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Happy Birthday, Narendrabhai. But why drown the Narmada Valley this day?
Sept 17, happens to be birthday for India’s Prime Minister Naredrabhai Modi. We join the Nation in wishing him Happy Birthday. But the Prime Minister has also decided to celebrate his 2017 birthday by...
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DRP News Bulletin 18 September 2017 (Why Madhaya Pradesh Depleted Its Meagre...
As per the Daily Status Reports of Narmada Control Authority[iv], inflow into SSP Dam suddenly jumped from 495 cumecs (Cubic Meters per second) on Sept 12, to 2518 cumecs on Sept 13, 2383 cumecs on...
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Decentralized STPs in the Delhi Capital Region
Guest blog by Kelly D. Alley and Nutan Maurya The territory under the jurisdiction of the New Delhi Municipal Council, or Lutyen’s Delhi, is lush with beautiful gardens. The New Delhi Municipal Council...
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DRP News Bulletin 25 September 2017 (Three Incidents of Canals & Dam Breach...
This week there have been three incidents of canals and dam breach in three States raising concern over quality of construction of dams and canals in India. All these incidents are a result of...
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Ken Betwa Project to destroy Raneh Falls: India’s Mini Grand Canyon-cum- Mini...
“Oh my god! I wont have believed that such an amazingly beautiful river canyon exists in India had I not seen this!” These were my first words, believe or not, on seeing Raneh Falls earlier this year....
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How much longer will Goa remain Otter Worthy?
Above: A fisherman on his traditional mango-wood canoe in Goa. (Photo: Atul Borker) Guest Blog by Atul Borker, with Salil Chaturvedi My deep engagement with Goan rivers began almost half a decade ago,...
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DRP News Bulletin 02 October 2017 (New Rules Disastrous For India’s Wetlands)
The wetlands are the hotspots of biodiversity, act as carbon sinks, act as buffers against floods and are essential for groundwater recharge. With groundwater reservoirs in the country heavily...
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“Ken Betwa Project is Disaster for Ken Basin People, there is NO surplus...
Above: Ken River in Panna district (Photo by SANDRP) In a series of letters that then collector of Panna district wrote when she was collector of this Bundelkhand district for close to three and a half...
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DRP News Bulletin 09 October 2017 (Gujarat Fishermen Protest Against Bhadbhut...
This Sunday (October 08) has been a sad day for Narmada River and thousands of fisherfolk families who will further suffer due to the Rs 4350 Cr Bhadbhut dam of which PM Modi has laid the foundation...
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DRP News Bulletin 16 October 2017: New Groundwater Guidelines threat to...
GROUND WATER New Draft Guidelines designed to privatise & destroy Groundwater The Ministry of Water Resources of the Union Government has on Oct 11, 2017 (see notice:...
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India’s National Register of Large Dams: Shows how little we know about our dams
The Central Water Commission (CWC) of India’s Union Ministry of Water Resources periodically updates India’s National Register of Large Dams (NRLD), the latest edition seems to have been put up...
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River Wise Rainfall in Monsoon 2017
India’s most important season, the June-Sept South West Monsoon has just ended officially on Sept 30, 2017. India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that India received 841.3 mm rainfall in these...
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Prime Minister Modi at Kedarnath: What was said; what was left unsaid
The central theme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji’s 40 minutes speeach at Himalayan pilgrimage centre of Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on Oct 21, 2017[i], was that we need to come out of the shadow of a...
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DRP News Bulletin 23 October 2017: GOA ACTIVISTS UNITE AGAINST DESTRUCTION OF...
Goa Activists to launch mass agitation against coal transportation & nationalisation of rivers GREAT! Goa activists unite to oppose rivers nationalisation and coal transportation along rivers....
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Letter to MoEF’s Expert Committee: Why Pancheshwar Project should not be...
(Above: Protest outside MoEF on Oct 24, 2017 when EAC met to consider EC for Pancheshwar Project) Oct 23, 2017 To Chairman and Members, Expert Appraisal Committee (River Valley Projects), Union...
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‘Banks of the Lohit will shine’: Glimpses of a free-flowing river
Above: Lohit River, Parshuram Kund on the right. Photo: Parineeta Dandekar Assam, Arunachal and the North East India, West Bengal and Bangladesh are riverine entities in many ways. Ancient rivers...
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India’s Dam Mania gives acche din for Dam lobby and Gando Vikas
(Above: Protest in Bharuch on Oct 8, 2017 when Prime Minister laid foundation stone for Bhadbhut Dam on Narmada) “Vikas Gando Thayo Chhe” is these days a super hit song in Gujarati, which literally...
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DRP News Bulletin 30 October 2017 (Residents of Chennai Rally & Form Human...
Over 250 residents along with environmentalists, activists and members of civil societies formed a human chain at Elliot’s beach on Oct 28, asking State Govt to protect the wetlands, rivers,...
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DAM BUILDING MUST BE HALTED FOR A SAFE AND SECURE WORLD
Guest Blog by Manoj Misra Rivers in different parts of the world have been dammed to fulfill human needs like water for irrigation, industries and domestic supplies. Then there are dams that have been...
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