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The Socio-Ecological Effects of Small Hydropower Development in Himachal Pradesh

June 8, 2014, 1:25 am
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Introduction This article is part one of a two part summary of the results of a study on the socio-ecological impacts of privatized, small, run-of-the-river hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh.[1]  It is based on field research conducted in 2012 on...
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The Socio-Ecological Impacts of Small Hydropower Projects in Himachal Pradesh Part-2

June 11, 2014, 1:24 am
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-Prof J. Mark Baker (JMark.Baker@humboldt.edu), Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA Introduction This post is the second of a two part summary of the results of a study on the socio-ecological impacts of privatized, small, run-of-the-river hydropower projects in Himachal...
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Nadiya Bairi Bhayi…

June 11, 2014, 11:18 pm
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In a classical Thumri rendition, Ustad Rashid Khan sings about how a river, which was once a friend, has turned into a foe…Nadiya Bairi Bhayi.. Something similar is happening at a number of places in India, where the river, a...
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Why is Government of India indulging in this unwarranted & unnecessary act of raising SSP Dam height?

June 12, 2014, 4:19 am
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Why this hurry to submerge tribals and farmers under Narmada waters? In a shocking decision[1] on June 12, 2014, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA), headed by the secretary, Union Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), & which includes secretary of Ministry...
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Gawadewadi: A success story of participatory small scale water conservation

June 12, 2014, 11:38 pm
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Background Clean roads, lush green farms and wells having water even at the peak of summer is what one notices when one enters Gawdewadi Village of Ambegaon Taluka in Pune Distrct. Ralegan Siddhi and Hiware Bazar villages of Maharashtra are...
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Uttarakhand flood disaster of June 2013: Lest we forget the experience and its lessons

June 15, 2014, 10:23 pm
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June 16, 2014 This is a sad day, reminding us of the Uttarakhand disaster that began on this day a year ago. The disaster was triggered by unseasonal and heavy rainfall in which indicates a clear footprint of climate change....
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Press Release:21.06.14: RAMPANT ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS OF MAHARASHTRA WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT

June 20, 2014, 3:11 am
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Press Release:                                          ___________                                                                21.06.14 RAMPANT ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS OF MAHARASHTRA WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT: STATE FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT DEPT AND CENTRAL MOEF NEED TO TAKE URGENT ACTION A shocking expose by the CAG Report on Management of Irrigation Projects in Maharashtra, 2014,...
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Ganga in Peril: Building more barrages will finish it off

June 26, 2014, 11:21 pm
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By Anil Prakash Rivers are not simply rivers, but they are our cultural life lines. Freshwater of rivers, fertile land on either side and island inside them, living beings, plants and vegetation and millions and millions of human beings, laughing...
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Clean chit by the Chitale SIT Report on Maha Irrigation Scam?

June 28, 2014, 1:55 am
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 Ye jo Public hai, Ye sab Jaanti hai! The much debated SIT Committee Report headed by Dr. Madhavrao Chitale was finally tabled in the State Assembly on the last day of the Assembly in the evening on the 11th June...
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“If its peaking, its not an ROR!” Interview with Dr. Thomas Hardy, IAHR and Texas State University

July 1, 2014, 12:20 am
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At the 10th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics in Trondheim, Norway in June 2014, SANDRP talked with Dr. Thomas Hardy, Past President of the Ecohydraulics Section of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), and The Meadows Center for...
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What do Rivers have to do with Silt??

July 3, 2014, 2:17 am
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Rivers are again in the news, though so far only for symptomatic reasons. The new government at the centre has renamed the charge of water resources minister to Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. There is fundamental...
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How do dams affect a river?

July 4, 2014, 1:44 am
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That sounds like a rather innocent question and I was asked to write an article, addressing it. But before we go into that, let us try and understand a few things. Firstly, what is a River? Let us first try...
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NHPC’s “controversial child” URI II Hydro Project: Some Facts

July 4, 2014, 7:26 am
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Full page advertisements in most  National newspapers in the national capital and possibly in Jammu & Kashmir announced on July 4, 2014 that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the 240 MW URI II hydropower project...
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Response to SANDRP blog: On Sediments & Rivers

July 5, 2014, 4:45 am
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Dr Dinesh Kumar Mishra (dkmishra108@gmail.com) Read the article by Thakkar and Dandekar[1] on sediments with great interest. The basic duty assigned by nature to any river  is to build land (nearest word is delta formation), transport the water falling on...
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Flow for Worship, Flow for Money: Water Wheels and Hydropower in Bhutan

July 8, 2014, 12:01 am
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Countries like Bhutan, Nepal, parts of Tibet and parts of India like Sikkim have some lovely Buddhist traditions linked to the nature. On the edges of forests, overlooking valleys and atop majestic mountains flutter tiny colorful prayer flags. Inside Dzongs, fixed prayer...
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Will this Ganga manthan help the River?

July 8, 2014, 3:46 am
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The one day Ganga Manthan[1] organized by the National Mission for Clean Ganga on July 7, 2014 was described by Union Minister[2] Sushri Uma Bharti & Union Minister[3] Shri Nitin Gadkari as “Historical”. The Union Environment Minister, who has one...
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Pauk, Heo, Tato-I Hydropower projects: CISMHE’s shoddy EIAs Seven Big hydro on third order tributary of Brahmaputra!

July 9, 2014, 12:46 am
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India is well aware of fury of ‘Mighty Brahmaputra’[i]! The 2900 KM long river is prone to catastrophic flooding in monsoon when the Himalayan snows also melt. It is a classic example of a braided river and is highly susceptible...
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Rivers and Water in Union Budget 2014-15

July 10, 2014, 5:22 am
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In the first annual budget (for the year 2014-15) presented by the new NDA government at the centre on July 10, 2014, it is generally bad news for Ganga and other rivers. Below we have given various provisions on water...
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Good, bad and ugly – YJA ‘green’ take on the Union Budget 2014-15

July 11, 2014, 3:59 am
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Manoj Misra, YAMUNA JIYE ABHIYAAN (yamunajiye@gmail.com) Here is OUR TAKE ON VARIOUS PROVISIONS IN THE UNION BUDGET for 2014-15 presented by Union Finance Minister of Government of India in Parliament on July 10, 2014. This is focused on provisions related to Urban Sector. In what followed, I have given the...
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Guesstimating a Future: Questioning Knowledge Formation, Expertise and ‘development’ in Post Independence India            

July 11, 2014, 10:55 pm
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-Ramya Swayamprakash (ramya.swayamprakash@gmail.com) Large dams represent a gamut of ideas around the asocial and apolitical nature of water itself, i.e., ‘modern water’[1], expert control, and national space that are stitched together to yield hydraulic bureaucracies or hydrocracies. In the 20th century,...
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