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In the Pits: the Ganga River, dredged to death
Guest Blog by Nachiket Kelkar (rainmaker.nsk@gmail.com) When human beings fall into manholes or die in traffic accidents on a highway they are all over the news. We pity and fear such news, and feel...
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Threats to East Kolkata Wetlands are threats to Kolkata: Majhi jo nau dubaaye…
Guest Blog by: Chicu Lokgariwar (chicu.l@gmail.com), Usha Dewani (usha.dewani7@gmail.com) ‘Majhi jo nau dubaaye, to usey kaun bachaaye’ laments a popular song[i]. It literally translates as: ‘If an...
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नदी के बदले नदी दे सकते है? ..on Maheshwar, Narmada and fishing communities...
What separated Maheshwar Ghats on the mighty Narmada from most other rivers I have seen was the sheer gaiety and joy which people were experiencing, jumping in the Narmada. The beautiful, jutting...
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River Ken, as I saw it
Guest Blog by: Manoj Misra, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan Rivers are often seen merely as carriers of utilizable water and little more. Such utilization could be for supply of water to meet human domestic,...
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DRP News Bulletin 04 July 2016 (In Proposed Hydro Policy, Govt Unjustifiably...
New Hydro Policy: Govt unjustifiably pushing hydro through subsidies A comprehensive policy to promote hydropower generation is set to be announced by September—with viability gap funding for projects,...
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Groundwater of Pune: An Over-exploited and ungoverned lifeline
While more than allocated and more than enough water supply from Khadakwasla Project Complex steals the water supply show in Pune, water below the ground remains pretty much out of sight and out of...
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The New License Raj: License to Violate Environmental Laws through...
Above: Sonthi Barrage in Karnataka standing without Environmental Clearance The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has issued a Draft Notification which aims to “regularise” projects...
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Transparency in Environment Governance? Expert Meeting on River Projects does...
Above: Protest against Lower Subansiri Project in Assam. Basin Study of Lower Subansiri is also a part of intense debate in Assam. Now these studies are under wraps by the MoEF and CC Non-transparent...
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ILR fundamentalism: Union Minister threatens regulators, media and civil society
Above: A fabulous view of Ken river. Nesting sites of Long-billed vultures are to the right. All will go under water if Ken-Betwa linkup is carried out, PHOTO by: AJT Johnsingh It’s a curious case of...
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DRP News Bulletin 11 July 2016 (Namami Gange proving mere an extension of...
Ganga Manthan to Ganga Act: No progress made Chairing the 6th meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority on July 04 Water Minister Uma Bharti has said that a new act will be formulated for...
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DRP News Bulletin 18 July 2016 (Remove inefficient Farakka Barrage: Bihar CM)
Bihar CM demands removal of Farakka barrage CM Nitish Kumar on July 16 demanded removal of Farakka barrage on river Ganga, saying “the disadvantages of the barrage appear to be higher than its...
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MWRRA Ordinance 2016: More vulnerable to WRD meddling?
Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA), formed under the MWRRA Act 2005 has been the first Regulatory Authority formed in India, on the explicit directions of the World Bank. While...
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DRP News Bulletin 25 July 2016 (Tawang residents protest against unfulfilled...
Arunachal Tawang residents protest against unfulfilled promises Hundreds of residents on July 22 marched through the streets of Tawang, the home district of newly elected CM Pema Khandu, in protest...
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Committee to look into River Widening-Deepening welcome: But too many gaps
26.07.16 To, The Chief Minister, Maharashtra State And The Chairman, State Water Council Mantralaya, Mumbai Subject: GR Dated 4th July 2016 on constituting a Committee to look into River Rejuvenation...
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Many colors of groundwater in a tiny Western Ghats village
“Konkan” is the narrow strip of land encompassing coastlines, estuaries, lateritic plateaus, foothills of Western Ghats and dense forests, which runs from Maharashtra to Goa. It is bound by the Arabian...
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DRP News Bulletin 01 August 2016 (Increasing Water Conflicts in Times of...
INTER-STATE WATER DISPUTES Center Meeting held to sort out Mahanadi issue Union Water Ministry on July 31 called a Meeting of representatives of Odisha & Chattisgarh Govts to consider the various...
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Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal: Trouble brewing in Paradise
Karnataka is still reeling from the protests, rasta roko, bandhs, burning effigies, etc., resulting from the anger over the Interim Verdict of Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal[i] (MWDT) of the 27.07.16...
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Rivers and ILR need democracy: There is none today; BUT THIS AUG 6 MEETING IS...
Indeed, Rivers, including the Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR) needs democracy, in which dialogue is the starting point. The government, with all its powers, mandate and resources, needs to initiate this....
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DRP News Bulletin 08 August 2016 (Aug 06, ILR meeting is no dialogue)
SANDRP BLOG Aug 06, ILR meeting is no dialogue While dialogue is necessary and welcome in any democracy, the meeting that was organized on Aug 06 at Constitutional Club is certainly not the right step...
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Impacts of Ganga Waterways Plan on its ecology and the people
Guest Blog by Debadityo Sinha It has been two years since the Union Minister for Shipping and Transport, Mr. Nitin Gadkari, announced the Government’s ambitious plan to revive the National Waterways-1...
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