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DRP News Bulletin 19 Sep 2016
EAC Panel Visiting the site in Dec 2015 Centre EAC defers clearance to Yadadri Power project The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment has deferred its decision for...
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DRP News Bulletin 19 September 2016 (EAC says EIA of Yadadri Project cut and...
EAC Panel Visiting the site in Dec 2015 Centre EAC defers clearance to Yadadri Power project The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment has deferred its decision for...
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Sinchan Shodh Yatra finds Gosikhurd Right Bank Canal incomplete even after a...
Above: Irrigation official confronting the angry farmer from Asolamendha village in Chandrapur District of Maharashtra Photo: Amruta Pradhan “Farmers are dying… but your procedures have to be...
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Cauvery: Is there will for way forward? Will constitution of CMB help?
Above Map of Cauvery basin from Indian Express, Sept 22, 2016 Higher demands than availability is the key problem in Cauvery basin. transparent, participatory, democratic, rule based management of...
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Celebrating our Rivers on the World Rivers Day, 2016!
Above: Parshuram Kund on River Lohit, Arunachal Pradesh Since 2005, last Sunday of every September is celebrated as the World Rivers Day. The tradition started in 1980s in British Columbia when some...
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DRP News Bulletin 26 Sep 2016 (Victory to tribals protest; Jispa HEP calls...
Finally, tribals struggle wins, sends Jispa HEP company packing up Facing stiff opposition from the tribal community against the construction of 300 MW Jispa Dam in Lahaul-Spiti valley has forced the...
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Tracing the Maharashtra Irrigation Scam: From 2012 to 2016
Above: Retaining wall of Gosikhurd RBC slid down from its location Photo: Jan Manch Aftermath of the irrigation scam exposed in 2012 in Maharashtra still continues. Roots of the scam were pointed out...
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शौचालय निर्माण से शुचिता की ओर-1 (जल-थल-मल पुस्तक समीक्षा)
खुले में शौच की आदत से निजात दिलाने के लिए केन्द्र सरकार शौचालय बनाने का काम 1980 के दशक से लेकर अब तक चलाती आ रही है। 1999 में इस अभियान का नाम टोटल सैनिटेशन कैंपेन और 2013 में निर्मल...
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शौचालयी स्वच्छता से संपूर्ण शुचिता की ओर-2 (जल-थल-मल पुस्तक सारांश)
आज गॉधी जंयती है और स्व्च्छ भारत अभियान को भी दो वर्ष पूरे हो गए हैं। दो दिन पूर्व, 30 सितम्बर को इंडोसैन समारोह का उद्घाटन करते हुए प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी जी ने देश को स्वच्छ बनाने के लिए...
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DRP News Bulletin 03 Oct 2016 ( Role of Uttarakhand Hydro Projects in...
Book Review: Rage of the Rivers: Role of Uttarakhand hydro projects in Kedarnath disaster 2013 by Hridayesh Joshi Rage of the River reads not unlike a gripping thriller. Thing is, it is not fiction....
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So who will suffer in the Indus water imbroglio?
Diplomatic and military strategies, by definition, are not decided through public debates. So the jingoism around Indus treaty with Pakistan seems more like an attempt at sending threatening signals....
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Inter state River Water Disputes in India: History and status
Water sharing disputes across the country (and even beyond) are only going to escalate with increasing demands, and also with increasing pollution & losses reducing the available water. Climate...
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DRP News Bulletin 11 Oct 2016 (Is there any justification for DESTRUCTION of...
Is there any justification for DESTRUCTION of Panna Tiger Reserve? Can we save our Natural Heritage like the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) from being destroyed in the name of baseless, questionable, non...
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Welcome development: River basin wise rainfall maps from IMD!
We have noticed during just concluded South West monsoon season that IMD (India Meteorological Department) has started a new and welcome feature in rainfall data reporting[i]. The Data is available in...
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Bhutan’s Kurichu Dam releases floods Assam, again
Above: Google Map showing relevant locations (Map by Bhim Singh Rawat of SANDRP) Several media reports have alleged that sudden water releases from Kurichu Dam in Bhutan has led to floods in Beki and...
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Open Letter to Govt: Is there any justification for Polavaram dam? Will Govt...
E.A.S.Sarma 14-40-4/1 Gokhale Road Maharanipeta Visakhapatnam 530002 Mobile: 919866021646 Email: eassarma@gmail.com 15-10-2016 To Shri Ashok Lavasa Secretary (Expenditure) Ministry of Finance Govt of...
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DRP News Bulletin 17 Oct 2016 (IMD’s River Basin Rainfall Maps Useful But...
SANDRP Blog IMD’s River Basin Rainfall Maps Useful But Needs Improvement We have noticed during just concluded South West monsoon season that IMD has started a new and welcome feature in rainfall data...
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PM Inaugurates 3 HEPs, Amid Ongoing Environmental & Social Repercussions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today (18 October 2016) has inaugurated 3 big hydro power projects in Himachal Pradesh. The projects 800 Mw Kol Dam HEP on Satluj River, 520 Mw Parbati HEP on Sainj River...
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Turning Blind Eyes: Do we care for river dolphins or their habitat?
Above: (A) An image showing the Gangetic dolphin in its wild habitat (photo credit: Kadambari Deshpande), (B) a dead Gangetic dolphin calf (notice the pinhole like eyes), and (C) the calf is 1 m long,...
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DRP News Bulletin 24 Oct 2016 (Big Dams Ineffective, Will Help Villagers...
Big Dams Ineffective & Destructive, Will Involved Villagers In Building Small Check Dams: CM Jharkhand On Oct 21 making an important statement during a meeting in Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das has said...
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