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What ails Irrigation in Karnataka – Recent CAG reports
Guest Blog by Himanshu Upadhyaya (himanshugreen@gmail.com) What ails irrigation in India is probably a frequently asked question. It was asked in an illustrative article in Economic and Political...
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Breach in Chamarbandha Embankment in Samastipur-1958
Above: Samastipur Floods 2013 Photo: RailIndia Guest blog by Dr Dinesh Kumar Mishra[1] (dkmishra108@gmail.com) Background There was an unexpectedly heavy flood during 1953 in Bihar that led the State...
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Lawlessness in Maharashtra’s Water Sector
Above: Increasing height of a dam which holds no water Photo: Parineeta Dandekar Guest post by Pradeep Purandare, pradeeppurandare@gmail.com Irrigation Laws in Maharashtra: Politics of...
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ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS IN INDIAN RIVERS
Above: Dead river Yamuna at Mawi (Panipat) in Haryana (Photo by Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan) Guest Blog by: Manoj Misra (yamunajiye@gmail.com) A perennial river that does not flow is no river. This is because...
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DAMS, RIVERS & PEOPLE Jan 2015 and Feb-March 2015 issues
The Jan 2015 issue of DRP magazine can be found at: https://sandrp.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/drp-jan-2015.pdf. The Feb March 2015 issue of DRP magazine can be found at:...
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Krishna Marathwada Project: A costly pipe dream?
It was a blazing hot afternoon, made hotter by the subconscious association of Marathwada with all things dry, parched and drought-struck. I was standing on the half completed dam wall of the...
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Reflections on the Origin of the Kosi Project
Guest blog by Dr Dinesh Kumar Mishra[i] (dkmishra108@gmail.com) I was recently trying to look into the flood history of Bihar’s post-independence period and came across this interesting article by Hari...
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Pranahita Chevella Project: What it means for the affected people in Maharashtra
Above: A farmer family crosses the Pranahita river close to the Pranahita-Chevella project barrage site. Photo: Harpal Singh, The Hindu Shivni is a small village of about 700-800 population in...
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Diminishing Returns from Large Hydropower projects in India
Above: Graph showing how the power generation per MW installed Hydro Capacity has been doing down over the last two decades As per the latest power generation figures just released by the Central...
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Cumulative Impact Assessment of Tawang Basin: Highlights from the NEHU Study
“We want sacred rivers of Tawang to flow freely, not inside Tunnels!” What makes the assertion on this banner more remarkable is the fact that the people holding it up are not fiery activists, but...
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Blow by Blow, how pollution kills the Yamuna river: A Field Trip Report
Yamuna River from Hathini Kund Barrage to Delhi (All maps from Google Earth, created by author) A field trip along the Yamuna River this April 2015 showed how the river is killed blow...
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MoWR report on “Assessment of E-Flows” is welcome, needs urgent implementation
A three member committee set up by the Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR for short) has submitted a report in March 2015, which makes welcome...
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Yamuna Augmentation Canal Breach – Man-made Disaster?
A 75 feet wide breach on right bank of Yamuna Augmentation Canal (AC) has drowned vast agricultural land area belonging to three villages of Alahar, Palewala and Nachron falling under Radaur block of...
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Changing profile of India’s Hydro Power Import from Bhutan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been saying to Nepal and others that Bhutan is a good example to show how a country can prosper from hydropower generation and export. During his trip to Bhutan in June...
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Par-Tapi-Narmada Link: Divided States, United Tribals
Above: Just a few hundred meters upstream the proposed Jhari Dam, a tribal woman struggles to find water in the dry Par river bed Photo: Parineeta Dandekar Village of Jhari at the northern most corner...
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Nepal’s Everest sinking 7.9 Earthquake of April 25-2015: Himalayan warning
The massive Nepal earthquake of 7.9 intensity (Richter scale) on April 25, 2015 with epicenter 77 km north-west of Kathmandu in Nepal is a major noteworthy event in the Himalayas which also has...
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Maharashtra Groundwater Authority: Can it save the state from deep trouble?
(Photo from Outlook) Harischandra Yerme from Latur (Maharashtra) sunk not one or two but 60 borewells in his field in Marathwada in the hope of finding water for his orchard. None of these 60 borewells...
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Phutkal landslide dam bursts in Zanskar valley, flood creates extensive damage
Marking a significant failure of India’s Disaster Management apparatus, the massive dam created by landslide on the Phutkal River in Zanskar Valley[1] in Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir burst on...
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Maletha; Redefining ‘Development’ to Protect Cultural and Natural Heritage
About Maletha Placed in middle Himalaya, Maletha[1] is a prosperous village of about 450 households in Tehri district of Uttarakhand. The village is settled next to National Highway 58, on right bank...
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हिंडन जगाने के लिए जानना जरूरी
Guest blog by Arun Tiwari (amethiarun@gmail.com) हिंडन के नाम पर यात्रायें हुईं। हिंडन के नाम पर संस्थायें बनी। हिंडन के नाम पर आज अपार्टमेंट हैं; प्रतिष्ठान हैं; पत्रिका है; पार्क हैं; नारे हैं; अनशन...
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