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Conflicts
Two states and a dam row
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 01:31 PMWhile the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have opposing stands on the Mullaperiyar dam, civil society actors have provided alternatives to the old dam whose decommissioning is bound to happen sooner or later. They have also pointed out the inappropriateness of building a new dam on Mullaperiyar.
Protests in Arunachal as Centre clears Dibang project
Posted on 26 May, 2015 09:22 AMGreen nod to Arunachal's Dibang project
Heat wave claims over 500 lives in the country
Posted on 25 May, 2015 08:24 PMOver 500 people succumb to killer heat wave
Abandoned dams; abandoned people
Posted on 19 May, 2015 04:07 PMKanhar, 1976; Polavaram 1941. These are just two of the several dam projects that were proposed decades ago but are yet to see the light of day.
India readies for a poor monsoon due to strong possibility of El Nino
Posted on 18 May, 2015 08:59 PMIndia prepares to fight the impacts of El Nino
Kanhar: To be or not to be?
Posted on 17 May, 2015 07:20 AMThe last month has been one of great activity around the illegal construction of the Kanhar dam in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
SC denies land to Coca-Cola in Chharba, Uttarakhand
Posted on 05 May, 2015 11:30 AMAfter Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand also bids goodbye to Coca Cola
Don't forget this Ambedkar Jayanti
Posted on 04 May, 2015 06:40 PMIf Babasaheb Ambedkar had been alive today -- April 14, 2015 -- he would have been 125 years old. In the predominantly tribal and dalit district of Sonbhadra, it was natural that Gambhira Prasad, President of the Kanhar Bandh Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti (KBVSS), decided to mark the day.
Niyamagiri hills get temporary respite from Vedanta
Posted on 03 May, 2015 07:09 PMThe Niyamagiri hills in the Eastern Ghats is peopled by indigenous groups such as the Dongria and Kutia Kondhs -- or 'primitive tribal groups’ in official phrasing. For them, these hills which spread over 300 sq kms in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in southwestern Orissa, is the sacred abode of Niyamraja, their God.
Embankments: Engineering solutions or problems?
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 05:12 PMMahananda, a major River of north Bihar rises in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It meets the Ganga after a journey of 376 km through the flat lands of Bihar, West Bengal and Bangladesh. It would spill its banks because of the flat slopes, causing deluge and waterlogging in the Katihar district of Bihar.