government, Narmada Bachao Andolan chooses electoral politics with Aam Aadmi Party as its anchor

Polavaram ordinance: protests by adivasis intensify

Over a dozen MLAs go on indefinite hunger strike in support of adivasi communities impacted by Polavaram irrigation project

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

Andhra government fails to present much-hyped agriculture budget

It presents only an action plan for agriculture; Rs 25,962 crore earmarked for agriculture and allied sectors

Panel calls for halt to water privatisation in Khandwa

Government committee says town municipality committed irregularities to favour private vendor Vishwaa Utilities; pressure builds to cancel contract

68 drowned

Pilgrims die as Indira Sagar releases water

AP dam project under fire

Decision to start work on Indira Sagar dam opposed

Polavaram project: Andhra high court stays eviction, demolition in affected areas

At least 15 villages in two districts of the state have been demolished since 2016

SC orders land compensation

Recognizes rights of people affected by Narmada canals  

Relocation of wildlife in Indira Sagar Reservoir area affects tribals

Supreme Court allows canal work

Overrules high court on Narmada irrigation projects

Political symptoms

Environmental clearance for Polavaram quashed