Shut and opened

Dam at fault

Maharashtra builds dam in quake zone without permission. High Court refuses stay

World Bank's Pakistan flood-control plan faulty

World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan

Maharashtra to divert employment guarantee fund

Grand distraction called river interlinking

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents

Time for the future to win

Farming made unprofitable

Drowning villages for 8 paise

The Par-Tapi Narmada Link project will earn 8 paise on a rupee

Power plant’s clearance challenged

PIL points to faulty environmental impact assessment

Supreme Court orders status quo on Kaleshwaram irrigation project expansion

Telangana government increasing capacity without green nod, court told 

How MGNREGA water conservation project turned a Rajasthan district into an Oasis

The greenery in Dungarpur district is a stark contrast to the desert state

Are public private partnerships in irrigation the way forward?

A recent World Bank report suggests that PPPs can improve irrigation and agriculture

New global agriculture census round to kick off in 2016

Agriculture censuses help to boost rural development and improve food security

Mosquitoes storm the desert

A cerebral malaria epidemic in Rajasthan has its source in the Indira Gandhi Canal

Hydraulic marvel

An eighteenth-century canal system in Pune remains fresh despite long disuse

Tannery menace

Effluents pollute Kalingarayan canal in Tamil Nadu

Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation

NTPC dam rattles local elections

Officials subverted elections to the forest council that opposed dam, allege villagers

Monsoon arrives in Maharashtra, but reservoir levels still low

Full only till 14 per cent of their capacity

NHPC cornered over Subansiri

Reports pick apart NHPC’s hydel project in Assam, call for design overhaul

Dibang dam on hold

Understanding climate effect on crop yield and associated risks to water security in India is crucial

Reassessing policy options requires a better understanding of climate impact on farm water management in India

Responsibility of PM’s irrigation scheme to go back to water resources ministry

Government sources say that this to and fro of the scheme may affect its implementation

The orphan of development