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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

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,…

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

Himachal flash floods: Met warns of more events in mountains of north India

Flash floods and cloudburts have been reported in districts of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, including the Ladakh region

African nations sign agreements to conserve water

Four African nations sign two separate agreements to rejuvenate rivers

Flood on hilltop

Unplanned development is leading to floods in Lonavala. This can stop if the municipality declares it a hill station

A fish moves west

Ten years ago Bangladesh’s rivers were deeper and hilsa plentiful. Silting, dams and pollution pushed the fisher into deep ocean leading to …

Yours unilaterally

Nepal suffers as India builds dykes along a trans-border river without informing the neighbour

Singapore taps its water

The Southeast Asian city-state strives to end its dependence on Malaysia for water

Training engineers, not Ganga

Water proved crucial for BJP’s victory in Maharashtra election

Chief ministerial candidate Devendra Fadnavis was instrumental in unearthing the irrigation scam; many candidates who worked on water …

Saranda forest: new mining projects put on hold

Projects will be considered for forest clearance only after Jharkhand completes comprehensive environmental assessment of the area, says …

Ganga saga part II: redesign dams, not rivers

Just like a forest

Analog forestry mimics a forest to create an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape

Kumbh: time to come clean

Lift your head from the sand

US seeks strict scrutiny of World Bank lending to hydroelectric projects

External evaluation process to ascertain effectiveness of lendings recommended

Lives of others

Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …

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

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 …

New sand mining guidelines call for robust monitoring and sustainable development

The guidelines try to create a balance between preserving ecologically sensitive river habitats and the need for infrastructure

Use these maps to see how dams are destroying rivers across the world

The interative created by a non-profit illustrates shows decades of dam-building has put river basins like the Mississippi, Yangtze, Amazon and …

Supreme Court go-ahead for interlinking rivers

Court had earlier said it would not favour interlinking of rivers if it puts a huge financial burden on the Centre