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DRP News Bulletin 19 Dec 2016 (Veteran environmentalist and water...
Above: Anupam Mishra ji at the inaugural session of India Rivers Week 2016 Very sad to say that Anupam Mishra ji is no more. He breathed his last at AIIMS, Delhi at 5.27 am today (Dec 19 2016). A...
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अनुपम मिश्र जी का अंतिम वक्तव्यः नदियों को बचाने का अर्थ है समाज को बचाना
अत्यधिक दुखःद समाचार है कि अनुपम मिश्र जी नहीं रहे। 19 दिसंबर 2016 को प्रातः 05:27 पर दिल्ली के एम्स अस्पताल में उनका देहांत हो गया। पानी के मुद्दों और भारत की नदियों पर स्पष्ट विचारों वाले, सरल...
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Krishna River in Maharashtra: A Profile
Above: Menawali Ghat at Wai, Satara Dist (Photo: Sanket Deshpande) The mighty Krishna River bears the name of Lord Krishna; the beloved dark and dusky lord worshipped throughout the country....
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Anupam ji: Aaj bhi kharen hai simplicity and quite hard work
(Above: Anupam ji speaking at the inaugural function of India Rivers Week 2016) “I need to go and pay respect to the people fighting for India’s Rivers” insisted the weak Gandhian, barely able to walk,...
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Farakka Refugees: Walking along Ganga from Gangasagar to Gaumukh
Above: Standing at the edge of a river island, the Gaga river upstream of Farakka barrage seems to stretch out forever like the sea (Photo by Siddharth Agarwal) GUEST BLOG BY: Siddharth Agarwal The...
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DRP News Bulletin 26 Dec 2016 (Corruption & Fraud in 600 MW Kameng HEP in...
In addition to allegations of fraud related to inflated bills, the officials report of Satish Verma the former chief vigilance officer (CVO) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO)...
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Kirtinasha to Vidrupa: The Lesser River Goddesses of South Asia
Above: Narmada at Khalghat Photo: Parineeta Dandekar “Ahalya, you will be an eternal dry river. Your path will be rocky and parched. You will receive water only when you meet the pious Godavari. That...
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Ken Betwa Link: Letter to Water Resources Minister and EAC in Dec 2016
December 27, 2016 To Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Govt of India, New Delhi Copy to Ministers of State (MoWR), Secretary (MOWR), OSD (MoWR), PS to MoWR...
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River Sand Mining in India in 2016
For past many years, incidents of illegal river sand mining across the country are on the rise. Given its resultant and adverse impact on river system and dependent communities, various state and...
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Maharashtra Water Sector Review of 2016: Revival of scam tainted dams
When the Chief Minister of Maharashtra told the state Assembly on July 21, 2015, “We pushed large dams, not irrigation” he had raised much hopes for the state with a fresh memory of worst ever dam scam...
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DRP News Bulletin 02 Jan 2017 (Corruption in Nepal’s Hydro Power Projects)
The latest report of Transparency International reveals that lack of dependable hydrological data, authentic study, action plans giving dual meaning, lack of transparency in the power purchase...
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River Sand Mining in India in 2016-II- Governments Show no Will to Regulate
In the second part of three-part blog series SANDRP presents an overview of steps taken by Central and State Governments on this issue of river sand mining practices in the year 2016. CENTRAL...
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River Sand Mining in India in 2016–III – Judicial Interventions
Ever since its land mark judgment[1] on February 27, 2012, the Supreme Court (SC) of India is not hearing any particular case pertaining to River sand mining regulation. In 2012 judgment SC had...
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NGT stays work of Pune Metro affecting rivers: Another violation of the river...
In a welcome move Western Zone Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued an interim stay on the proposed portion of the metro route passing through the Mula –Mutha river bed in the Pune city.[i]...
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DRP News Bulletin 09 Jan. 2017 (India Continues to Witness Decline in...
Ground water recharge plan is a non-starter Though the latest report, covering assessment of ground level situation as on March, 2013, is still being compiled, sources in the Central Ground Water Board...
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Yamuna River 2016: Unjustified Dams, Hydro Projects
The first part of 3-part blog series throws light on impact of dams and hydro projects in upper reaches of the River and the imminent dangers of climate change that have jeopardized the entire...
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Bhima River in Maharashtra: A profile
Above: Pandhapur wari, the yearly pilgrimage on Bhima banks (Source: pandharpurwari.com) Bhima River, the largest tributary of Krishna River holds a special significance for the state of Maharashtra....
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Maharashtra Urban water sector in 2016: Big cities eyeing big dams
Above: Pipelines which supply water to Pune City from Khadakwasla Dam (Photo: Amruta Pradhan, SANDRP) Urban narrative of Maharashtra revolves predominantly around cities of Mumbai (along with the...
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DRP News Bulletin 16 Jan. 2016 (MoEF’s Expert Committee Shows Anti-People,...
EAC against entertaining ‘anti-development’ representations The expert appraisal committee (EAC) on river valley and hydel projects of the Union Environment Ministry has decided “not to take any...
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Little for Bundelkhand, lot for contractors in Ken Betwa river-link
Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on January 5, 2017 reportedly told a meeting called by his ministry of non-official members of statutory bodies like expert appraisal committees and forest...
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