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Digging deeper into water scarcity after watershed development
Above: Watershed measures in Maharashtra Photo: WOTR ~ Guest Post by Zareen Pervez Bharucha Farmer after farmer had the same story: fields were parched, wells were empty, it was painful to see the...
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Yettinahole diversion Project (literally) holds no water
Above: The modest Yettinahole Stream, close to location of proposed weir. Photo: Parineeta Dandekar ~~~ Debate over Yettinahole Diversion Project has been raging in Karnataka for more than two years...
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International Day for Biological Diversity, 2015: Biodiversity Rich Rivers...
May 22 has been proclaimed as the International Day for Biological Diversity by the United Nations (https://www.cbd.int/idb/). The theme for this year’s celebration is Sustainable Development[1]....
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Why the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project continues to remain a threat
Srinagar of my thought A recent trip to Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal was educative and eventful. Myself belonging to border areas of Pauri District, I had heard village people often talking of Srinagar in...
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Dams, Rivers & People News Update (April-May 2015)
HYDROPOWER Time is now ripe for a power fund: Piyush Goyal (18 May 2015) Union Power Minister makes some candid comments on Hydro: “Right now, hydel is almost stalled. We have Teesta stuck for various...
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Dams, Rivers & People News Update: June 1, 2015
Dams, Rivers & People News Update (22-31 May 2015) HYDROPOWER NORTH EAST: Hydel project scam unearthed in Mizoram; 16 govt. engineers facing criminal investigation (27 May 2015)...
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Remembering Wetlands on World Environment Day
Above: Wetlands in Western Ghats Photo: Parineeta Dandekar On this World Environment Day, a number of images leap to mind from the past year: Prime Minister of India performing the famous Ganga Arati...
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Dams, Rivers & People News Bulletin, June 8, 2015
HYDROPOWER Hydro power to be stressed due to deficit monsoon this year: Piyush Goyal (03 June 2015) The minister rightly mentions that failed monsoon on one hand will curtail power generation from...
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श्रीनगर जलविद्युत परियोजना पर 2013 की तबाही के दो सालों बाद की रिपोर्ट मई 2015
Guest Blog by विमलभाई (bhaivimal@gmail.com) उत्तराखंड में अलकनंदा नदी पर 330 मेगावाट की श्रीनगर जलविद्युत परियोजना बनाने वाली जी0वी0के0 बांध कम्पनी द्वारा लापरवाही से श्रीनगर बांध की मिट्टी डंप नहीं कि...
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Dams, Rivers & People News Bulletin June 15, 2015
HYDROPOWER Nothing covert about it: We think of northeast India only as a frontier (12 June 2015) BRILLIANT and yet VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING piece from Nitin Sethi: “Take the case of dams in Himalayas....
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Book Review: Why call Ganga a Machine?
Guest Blog by Ramya Swayamprakash (ramya.swayamprakash@gmail.com) BOOK REVIEW: Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India’s Ancient River. Anthony Acciavatti; Applied Research + Design Publishing, 402...
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Two years of Uttarakhand Flood Disaster of June 2013: Why is state & centre...
Its two years since Uttarakhand faced its worst ever flood disaster during June 15-17, 2013. We remember such tragedies to ensure that we learn the necessary lessons. So that in future such tragedies...
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Dams, Rivers & People News Bulletin, June 22, 2015
HYDROPOWER HIMACHAL: Himachal Pradesh engineers blames untrained engineers and human errors responsible for growing numbers of hydro power project mishaps (15 June 2015) HP engineers say that the board...
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Smart Cities need Smart Governance more than heavy infrastructure
The Center has just unveiled Implementation Guidelines of three of its biggest schemes so far 100 Smart Cities, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Housing for All today....
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Krishna Marathwada Scheme receives Environmental Clearance WITHOUT Water...
Why is the Maharashtra Govt and the MoEF misleading people of Marathwada? Press Release 29.06.15 On the 24th June 2015, the Union Ministry for Forests, Environment and Climate Change (MoEF for short)...
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Dams, Rivers & People News Bulletin, June 29, 2015
HYDROPOWER UTTARAKHAND: Constructing new dams will hinder mission to clean Ganga, says Uma Bharti Flagging her concerns against the major culprit (hydro-power projects), the Union water resources...
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Dams, Rivers & People News Bulletin, July 06, 2015
HYDROPOWER NORTH-EAST: ARUNACHAL PRADESH: 4 hydroelectric projects including 2000 MW Subansiri denied environmental clearance (02 July 2015) ” The committee also noted that public hearings for the...
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NGT Quashes MoEF’s Office Memoranda on violating projects: Large number of...
Press Release 08.07.2015 In a landmark judgement, the Hon. National Green Tribunal has quashed the Office...
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Yamuna fighting existential battle in the homeland as Govt. speeds up...
Contrary to common mindset that Yamuna River is still flowing pristine in Himalaya, an exploratory visit (23-27 June 2015) inside Yamuna Valley underlines that construction of 120 MW Vyashi Hydro...
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Why Vishnuprayag and other Uttarakhand Hydro Projects continue to affect two...
In the last week of June 2015, there were widespread rains in Uttarakhand, accompanied by warning by the Dehradun Met Department. The pilgrimage to Kedarnath and Badrinath was affected with massive...
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