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Gujarat is taking up massive project in ecosensitive zone in the middle of...
Letters have been sent by some eminent citizens and activists of Gujarat to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and Gujarat Environment Impact Assessment Authority that the massive Gujarat...
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Affected communities, scientists, experts urge the MoEF: “Address Impacts of...
47 experts and organisations from across the country have written to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, including the Minister Ms. Jayathi Natarajan to include hydel projects between 1-25 MW...
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Comments on Scoping Clearance Application of Panyor HEP on Ranganadi River in...
The Arunachal Pradesh government has signed a MoU with Panyor Hydro Power Private Limited, a company based in Hyderabad to construct the Panyor hydro electric project. This will be the second...
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Shoddy EIA by WAPCOS Tries to Push Unjustifiable Bansujara Irrigation Project...
The EIA of the Bansujara Multipurpose Project (BMP) dated May 2013 by WAPCOS has been submitted for Environment Clearance of the project before the Expert Appraisal Committee on River Valley Projects,...
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Eflows in India: Groping in Darkness
Eflows in India: Groping in Darkness - Dr. Latha Anantha It is becoming increasingly evident that ‘rivers’ do not figure anywhere in the entire e flows discourse and assessments going on at Government...
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Poor Quality EIA of WAPCOS Tries to Justify Ten Times Bigger Mohanpura Dam in...
The Mohanpura Project The proposed Mohanpura dam is to be constructed by the Madhya Pradesh Water Resources Deparment near the village Banskhedi of District Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh on river Newaj in...
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Story of a free-flowing stretch of Kali River in Karnataka
River Kali, before it enters Dandeli in Karnataka is a breathtaking sight.. Its waters are emerald green, flowing steadily. Its banks are thickly forested with a continuous canopy. Endemic species like...
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27th Dharati Jatan Annual Festival Honoured Eco-warriors: A Different...
It was certainly a Conference of Party (COP) of sorts. Those present included farmers, women, academics, media persons, delegates from other states (Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi), Non...
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Community Fish Sanctuaries: Protecting the fish….and their rivers
21 November 2013: World Fisheries Day A small bus load of pilgrims descended at Walen Kondh and bought the usual Prasad from a shack by the river. They crossed a suspension bridge over a deep gorge of...
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Rajasthan Remains Silent As Madhya Pradesh Goes Ahead with Dam Projects in...
It seems Rajasthan state is ignored and is silent as Madhya Pradesh is going ahead with massive water resources development projects in interstate ChambalRiver basin. Some of these projects were even...
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Kasturirangan Report – a blueprint for political polarization in Kerala?
Guest Post by Dr. Latha Anantha, River Research Centre, Kerala Possibly for the first time in the history of Kerala, a hartal led by the unlikely combination of a powerful section of the Church and the...
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River Yamuna through the Prism of Political Manifestos in Delhi
Deteriorating health over the decades of river Yamuna in Delhi is a perfect example of an abject governance failure. All grandiose plans to restore the river to its past glory have been in vain....
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Another Hydro fraud: Two small projects on paper, one large project on site
24.75 MW Mouneswar + 24.75 MW Basavanna ‘Small’ Hydel Projects = One large HEP According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), hydel projects between 2-25 MW are classified as Small Hydel...
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Dams, Rivers & People – October-November, 2013 Vol 11, Issue 9-10
The October – November, 2013 edition of SANDRP’s magazine ‘Dams, River and People‘ is now available online. This is the 9-10th issue of magazine in its 11th volume. Like its previous issues, this...
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Note on Short film on Uttarakhand Flood Disaster
Uttarakhand Flood disaster, June 2013: A Short film on: Role of Dams in Uttarakhand Flood Disaster Return of Ganga, SANDRP and VAMTAM has produced a 12 minutes film Flood Ravage and the Dams of...
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Flood activist Shashi Shekhar on indefinite fast in Sitamarhi (Bihar) Against...
Today (on Dec 17, 2013) is the 8th day of indefinite fast by flood activist Shashi Shekhar in Sitamarhi (Bihar) with a demand to stop work on the unwanted and unjustified embankment along the Jheem...
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Multiple Dams for Mumbai Region have Severe Impacts and are Unjustifiable
Press Release 18.12.13...
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Dams in Tribal areas of Western Ghats for water supply to Mumbai: Why are...
SANDRP’s draft report on this issue can be found here: http://sandrp.in/Mumbai_Dams_Draft_Report_Dec_2013.pdf Suggestions and comments are welcome. -SANDRP
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