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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
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Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
December 11, 2019
Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
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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
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An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)
Raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height would be disastrous: Committee
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:16 AM

Committee warns against raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height
Sardar Sarovar Dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)
Puppets talk, people listen
A small colony of puppeteers in Delhi 'pull strings' and talk on issues that plague their lives: Water, sanitation and land takeover bids.
Amita Bhaduri
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 10:31 PM

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.
Modern day puppets talk on issues pertaining to real life situations
Two states and a dam row
Latha Anantha of River Research Centre, Thrissur speaks to India Water Portal on the latest developments on the Mullaperiyar dam controversy.
Latha Anantha
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 01:31 PM

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.
Mullaperiyar reservoir (Source: Sibiperiyar, Wikimedia Commons)
Yet another expert body formed to review Uttarakhand hydel project
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Jun, 2015 08:30 PM

Centre constitutes third expert body to review Uttarakhand dams
River Ganga at Kaudiyala, Uttarakhand
Government clears 170 eco-zones across the country
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 Jun, 2015 05:02 AM

Centre gives nod to 170 eco- sensitive zones in the country
The Western Ghats
Protests in Arunachal as Centre clears Dibang project
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 26 May, 2015 09:22 AM

Green nod to Arunachal's Dibang project
People protesting Dibang Project (Source: SANDRP)
Heat wave claims over 500 lives in the country
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 May, 2015 08:24 PM

Over 500 people succumb to killer heat wave
Heat wave engulfs the country (Source: PTI)
Abandoned dams; abandoned people
The National Green Tribunal allowed the ongoing construction on the Kanhar dam to continue despite its many illegalities. Four people who know the situation best explain why we should be disappointed.
Amita Bhaduri
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 19 May, 2015 04:07 PM

Kanhar, 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.
We don't want dams, dams destroy mountains' reads a slogan painted on a wall in Uttarakhand (Image Source: GJ Lingaraj)
Rs. 20,000 crore sanctioned for Ganga clean-up
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 May, 2015 09:17 AM

Centre okays Rs 20,000 crore for the 'Namami Gange' programme
Ganga river at Varanasi
Kanhar: To be or not to be?
The May 7th Kanhar judgement by the National Green Tribunal validated the protesters' claims, but then also allowed the Government to 'complete earlier work'. Isn't the NGT contradicting itself?
Roma Malik
Posted on 17 May, 2015 07:20 AM

The last month has been one of great activity around the illegal construction of the Kanhar dam in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
A destroyed tent after the lathi charge
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