351 polluted river stretches in India: A list across states

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2018 identified 351 polluted river stretches in India; Maharashtra has the highest number of …

Simply Put: Head in the (river) sand

Dams proposed on five Chilean rivers scrapped

Chilean firm Endesa, which was to construct the dams, said it will work only on projects 'embraced by local communities'

Weak links aplenty

Follow-up

Who'll tame the river-tamer?

Meltdown in Tibet author Michael Buckley on mining in Tibet

Writer and documentary maker, Michael Buckley, details China's dam and mining operations in Tibet and the effect it will have on all of South Asia,…

Why we celebrate rivers

More than 100 groups in at least 36 countries again pay their respects to rivers on this International Day of Action for Rivers

Book review: Christopher V Hill's River of Sorrow

Imperialism is domination, says Christopher V Hill. And this domination is not just of people, but inevitably extends to "subordinating and …

Dissolve Central Water Commission to save Ganga: Experts

The panel has its hands full, say activists at India River Week

Simple Put: The green activist vs the greed activist

Our detergents have a hazardous chemical in them: Study

It calls for an immediate stop on the use of the chemical, nonylphenol

Kosi, a wild prisoner

An engineering folly unfolds over a week-long journey along the Kosi river in Bihar

Is Cauvery a composite river?

Scientists think an upsurge of land may have brought two rivers together to form what is today the Cauvery.

Rivers from Himalayan major uranium source

VIETNAM

Flowing study

The rivers should flow

Thirst for many more

Climate change to impact rivers in thickly populated areas

Rivers, Provide and not Serve

Hydro-power, long irrigation canals, sand mining and water for industrial use: these are not what Maa Ganga in its magnanimity provides. These …

Small is beautiful

Snatching someone's baby

Villagers in Rajasthan have revived a dried up river in the region with help of a NGO. Now, their fight is with the state government, which has …

Rivers are flowing off-course

Officials need to pull up their socks on conservation measures

Two sides of the same coin: Shrinking water bodies and urban floods

Water bodies have become even more critical in current times when cities are facing the challenge of rapid, unplanned urbanisation

Bleeding blue: Fast fashion is now poisoning African rivers

Untreated or partially treated effluent from textile factories, usually blue / indigo in colour, is killing African rivers