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DRP News Bulletin 23 May 2016 (WHY LARGE HYDRO IS NOT JUSTIFIED)
Chenab river runs its course amid spate of threats Chenab river’s money-spinner hydropower fate appears to run parallel to that of Sohni-Mahiwal – the legendary lovers who drowned into the river...
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“Water is not a private property of some groups”: Bombay High Court directs...
In a welcome move, Hon. Bombay High Court vacation bench of Justices Bhushan Gavai and Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi, while hearing multiple clubbed petitions about drought and the state’s response, has...
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Landmark Supreme Court Order on Govt Failure in Tackling Drought
A PIL under Article 32 was filed by the NGO, Swaraj Abhiyan praying for directions for declaration of drought and relief in affected areas. The apex court came out with a 3 part judgment earlier this...
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DRP News Bulletin 30 May 2016 (Centre’s new wetland protection rules...
Centre’s new wetland protection rules reinforces the stereotype that govts see wetlands as wastelands The draft Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2016 which replace the existing Wetland...
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REJECT Draft Wetland Rules 2016: Designed to destroy wetlands
While the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change never implemented Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2010, it has now brought out a new and seriously watered down Draft Wetland...
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DRP Magazine: April May 2016 issue
The April May 2016 issue of our magazine “Dams, Rivers & People” are now available online at following links: DRP Apr May 2016: Image of the cover page, including index is given below. April May...
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Ken Betwa Project will facilitate water export out of Bundelkhand, It will...
June 1, 2016 To Chairman and Members of EAC on River Valley Projects, MoEF, New Delhi Urgent: Concerns about Ken Betwa Project on EAC agenda for Environment Clearance for meeting on June 2-3, 2016...
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Concerns about unplanned River Widening, Deepening and Straightening Works...
(This Note is followed by a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Marathi, which is endorsed by several organisations) In the past two years, Jal Yukta Shivar Abhiyan has been...
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CAG REPORT: Water Woes in Meghalaya
Guest Blog by Himanshu Upadhyaya An audit report by Comptroller and Auditor General of India that got tabled in Meghalaya assembly on 23rd March 2016 reveals sorry state of affairs on water supply...
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An undiscovered wetland thriving under looming threats
In April 2016, the Central Government presented Wetland (Conservation and Management) Draft 2016 for comments which has been vigorously contested by leading experts as deliberate attempt to weaken key...
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Consume more, Pollute more, Pay less, Ask for more Dams: Pune City’s water...
Above: Dying rivers, as they leave Pune Photo: Parineeta Dandekar In May, decision of Pune’s Guardian Minister and head of canal committee of releasing 1 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) water from...
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WHY TWO YEARS OF GANGA REJUVENATION HAS BEEN LITTLE MORE THAN NOISE?
Guest blog by ManojMisra Two years is not a lot of time. Yet it is good enough to know if the right path has been taken or not? Prime Minister Modi during his campaign and immediately on taking charge...
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DRP News Bulletin 06 June 2016 (India to be power surplus for next 3 yrs,...
India will not have power deficit situation in FY17 India won’t need any new power plants for the next three years as it is flush with generation capacity, according to a government assessment. The...
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Experimental Drought Monitor For India
Guest Blog by Prof Vimal Mishra (IIT Gandhinagar) Introduction: Real-time drought monitoring and forecast in India is essential to support a large agricultural community. Prof. Vimal Mishra and his...
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Community Driven Water Conservation Initiatives In 2016 Drought
In 2016, India has been witnessing one of the severest droughts after independence. The phenomena has led to a ‘never before’ kind of water crisis across the country. As a result the surface water...
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Drought hits hydropower: Shows how unreliable is hydro in changing climate
India’s hydropower generation dropped by upto close to 20% compared to previous year in some of the months this year even as installed capacity of hydropower projects keeps climbing relentlessly....
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DRP News Bulletin 13 June 2016(Uma Bharati Threatens Stir Over Delay In...
Uma threatens stir over delay in Ken-Betwa interlinking Water Minister Uma Bharti on June 07 threatened an agitation if there were further delays to the wildlife clearances necessary for the storied...
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Borewell water in a concretized Ramkund: Has religion helped Rivers at all?
A couple of years ago, we were travelling from Dehradun to Delhi and on my left was the massive Bhimgouda barrage which diverted the Ganga through Upper Ganga Canal at Haridwar. The barrage diverted...
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DRP News Bulletin 20 June 2016 (MoWR invites suggestions on National Water...
Centre Suggestions invited on Draft National Water Framework Bill and Draft Model Bill for Conservation, Protection, Regulation and Management of Ground Water Ministry of Water Resources, River...
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CWPRS: A 100-year-old institute remains uni-dimensional; has no achievement...
Jawaharlal Nehru who famously celebrated large dams as “temples of modern India” later termed them as “disease of giganticism”.[i] The fascination wore out after witnessing the huge sacrifice of the...
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