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Beautiful but Dry: Dug-Wells of Marathwada in the times of drought
I was looking at a piece of blue sky, from the insides of a step-well. The well was stunning. Perfect. An example of appropriate technology which blended with its surroundings while enhancing it. “This...
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DRP News Bulletin 18 Jan.16 (MoEF Expert Committee on Dams continues to...
MoEF Expert Committee on Dams continues to ignore democratic norms The minutes of the 90th meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee on River Valley and Hydropower projects held on Dec 22-23, 2015,...
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Maharashtra’s Water Sector in 2015: Did anything change with the government?
Above: A huge protest march against water release to Marathwada Photo: Zee 24 Taas In 2015, with the change in the ruling party after 15 long years, Maharashtra had a massive opportunity to break free...
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DRP News Bulletin 25 Jan. 2016 (Save & Grow: FAO supports SRI)
“Save & Grow” FAO supports SRI A new FAO book out on 18 Jan.16 takes a close look at how the world’s major cereals maize, rice and wheat can be grown in ways that respect and even leverage natural...
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Bhutan Hydropower Developments in 2015
Above: Punatsanghchu River in Bhutan Bhutan is the only country in the world that measures its development in terms of Gross National Happiness, which includes environmental conservation and...
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River Sand Mining in India in 2015
Unsustainable sand mining from riverbeds can have huge social, environmental, geomorphic and disastrous impacts for rivers. In this three part report, SANDRP is trying to provide a picture of what...
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DRP News Bulletin 01 Feb. 2016 (Experts suggest ways to revive Madurai’s...
Tamil Nadu Experts suggest six ways to revive dying Madurai’s rivers According to a paper entitled Future Proofing Indian Cities: Towards an approach to spatial and social analysis for sustainable...
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Press Release: World Wetlands Day 2016: Complete Regulatory Vacuum around...
No National or State Wetlands Authority No Wetland Rules for 4 yrs The recent Chennai Flood Disaster of Dec 2015 and the Jammu and Kashmir Flood disaster of Sept 2014 have underlined that Wetlands are...
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River Sand Mining in India in 2015 – II – Government acts of omissions and...
Unsustainable sand mining from riverbeds can have huge social, environmental, geomorphic and disastrous impacts for rivers. In this three part reports; SANDRP is trying to provide a picture of what...
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Cumulative Impact Assessment documents not in public domain anymore? Letter...
Even as the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has been sanctioning cascades of hydropower projects on here-to free flowing rivers in the Himalaya and North East India, Cumulative...
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DRP News Bulletin 08 Feb.2016 (Is Not Hiding Environment Information Against...
SANDRP Open Letter to MoEF&CC Is Not Hiding Environment Information Against Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas? Even as the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has been sanctioning cascades of...
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LETTERS TO EAC & MOEF: KEN BETWA LINK IS A TRAGEDY: DON’T BURN LIFEBOATS TO...
Even as the Expert Appraisal Committee on River Valley and Hydropower Projects sits to decide about Environment Clearance to Ken Betwa River Link Proposal on Feb 8-9, 2016, a number of people have...
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Large Dams in Konkan Western Ghats: Costs, Benefits and Impacts
Introduction Konkan is that narrow and spectacular strip of land encompassing coastlines, estuaries, lateritic plateaus, foothills of Western Ghats and dense forests, which runs from Maharashtra to...
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River Sand Mining in India in 2015–III–Judicial Actions
Unsustainable sand mining from riverbeds can have huge social, environmental, geomorphic and disastrous impacts for rivers. In this three part reports; SANDRP is trying to provide a picture of what...
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DRP News Bulletin 15 Feb. 2016 (Govt plans National Water Commission)
Govt plans National Water Commission In one of the most significant reforms in the water sector in a long time, the govt is in the process of ordering a complete restructuring of the organisations...
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What does the Draft National Wildlife Action Plan have to offer for our Rivers?
Draft of India’s upcoming National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) has been put in open domain for comments. A perusal of this Draft indicates that although it is a detailed document, it has nothing to...
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Digging Our Rivers’ Graves?
A summary analysis of the ecological impacts of the National Waterways Bill (2015) – Nachiket Kelkar (rainmaker.nsk@gmail.com) Introduction: The National Waterways Bill (NWB, Bill No. 122 of 2015) was...
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DRP News Bulletin 22 Feb. 16 (Unprecedented water crisis in Delhi due to Jat...
Unprecedented water crisis in Delhi due to Jat stir Terming the water crisis in the national capital as “unprecedented”, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra has warned that the situation might worsen in the...
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DRP News Bulletin 29 Feb. 2016 (4 decades on, Siruvani dam displaced tribals...
Kerala 4 decades on, Siruvani dam displaced tribals wait for justice During 1970s, of Muthikulam triblas of Siruvani hills in Kerala were forced to relocate themselves to Chingampara forests area. This...
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Farmers, Rivers and the Environment in Union Budget 2016-17
Above: Canals of Tillari Project, on of the AIBP Project supported in Union Budget 2016-17, unused and derelict Photo: Parineeta Dandekar Massive expenditure on Large Dams will only help contractors...
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