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No impact assessment study done for Dibang hydropower project
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 10:18 PMThe Dibang Multipurpose Project (DMP) proposed on the Dibang river in Arunachal Pradesh by NHPC Ltd (National Hydro Power Corporation), is slated to be India’s highest dam. A concrete gravity dam that will resist the pressure of impounding water through its own weight, its capacity is 3000 megawatts (MW).
![Public hearing venue at New Anaya](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8584017553_034678a13d_n_0.jpg?itok=SSnxE6KL)
Yamuna’s Delhi
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 07:55 PMHistory tells us cities were settled and abandoned several times in Delhi. But I have not come across an explanation for why the city was repeatedly established at the same site. Surely, the presence of the river Yamuna to the east of Delhi would have been a reason. The Yamuna, though is not a small river; it flows for 1,300 km.
![Yamuna; Source: www.pilgrimageindia.net](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_0.jpg?itok=bVXGDdBS)
IAS officer suspended for targeting illegal sand mining
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:01 PMIAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining
![Sand mining near the Yamuna river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mining.jpg?itok=alGOMcDa)
Making leaders out of farmers
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 10:37 PMThe 1972 drought in Maharashtra affected several villages and talukas. Farmers in Purandhar taluka in Pune district decided to get together and discuss how to improve their situation so that they would not be as severely affected by poor rainfall in the future. Thus was born Pani Panchayat.
![Farmers sharing priceless info Source: Hamsa Iyer](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/100_2673.jpg?itok=VN_-qR00)
Touched by very little water
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 11:54 AMAuthor and conservationist, Anupam Mishra has spent decades promoting water conservation and management. Through his travels across various states of India, he has been studying and teaching the time-tested techniques of rainwater harvesting.
![Kunds and tankas have been used to collect water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kunds.jpg?itok=7cWwToz3)
Fall in love with Tso Moriri
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 07:59 AMThis brackish lake is located 4,595 metres above sea level, an altitude to tax the lungs of the most dedicated trekker. With two wetlands - the Nuro Sumdo on the North, and the Pare Chu on the South - the lake is a breeding ground for many rare bird species. It is a day's travel from Leh and a popular destination for the avid birdwatcher.
![Tso Moriri during spring time](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9258761380_3ed9733ab8.jpg?itok=YHtny9ts)
Forest panel rejects highly opposed dam projects in the Northeast
Posted on 28 Jul, 2013 04:22 PMForest Advisory Committee rejects the controversial Tipaimukh and Dibang hydro-electric projects
![The idyllic Barak river (source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barak_river.jpg?itok=zBqdB-EJ)
Post-monsoon celebrations
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 04:38 PMJune signals the start of the monsoons in many parts of India. Pune and its surrounding areas in Maharashtra have witnessed heavy showers since the first week of June. The rains let up for a weeks time during which I visited a few places on the outskirts of Pune city.
![Ready to plough his fields](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/man_with_plough_and_cattle.jpg?itok=Y171x-RG)
Beware of genetically modified crops!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 01:36 PMWhen the DNA of a plant is modified using genetic engineering techniques or biotechnology, the plant is said to have been genetically modified (GM). What does this mean to you and I? Quite simply, it means that the crop could have undergone this process in order to become something that it wasn't in the first place.
![Protest against BRAI bill Source: Greenpeace](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/greenpeace3.jpg?itok=iSgtUif6)
Water for sale - to the highest bidder!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 01:02 PMDid you know that the planet would die in three days if it ran out of water? Water is a basic necessity and the United Nations recognized the right to it as a basic human right in 2010. Isn’t it ironic that we are still allowing a few utility companies privatise it, speculate over it and control it?
![Rising cost of water Source: K.N. Balraj](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_privatization_0.jpg?itok=vTT7TLyO)