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February 12, 2021
Need to revamp developmental planning in the Uttarakhand hills
The havoc points to the faultlines in the developmental planning of ecologically sensitive areas.
The glacial burst in Chamoli is nature’s way of telling the state not to play havoc with the local ecology. (Image: Down to Earth)
December 26, 2019
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Policy matters this week
The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
December 19, 2019
Only one out of five river basins in the country resilient to climate change: Study
News this week
Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
December 11, 2019
Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
News this week
Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
December 6, 2019
Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
A report by the India Rivers Forum highlights the need to focus further than the main stem of the Ganga river.
Distant snow clad mountains, the smaller hills and the Ganga river (Image: Srimoyee Banerjee, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
November 27, 2019
CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
Policy matters this week
An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)
Traditional water mills to solve Arunachal's growing power crisis
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 04 Mar, 2024 03:01 PM

Traditional water mills can be a promising solution to Arunachal's growing power crisis
A traditional watermill in Himachal Pradesh. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Bridging disparities: India's hydropower dilemma
Hydropower in India: Navigating the currents of opportunity and adversity
Maria Siddiqui
Posted on 30 Sep, 2023 04:33 PM

The integral role of dams in shaping modern India, as highlighted in India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's speech where he referred to them as the 'temples of modern India,' is undeniable.
Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project is built across the Chenab River at Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir (Image: ICIMOD)
Demand for work under MGNREGA rises as monsoon plays truant
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 17 Sep, 2023 12:15 PM

Rural job demand under MGNREGA rises as monsoon plays truant
Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
NITI Aayog panel likely to propose incentives for water efficiency
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 15 Apr, 2023 11:32 AM

NITI Aayog panel likely to propose incentives for efficient use of water
Solutions that enable comprehensive reductions in water in agriculture (Image: WallpaperFlare)
Prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 01 Apr, 2023 04:49 PM

House panel suggests prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
Over exploitation of groundwater is due to wide cultivation of water guzzler paddy and sugarcane crops (Image: Thamizhpparithi Maari, Wikimedia Commons)
Decentralised solar transforming rural India
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 02 Mar, 2023 09:51 PM

Decentralised solar is transforming rural India
Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Study reveals Indian dams to lose 26% water storage capacity by 2050
Annually, the globally averaged losses amount to approximately 0.36% of initial global storage capacity.
Duminda Perera
Spencer Williams
Vladimir Smakhtin
Posted on 08 Feb, 2023 05:13 PM

Reservoir sedimentation is often seen as a site-specific process and is usually assessed at an individual reservoir level. At the same time, it takes place everywhere in the world. However, estimates of storage losses globally are largely lacking.
Hirakud Dam is the longest dam in India (Image: India Water Portal)
Odisha’s untapped renewable energy potential
iFOREST proposed a target of ‘30 GW Renewable Energy by 2030’ for Odisha
iFOREST
Posted on 17 Sep, 2022 04:10 PM

The International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST) organized a major conference last month in Bhubaneshwar to start a dialogue on Odisha’s new Renewable Energy (RE) policy for 2022-30. Odisha’s present RE Policy was introduced in 2016, and is set to lapse at the end of 2022.
Experts stressed on the need to remove barriers related to land, procedure, institutional capacity and finance, to attract investments in the sector (Image: Aiseinau, Wikimedia Commons)
Etalin hydroelectric project: Centre grants nod, FAC approval awaited
Policy matters this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Jun, 2022 01:20 PM

Despite concerns, Etalin hydropower project gets government nod, FAC yet to give clearance
Upper Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
India's rank continue to fall in the global SDGs Report
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Jun, 2022 12:03 PM

India ranks 121 in the global Sustainable Development Report, 2022
Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 as a part of the 2030 agenda. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
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