Dams, Barrages and Reservoirs

Remove troops from Siachen: Pakistan

Sukal Singh is 50 years old and is the only earning person of his five-member family. Suresh Barman works as a labourer supporting a 13-member family. Bhagirat and Gorelal Bhavedi are rickshaw-pullers supporting a 7-member family each.

Environment activists unite against the 'Statue of Unity'

Gujarat government culls protest against weir on the Narmada river

37% of the Western Ghats "ecologically sensitive"

Oustees of the Indrasagar and Omkareshwar dam protest in six villages in Madhya Pradesh protest in the form of Jalsatyagraha (mode of Satyagragha is by standing in water). This protest that began on 1st of September is spread across the three districts of Harda, Khanda and Dewas when the backwater that submerged the land of 254 villages caused displacement of 50,000 families.

Chromium afflicts borewells in India's largest industrial area

POLICY MATTERS

200-crore penalty for Adani's Mundra port

Water level in Tehri dam near danger mark

‘Fly-ash’ refers to fine particles of ash sent up by the burning of solid fuel-like coal. Typically, this is the residue of ash generated by thermal power companies. Due to its toxic nature, the government has mandated that fly-ash must be dumped in ash ponds, which are specially made on vacant lands.