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Let Pinder river flow free - Thousands gather in people's public hearing and vow to oppose the dam
Posted on 15 Apr, 2011 05:16 PMI pray to all my friends, brothers and sisters to not join the company in turning this valley into a monstrosity!” These are the powerful words by Narmada Devi from Village Padmallah that marked the flavor of a peoples' public hearing on the Devsari HEP.
This public hearing on the 3 April 2011 saw strength of 2000 people from all proposed Devsari HEP affected and surrounding villages of the Pinder valley. The hearing was organized by Bhu Swami Sangharsh Samiti and Matu Jan Sangathan and took place at the Sangam Maidan of Block Deval, Tehsil Tharali, District Chomoli, Uttarakhand. Public hearing at Deval was a peoples' response to the project proponent hearing at Chepdu on 20 January 2011.
Please reverse farcical decision of asking developers to do cumulative impact assessment in Sutlej Basin
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 06:57 PMTo
Shri Jairam Ramesh
Union Minister of State (IC) of Environment and Forests,
New Delhi
Respected sir,
Agitation on World Anti-Dam Day - No dam on river Pinder - Update from Ganga - Matu People's Organization
Posted on 29 Mar, 2011 03:12 PM. On the occasion of the World Anti- Dam Day, on March 14, 2011 there was a large demonstration under the banner of Bhu- Swami Sangharsh Samiti and Matu Jansangathan in the three villages which served as venues for the drama of project ‘public hearings’. An effigy of the Land Acquisition Act was also burned by the people.
India’s water sector: The performance and challenges – A presentation by Himanshu Thakker of SANDRP
Posted on 23 Mar, 2011 11:44 PM
The sector is marked by large-scale water development projects like big dams.
Open letter to Jairam Ramesh on POSCO project approval from the Mining Zone People's Solidarity Group
Posted on 28 Feb, 2011 01:45 PM
"The continuing farce called conditional clearances" - Dams, Rivers and People
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 10:55 AM
Activists arrested while protesting against dams on the river Mandakini - Press release by the MATU Jan Sangathan
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 02:17 PM
Non-compliance of dam agencies in construction of hydro-electric projects in Himachal Pradesh - A photo-essay by SANDRP
Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 03:02 PM
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Private water supply, sanitation and hydropower projects and reforms projects involving privatisation and commercialisation in India - Database by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra
Posted on 31 Jan, 2011 11:16 PMThe database has been developed as a part of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra's engagement in comprehensive monitoring, research and analysis of policies, programs and projects relating to privatisation/commercialisation of water sector.
We are not doing a true cost-benefit analysis of hydropower dams in India - Interview with Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Posted on 28 Jan, 2011 05:46 PM
Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala, past faculty at IIM, Bangalore, holds a doctorate in Economics. He has been working persistently on economic impacts of hydropower dams, applying the concepts of environmental economics to arrive at some interesting results.
His latest book, ‘Economics of River Flows: Lessons from Dam Removals from America’ analyses dam decommissioning examples from the United States and raises some pertinent questions about costs benefit analysis of dams in India. His earlier book, ‘Economics of Hydropower’ raised questions about economic efficiency, viability and sustainability of Hydropower Dams in India.
Parineeta Dandekar, IWP, talks with him on some of these issues.
Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala can be contacted at: bharatjj@gmail.com