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Dams, Barrages and Reservoirs
Cyclone Ockhi hits south-west India
Posted on 05 Dec, 2017 03:51 PMCyclone Ockhi makes landfall, affects Lakshadweep islands, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Alaknanda leaves Uttarakhand villages high and dry
Posted on 27 Oct, 2017 08:17 PMThe river Alaknanda holds a special, sacred place for Indians. One of the two headstreams of the holiest river Ganga, Alaknanda originates from glaciers at the head of the Alaknanda valley in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
The fight for the doomed land
Posted on 04 Oct, 2017 05:36 AMOn January 13, 1957, the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the Hirakud dam, calling it the temple of modern India. It has submerged more than 360 villages (1,23,000 acres of land) and displaced 26,561 families.
Sardar Sarovar dam to submerge 40,000 families
Posted on 19 Sep, 2017 08:44 PMPM Modi inaugurates the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project
Maharashtra gets Rs 60,000 crore for river interlinking
Posted on 13 Sep, 2017 06:34 AMCentre allocates Maharashtra Rs 60,000 crore to link its rivers
India gets new water resources minister
Posted on 05 Sep, 2017 09:10 PMNitin Gadkari takes charge of water resources and Ganga rejuvenation
Draft of groundwater rules signal relaxation
Posted on 08 Aug, 2017 12:23 PMGroundwater rules might get relaxed
Renuka raises crucial questions
Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 05:48 AMWhen I meet Puran Chand, an activist in the forefront of the anti-Renuka dam struggle, he dictates from the two much-thumbed pages of his notebook the several objections he has against the government’s plan for the rehabilitation of people displaced by the Renuka dam.
Guidelines eased for India-Nepal Pancheshwar project
Posted on 27 Jun, 2017 09:04 PMIndia eases assessment guidelines for India-Nepal Pancheshwar project
Government allows closure of Sardar Sarovar dam gates
Posted on 20 Jun, 2017 10:42 AMCentre gives permission to close Sardar Sarovar dam gates