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Comments on HLWG Report submitted to Ministry of Environment and Forests
This post is based on a submission made by SANDRP and our colleagues on the HLWG Report on Western Ghats. 20th May 2013 is the last date to submit comments on this. Comments need to be sent to:...
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Upper Ganga Report with Pro Hydro Bias does not do justice to its terms or to...
Summary A month after its submission to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, the Inter Ministerial Group on Upper Ganga basin Hydropower projects and Ganga river in general is yet to be put...
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EAC’s norms for Eflows need to Change: Submission from civil society
The following submission has been sent to the Expert Appraisal Committee, River Valley and Hydro Power Projects, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India. The current norms recommended by EAC while...
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NDMA Commissioned IIT Roorkee Study on Brahmaputra River Erosion: A Biased...
Pic: 1 Erosion in Rohmoria in the Upstream of Dibrugarh. Source: The Assam Tribune The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has recently published a report named “Study of Brahmaputra...
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Dams as Pawns: Bhama Askhed, Pune
On 9 April, 2013, the Bombay High Court, in response to a PIL filed by Mohol Taluka Shetkari Sangh ordered the Water Resources Department (WRD) of the Government of Maharashtra to release ‘sufficient’...
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Where is Maharashtra’s Raju Swami?
This is from, arguably, India’s most celebrated movie, where a reluctant, accidental swami is trapped into going on a fast-unto-death for bringing rains to a drought stricken place. His this fast...
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2012 Floods Displaced 6.9 Million in Northeast-IDMC: Staggering but Highly...
According to a new report, the largest climate induced displacement in the world for the year 2012 happened Cover of the IDMC Report on Disaster Induced Displacement in two states of Northeast India,...
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Review of “Water Conflicts in Northeast India – A Compendium of Case...
Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India (Forum hereafter) has published its latest compendium titled ‘Water Conflicts in Northeast India – A Compendium of Case Studies.’ Forum since its...
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PM kick starts 850 MW Ratle Project in J&K without full Impact Assessment:...
On the 25th June 2013, when unprecedented floods were ravaging Uttarakhand, Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone of 850 MW Ratle Hydroelectric Project, being developed...
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CWC Flood Forecast for Assam: Issues Started Arriving before Floods
The season of flood havoc has just started in Assam. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority in its daily report published on 28th June 2013, stated that in the last 24 hours 55 villages in...
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No Chief Minister Sir, we are not doing social/ecological assessment of large...
Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was the Chief Guest for one day symposium regarding water management in Maharashtra organised by the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune...
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HydroPower Performance in Indus Basin
Indus river rises in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs...
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Hydropower Generation Performance in Sutlej River Basin
The Sutlej River Basin is the major part of Indus River Basin. It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River. It rises near the Darma Pass near Mansarovar Lake, enters the Zarkar range and flows...
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Serious question marks over the SIT under Dr. Chitale
Pradeep Purandare, Retd. Associate Professor, Water and Land Management Institute, Aurangabad writes about the basic problems and limitations of the Special Investigation Team, under the...
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Can an unjustified dam submerging 1000 ha. be encouraged only because its...
Submission to the Forest Advisory Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests urging them not to grant Forest Clearance to Kikvi Drinking water supply Dam coming up in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, in the...
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Uttarakhand: Existing, under construction and proposed Hydropower Projects:...
As Uttarakhand faced unprecedented flood disaster and as the issue of contribution of hydropower projects in this disaster was debated, questions for which there have been no clear answers were, how...
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Dams in Western Ghats: Nardawe Dam, Sindhudurga, Maharashtra
Through this series, will be trying to publish issues related to dams in the World Heritage site of Western Ghats. The dilemma of Conservation Vs Development of this ‘most populated biodiversity...
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Brahmaputra – The Beautiful River or The Battleground?
The Brahmaputra River geologically, is the youngest among the major rivers in the world yet it is known as a moving ocean. The river Brahmaputra travels 2880 km from its origin in the young Himalayan...
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CAG blows the lid off Massive irrigation scam in Andhra Pradesh
Summary points: As on March 2012, Rs 80,000 crores spent on the projects under Jalyagnam, which was launched in the year 2004 by the then CM Rajshekhar Reddy, involving 86 projects involving cost of...
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Uttarakhand Disaster: MoEF should suspend Clearances to Hydropower projects...
Letter to MEF: Suspend ECs to Hydropower Projects in Uttarakhand Institute independent enquiry into the role of HEPs in increasing the disaster in Uttarakhand July 20, 2013 To 1. Union Minister of...
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