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DRP News Bulletin 24 July 2017 (Pancheshwar Dam Public Hearing Needs To Be...
In the middle of monsoon season, authorities have fixed August 7, 11 and 17 as public hearing dates for the Pancheshwar Dam project, a giant dam on Mahakali river at India Nepal border. The proposed...
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DRP News Bulletin 31 July 2017 (Dams Turning Floods into Disasters, Yet We...
All through the month, several states in the country have been battling severe flood situation. The Northeastern (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Western (Rajasthan Gujurat), Central (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar...
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DRP News Bulletin 07 August 2017 (MANIPUR GOVT DEMANDS DECOMMISSIONING OF...
In an interesting development, Biren Singh the Chief Minister of Manipur on August 01, 2017, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have a review of the Loktak Dam (Ithai barrage) and Hydropower...
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Cancel Pancheshwar Dam Public Hearings: It involves too many violations and...
From: SANDRP, 50-D, AD block, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi 88 we4earth@gmail.com, https://sandrp.wordpress.com/ August 11 2017 To 1. District Magistrate, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand dm-pit-ua@nic.in 2. Chairman/...
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Brahmaputra basin faces unprecedented flood wave in Aug 2017
In the morning of Aug 11, 2017, while checking my daily morning routine sites, I saw the sudden appearance of purple patch (signifying rainfall in access of 175 mm rainfall in previous 24 hours) on...
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DRP News Bulletin 14 August 2017 East & North East India face flooded...
FLOODS 2017 SANDRP BLOG: Brahmaputra basin to face unprecedented floods starting Aug 12, 2017: https://sandrp.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/brahmaputra-basin-faces-unprecedented-flood-wave-in-aug-2017/...
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Ganga basin faces unprecedented floods in Aug 2017
Ganga Basin, particularly Bihar is facing unprecedented floods, starting on Aug 12, 2017. Water levels of Major tributaries of Ganga, including Kosi, Mahananda, Rapti, Bagmati, Gandak and Kamlabalan...
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पंचेश्वर बॉध की अनुचित, अन्यायपूर्ण एवं गैरकानूनी पर्यावरण जनसुनवाई रद्द हो
Featured Image: Saryu River winding through Pithoragarh by Sumit Mahar, HIMDHARA This is Hindi version of SANDRP petition submitted to District Magistrate Almora, Pithoragarh and Regional Official,...
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DRP News Bulletin 21 August 2017 (Unscientific Obsession With Dredging)
It seems the Chief Ministers of all the flood affected states are obsessed about dredging the rivers and reservoirs and are advocating massive scale dredging as a solution to flooding. This is partly...
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INTACH pilot project reduces Assi River Pollution in Varanasi by 70% in two...
Above: Map showing interventions in Assi River in Varanasi (INTACH) REPORT TO DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER, VARANASI On INTACH’s Pilot Project on Assi Nadi [24th Jan/17 – 26th Feb/17] Guest Blog by Manu...
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Pancheshwar Dam’s Public Hearing: Neither People nor Environment were heard
The recently concluded Pancheshwar dam Environment Public Hearing (EPH) is classic example of how undemocratically EPH are conducted against the letter and spirit of EIA notification of Sept 2006....
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DRP New Bulletin 28 August 2017 (Need for Policy on Equitable Sharing of...
Krishna River Water Sharing Dispute The Andhra Pradesh government is contemplating a legal battle against the Maharashtra and Karnataka governments for denying the “rightful share” of Krishna river...
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Loud Media Message: Public hearing of Pancheshwar Dam is illegal
Before, during and after the controversial public hearing of destructive Pancheshwar Dam, held in three districts in Uttarakhand, wide media reports in print, in audio-visual and social media gave a...
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Nominations for BPS-2017 & Shri Anupam Mishra Memorial Medal-2017 Invited
Dear All, Greetings from the India Rivers Week (IRW) Organising Committee! This is to request for nominations for Bhagirath Prayaas Samman (BPS) 2017. As you will recall BPS is an attempt to...
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REUTER’s biased, misleading, erroneous reporting about Ken Betwa Project
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 On Sept 1, 2017, Reuters...
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DRP News Bulletin 04 September 2017 (Uma Bharti Shifted, But Do Ganga Or...
In the Cabinet Reshuffle on Sept 3, 2017, Uma Bharti has been removed as Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, for what media is widely calling as her...
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Development NOT Dams: Pancheshwar affected people demand
(Feature Image: Pancheshwar Temple at the confluence of Saryu and Kali Rivers. Pics: Bhim ) The people to be affected by the proposed Pancheshwar Multipurpose dam project are saying we need development...
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Walking along Ganga in Uttarakhand in 2017
Above: The Bhagirathi valley has a lot of beautiful bends, comparable to the most popular scenic spots across the world. But we’re busy cutting down the mountain to make broader roads in these...
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DRP News Bulletin 11 September 2017 (Why This Rally Won’t Help The Rivers?)
The news media is filled with this new kid on the block, trying to wake the nation about the need to save our rivers… amazing to see so many film stars, politicians, governments, and public...
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Will this ‘Rally’ help the rivers?
PRESS RELEASE From India Rivers Week Organising Committee on Sept 13, 2017 We are concerned about the increasing superficial optics around saving rivers, with little or no effort to address fundamental...
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