Hydropower

Climate change has resulted in drastic seasonal fluctuations leading to erratic rainfalls and prolonged droughts in India. This has been posing an increasing threat to the agriculture and food security of the country, with increasing stress on rural livelihoods and resources such as land, soil, water and forests.

Humans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA

Construction of 109 Kuhl projects proposed in Himachal, still on papers

Committee warns against raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height

All the world’s a stage and all men and women players in it, said Shakespeare. Kathputli Colony in Delhi is living testimony to this. ‘Kath’ means wood and ‘putli’ is the Hindi word for a doll or puppet.

While 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.

Centre constitutes third expert body to review Uttarakhand dams

Centre gives nod to 170 eco- sensitive zones in the country

Green nod to Arunachal's Dibang project

Over 500 people succumb to killer heat wave