How forests can help in doubling farmers’ income
Forest rights, support for ecosystem services could be part of strategy to help farmers living in forests
Blame it on Hirakud?
The CAG has rapped the Odisha government for not keeping the dam's water level in check and failing to prevent flooding in downstream areas
World Rivers Day: Does a river exist for us only when it floods?
It’s important to spread river education in its totality, before dams and canals take over ‘rivers’ in the perception battle
Water in forests: Finding the blue in the greens
It is time we rediscover forests as a ‘water commons’ to aid India’s fight against climate change
Lack of water intensifies distress in the Mahanadi basin
Climate change at the global and local levels is reducing water flow in the Mahanadi river, severely impacting agriculture. Tackling that …
A troll’s choice: wifi or water?
A recent episode on social media exposed me to some of the perceptions that trolls have regarding the right to water
More dams will not solve Mahanadi water conflict
Stakeholders in Odisha suggest building more dams on Mahanadi to resolve a water-sharing conflict, but that will make matters worse
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Invest in the most vulnerable to tide over COVID-19 crisis
India needs to be a country that achieves progress that’s equitable in the true spirit of its Constitution
Going under: Coastal Odisha under existential threat
In a warming world, governments are far from prepared to resettle people evicted by sea-level rise
Is new-age environmentalism narrowing down to planting saplings?
Planting saplings is undoubtedly a good idea, but considering it as the panacea to all our environmental woes is dangerous
Every drop to drink: 24x7 potable tap water in Puri has environmental, social benefits
The project will reduce use of plastic bottles by 30 million units and overall plastic waste plastic waste by 400 tonnes per year
Old ‘Temples of Modern India’: Can India decommission ageing dams it has been warned about?
Dams have affected new ways of land use and life so much that many societies cannot think of a life beyond them anymore
Adrift and Isolated
A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let-down for the fiskerfolk
Space crunch for Olive Ridleys
Fight against COVID-19 is a fight for water, against inequality
Let us end our water divides. It is already late
Internet, the new water. Let’s not convert it into opium
Internet shutdowns can take unimaginable tolls
Sendai framework on disaster risk reduction disappoints
Goals are without specific time plan and targets
Company dupes Balangir tribals, takes away land
Cannot cut trees on one's own land
A headmaster and his students save a forest
Acid rain in Orissa?
No healthcare for Simplipal tribals in Orissa
Public good, private concerns
Odisha is becoming a testing ground for ADB’s aggressive water sector reforms