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Handbook on EIA Notification, 2006: An effort in making EIA accessible to all

Review of new book titled ‘Environment Impact Assessment – Law, Practice & Procedure in India 2016’, edited by Dr R.K Singh and Ritwick Dutta, LIFE, New Delhi, Oct 2016, p 374 + xvi About the Book...

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State plans to take up Human dam in eco-sensitive region of Vidarbha while...

(Above: Location of Proposed Human Dam and the tiger Corridor cutting across (Map by GREENPEACE) (...

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Living Planet Report, 2016: Rivers, Wetlands, Fresh Water Species Face the...

According to just released Living Planet Report 2016, the loss of habitat is prime reason behind declining of wildlife species found in and around wetlands, rivers and lakes due to increasing...

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DRP News Bulletin 31 Oct. 2016 (North to South India: Pharma Firms’ Waste...

National The cost of cheap drugs The Bollaram-Patancheru region in Hyderabad, Telengana is famous for being one of the most polluted industrial areas in India. The periphery around the area has become...

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DRP News Bulletin 07 Nov 2016 (India Rivers Week 2016 – Presenting the...

India River Week-2016 to focus on State of India’s Rivers Since time immemorial, rivers have held a coveted place in the mindscape of Indians. Rigveda has dedicated suktas on mighty rivers like Sindhu...

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DRP News Bulletin 14 Nov 2016 (Northeast Monsoon Failing, Water Crisis in...

To provide much-needed succour to those reeling under severe drought and facing acute drinking water shortage, as part of temporary drought-mitigation measures, the district administration has...

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एसवाइएल विवाद:  जल संरक्षण में पिछडे़  पंजाब ओर हरियाणा

Guest Blog by Manoj Thakur  सतलुज यमुना नहर (एसवाइएल ) पर हरियाणा के पक्ष में निर्णय आते ही पंजाब ओर हरियाणा में राजनीति तेज हो गई। पंजाब का कहना है वें अपनी जान दे देंगे लेकिन पानी नहीं देंगे। इधर...

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Sutlej Yamuna Link Row:  Chronology of Events

The SYL Row has been going on inconclusively for over last about 50 years. The matter also has been languishing in SC for last 40 years without any resolution. The seemingly unending disputes have been...

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DRP News Bulletin 21 Nov 2016 (India Rivers Week to be Held in Delhi from Nov...

India Rivers Week 2016 to be organised at WWF-India during Nov 28-30 is just a week away. The theme of the event this year is STATE OF INDIA’s RIVERS. Groups from all the different states have put...

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Narora Barrage, fish ladder, Ganga and memories

Nov 24, 2011, exactly five years ago from today was memorable for many reasons. On a not so cold winter morning, we (our son Hriday, my colleague Parineeta, whom we picked up from the airport, she...

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Haryana Rivers Profile: (Part-I – Indus Basin)

India is a land of several great rivers[1]. Haryana[2] the 20th Indian state has also been enriched by numbers of rivers, streams and rivulets.  These rivers only strike public discourses during...

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Haryana Rivers Profile: (Part-II – Ganga Basin)

Yamuna Basin:  River Yamuna[1] accounts for 7.10 % of the total geographical area of the country. The Haryana state forms 6.5%[2] of the river basin. It drains an area of 366,223 square km in the...

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Goa River Profile

Above:  Mahadayi River (Photo: oneindia) Introduction Goa, twenty fifth state of the Indian Union, is small but picturesque state, famous all over the world as “The Tropical Paradise of Tourists”....

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DRP News Bulletin 28 Nov 2016 (Bhagirath Prayas Samman honors four water...

India Rivers Week 2016: River health assessments highlighted during this year’s discourse The second edition of India Rivers Week that took place from November 28- 30th 2016 witnessed a gathering of...

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Bhagirath Prayas Samman for Dineshkumar Mishraji: Helping us understand...

In the midst of a serious meeting pontificating on water issues, suddenly one hears an evocative sher in impeccable Urdu, followed by laughter and rounds of Irshad. The sher captures in but a few...

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“Citizens’ Concern for Dams and Development”: the voice of vulnerable honored...

Manipur in the North East is characterized by lush terrain, flowing rivers, and diverse flora and fauna.[1] This region forms an important part of the Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot, one of the 25...

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Bhagirath Prayas Samman: Himdhara Collective: Relentless Questioning and Doing

When I talk with Manshi, a friend and co-traveler from Himdhara Collective about Bhagirathh Prayas Samman that the collective received during the India Rivers Week 2016, she is modest, even slightly...

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DRP News Bulletin 05 Dec 2016 (Understanding work of Bhagirath Prayas Samman...

BHAGIRATH PRAYAS SAMMAN 2016 All of them are working to ‘let the rivers flow’. The settings in which they work… their convictions and their understanding gives each of their work a unique flavour… From...

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DRP News Bulletin 12 Dec 2016 (The interest is not in irrigation but in...

In an interview with The Third Pole, Shashi Shekhar, secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation discussed the problems and prospects of India’s water sector....

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IMD estimates rainwater harvesting potential of Maharashtra

India Meteorological Department of Pune (IMD) functioning under Ministry of Earth Sciences has recently (Nov 2016) published a study titled “Rain water harvesting potential for different locations in...

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