Farsighted plea on Pakistan's sightless dolphins

Experts have asked for a second dolphin reserve in Pakistan to house the blind river dolphin in the wake of a study on the impact of a …

INDONESIA

Dried up water sources

Similipal region in Orissa faces the prospects of drought if steps are not taken to halt the flow of pollutants into perennial streams

Book review: Water: Perspectives, Issues, Concerns

This is a work of encyclopaedic scope. The subjects it deals with range from an in-depth study of the treatment of water in the Indian …

Exploring Mekong expedition

Book>> Mad About The Mekong by John Keay, Exploration and Empire in Southeast Asia Harper Collins London 2005

Modi's victory may mean push for Ken-Betwa river-link project

There is enough evidence that the project would be an environmental blunder, say activists

One in three large American rivers has changed colour in the last 34 years: Study

Most rivers in the United States appear green or yellow possibly due to human activities

Why building sewage treatment plants in cities on the Ganga is a challenge

Flood-prone low-lying locations add to the difficulty

Nobody cares for Bihar's drying rivers in poll season

Most of the state's 600 rivers have either dried up or are on the verge

To resolve Cauvery dispute, outdated institutions with little scholarship need to be outlawed

SC's direction to the Centre to frame a scheme to resolve the dispute is poised to fail as the 'expert' organisation has no authority in the …

Long wait in the valley

Months after the devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir, thousands of victims are still waiting to be rehabilitated. Meanwhile, this year's …

Delhi, Haryana need not spar over Yamuna waters

Though solutions involve engineering challenges, they can certainly lead to a win-win situation for both the parties

Polluted and revered

>> Dirty Sacred Rivers, Confronting South Asia's Water Crisis, by Cherly Colopy, Oxford Unversity Press, Rs 1295

Dying springs

Agreement with Nepal

Cleansing solution

Next phase of India's clean coal initiative in the pipeline

"Drowned and dammed: Colonial capitalism and flood control in eastern India

No sewage system in place

Indian rivers will remain filthy because cities plan for water, not sewage

Uranium Rush

'Fight to save Aizawl's river in legends'

Rochamliana, general secretary of the Zoram Research Foundation which works on river restoration, talks on the urgent need to protect the Chite …

NGT slams West Bengal’s Bakreshwar thermal plant for fly ash pollution

Residents from surrounding villages say the ash pond is filled above capacity, causing ash to flow into rivers

BRAZIL

WATER SHARING

At the receiving end

Bangladesh jittery over India's river linking scheme

China denies plan to divert Brahmaputra