Time running out in Manibeli

PEOPLE FIRST

Displacing a livelihood

How do we rehabilitate development project oustees?

Rare dinosaur eggs found in Narmada Valley show how ancient reptiles shared traits with today’s birds: Study

Eggs belong to 6 species, suggesting a higher diversity of these extinct giants in India

Narmada review: Break or breakthrough?

The Narmada Bachao Andolan has forced a reconsideration of the Sardar Sarovar Project. But with Gujarat opposed to any review and support for NBA …

One high-profile crusader takes on another

The activists' extremism subtly: Patkar compares the dam to a bomb while another activist says if the Berlin Wall could be brought down, why not …

It's a damp squib

Lack of respect for facts and a strong ideology guided by Judaic-Christian thought dominate the report

A monumental failure

The report on the Sardar Sarovar does not address crucial issues like water-saving technologies, lowering the dam height and reducing the size of …

THE KING OF SMALL THINGS

A civil engineer and a farmer, he knows the importance of the relationship between land and water. Small dams are his forte.

Taken at the flood

From saffron to green

General Elections: All you need to know to be an environmentally informed voter

As India goes to polls, here’s all the knowledge you need about environment and development to make an informed decision

Solar power is the only viable alternative

K R DATYE has been associated for years with grassroots organisations such as the Pani Panchayat and the Mukti Sangharsh, which has spearheaded …

Submerged by dams

LAW AND DISORVER

Dubious report

Forced resettlement violates people's rights

The UN Commission on Human Rights adopts a resolution that will have direct bearing on the controversial Narmada clam in Gujarat.

Watershed ruling on Narmada

The Supreme Court has washed aside an ambiguous Review Committee Report and ordered fresh investigations

Floods for nothing

These satellite images of Indian rivers highlight environmental impacts of sand mining

In India, sand mining grew after the rapid urbanisation brought on by the economic liberalisation in the 1990s

It's 121.92 m now

Narmada dam gets boost, faces opposition

Politics of water resource management in India

Book>> The Politics of Water Resource Management in India by John R Wood Sage Publications 2007 pages 285 Rs 625

We cannot turn the clock back

The need of the hour is to reconcile apparently irreconcilable interests

Damn not the oustees

The human tragedy that will unfold as a result of the Sardar Sarovar dam has to be mitigated

Flood sans river