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Riverfront Development in India: Cosmetic make up on deep wounds
There is a rush of riverfront development schemes in India. We have heard of Sabarmati Riverfront development being drummed many times, followed by the proposed rejuvenation of Ganga, supposedly on...
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Yettinahole Diversion DPR: New Avataar, old problems
River Netravathi in the upper reaches Photo: Parineeta Dandekar, SANDRP Like a many-headed serpent, Yettinahole (Netravathi) Diversion Project refuses to die. Every time one of its head is cut, it...
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Climate Change and Agriculture: Where is the National Mission on Sustainable...
Adaptive Agriculture: A mix of Millets, Corn, Legumes and Vegetables grown by tribals in the same plot. Photo: Aparna Pallavi, Down to Earth When the farmers were losing their crop due to less or no...
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Whither Riverfront Development? A photo tour of Sabarmati River
Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project has converted the Sabarmati River into an urban space by reclaiming nearly 200 ha of land and displacing nearly 10000 people. Concrete embankment walls of...
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Ganga and Varanasi’s Waste-water Management: Why has it remained such an...
Guest blog by: Dr Kelly D. Alley (ALLEYKD@auburn.edu), Auburn University, USA Varanasi is newsworthy these days, situated symbolically and politically in the new Prime Minister’s agenda. In his victory...
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Review of environment laws is necessary – But the TSR Subramanian HLC lacks...
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MEFCC) in the BJP led new government at the centre has, through Office Memorandum (OM no 22-15/2014-IA.III) dated Aug 29, 2014 constituted...
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World Rivers Day and Ganga: A look at Farakka Barrage and other such calamities
Last Sunday of every September is celebrated as ‘World Rivers Day’. It is a recent phenomenon, but in many senses more significant than World Water Day. While ‘Water’ is seen more as a resource than...
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Photo Essay on the impacts of blasting and tunneling for hydropower projects...
Guest Blog by: Sumit Mahar (sumitmahar.12@gmail.com), Him Dhara Environment Research and Action Collective, Himachal Pradesh [1] Tunneling for hydropower project using the blasting technique can have...
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Photo Essay on the impacts of blasting and tunneling for hydropower projects...
Guest Blog by: Sumit Mahar (sumitmahar.12@gmail.com), Him Dhara Environment Research and Action Collective, Himachal Pradesh [1] Tunneling for hydropower project using the blasting technique can have...
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Narmada Estuary: Hilsa, other Fish and Fisher people need protection
Pungent fishy smell is the first thing that grabs your attention in Bhadbhut village in Bharuch District of Gujarat, which lies on the estuary of the mighty Narmada River, as it meets the Arabian Sea....
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Hydropower in Himachal: Do we even know the costs?
The state of Himachal Pradesh has a hydropower potential of almost 23,000 MW, which is about one-sixth of the country’s total potential[1]. In a bid to harness it, the state authorities seem to have...
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Uttarakhand Hydropower: No lessons learnt from June 2013 disaster
Uttarakhand is another hotbed for the setting up of dams in order to utilize its claimed potential of about 27,000 MW. The government is overlooking the damage these will cause to the already fragile...
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Manipulating Environment & Forest Clearances for Dibang Project: Déjà vu:...
Every possible violation of norms, procedures, law and democratic governance is being committed in pushing clearances for the India’s largest capacity hydropower project, which involves India’s highest...
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Strengthen and not dilute Environment Laws: Submission to the MEF’s HLC to...
Guest Blog by: Ritwick Dutta (ritwickdutta@gmail.com) Environmental Lawyer, Managing Trustee, Legal Imitative for Forest and Environment, New Delhi The review of Environmental Law is currently being...
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MoEFCC orders “Don’t Ask Additional information unless Inevitable” (Or: “Just...
How recent orders and guidelines issued by MoEFCC to "streamline" clearances are missing main problems of the system in their bid to please the industry.
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Press Release: “INDIA RIVERS WEEK”, FROM 24-27 NOV 2014. First IRW to be held...
A recent appraisal has found that there is no river in any of the top 50 cities in the country which is not sick or dying with river Yamuna in Delhi-Mathura-Agra and Ganga in Kanpur-Varanasi-Patna...
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National Green Tribunal’s Fourth Foundation Day: Why such a pro hydro bias?
The National Green Tribunal, NGT marked its 4th Foundation Day on 18 October 2014, with an impressive fanfare. A full day function was organized at the Plenary hall of the capital’s iconic Vigyan...
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A RIVER MAP FOR REJUVENATING GANGA
(Above: River Ganga at Rishikesh Photo with thanks from Ramesh Rawat, India Travelz) - Guest Blog by: Manoj Misra (manojmisra@peaceinst.org. Author is the Convener of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan) A ‘road...
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Dibang Insensitivity Analysis : FAC recommendation can destroy 4577 ha rich...
Reaching exasperating lows of environment decision making, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC is a statutory body of the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) formed under the...
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YAMUNA IS ‘HOT’: But JICA’s two decades of failure to rejuvenate Yamuna won’t...
Above: Dead river Yamuna at Mawi, Panipat Photo: Yamuna Jiya Abhiyan ~ Guest Blog by Manoj Misra (yamunajiye@gmail.com) Ganga is hotter but Yamuna is hot too, with a number of suitors now trying to...
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