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Conflicts
Water sharing: Beyond economic concerns
Posted on 15 Nov, 2016 11:49 AMThe Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin is the third largest river flow system in the world with an annual runoff about 1,150 billion cubic meters (BCM) and the peak outflow of 1,41,000 cumecs.
NGT raps Delhi government over air pollution
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:59 AMEnvironment minister calls Delhi pollution 'emergency situation'
Sutlej Yamuna Link canal row intensifies
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:44 AMSC sets aside Punjab's order quashing water-sharing agreement with Haryana
At home, in the wetland
Posted on 10 Nov, 2016 10:01 PMLong necked, rosy white birds with heavy pink bills stand etched across the horizon. These are the flamingos that fly miles from across Iran’s Caspian Sea and the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, to reach the inland waters of Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu.
Angry, swirling waters
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:55 PM“The gravity of the Kedarnath disaster in June 2013, which killed thousands of people, shocked the public almost to the point of numbness”... begins the forward by Bill Aitken in Hridayesh Joshi’s account of the disaster Rage of the river: The untold story of the Kedarnath disaster. It’s a sentence which will whirl in your mind while you read Joshi’s book.
Should wildlife suffer in the name of water?
Posted on 06 Nov, 2016 09:47 PMSet in India-ka-dil, Madhya Pradesh, is the unending expanse of Panna.
Maha battle over water
Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 12:07 PMIt’s a battle that dates back to 1957. Two states of India--Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Odisha--have fought fiercely over the water of the Mahanadi they share. When Chhattisgarh was carved out of MP in 2000, it inherited both the Mahanadi and the conflict with Odisha over its water.
Yettinahole project clearance hits a roadblock
Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 10:46 PMForest clearance to Yettinahole project gets challenged
Get your facts right, get them to act right
Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 05:37 PMHasdeo Arand illustrates all that is wrong with the coal mining industry today. This ancient and dense forest in Chattisgarh, inhabited by several tribes, was once famous for being an elephant corridor. Since 2013, the area has worn a different face.
When neighbours fight for water
Posted on 25 Oct, 2016 02:12 PMWith recent reports of China blocking a tributary of the Brahmaputra in Tibet to construct its most expensive hydro project, the Assam government has been worried.