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Dam’ned: A Film on Polavaram Dam Give Voice to the Unheard
At a time when the creation of separate Telengana state from Andhra Pradesh is making headlines in the national media, the issue Polavaram dam seems to have been sidelined in media. But Polavaram dam...
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Pathetic state of rehabilitation at the “State-of-the-Art” Middle Vaitarna Dam
Middle Vaitarna Dam across the west flowing Vaitarna River near Mumbai is supposed to be a state-of-the-art technological feat. It’s a 102 meters tall concrete dam, the second tallest in Maharashtra....
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Cumulative Impact Assessment Study of Siang Basin in Arunachal Pradesh:...
Most of the major rivers in the North East India are largely free-flowing till date, which is a rarity in India and the world. Their basins are home to unbelievable ecological and cultural diversity....
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Chinki Major Irrigation Project on Narmada: Yet another evidence of MP’s...
In recent years Madhya Pradesh has been on a Major Irrigation project spree. Some such projects at various stages of Environmental and forest clearance from MP recently include the Kundaliya Major...
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Hype vs Reality of Narmada Kshipra Pipeline Project
Bahut kathin hai dagar chunav ki; kyo bhar lau pipe-link se ye mataki…. Hype vs Reality of Narmada Kshipra Pipeline Project The Narmada Kshipra Simhastha Project is to be dedicated to the people of...
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Mockery of ESAs in Sikkim: When Governments Collude to Violate Laws
In a clever move initiated by the MOEF and assisted by Arunachal Pradesh Government, aimed at bypassing the need of the compulsory clearance from the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL), the Environment...
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Crisis in India’s Urban Water Sector
More than 50 people including tribal groups, social activists, water experts, ecologists and wildlife experts, academics came together for a brainstorming workshop about Dams coming up for Mumbai...
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Hydromania in Arunachal Pradesh: Massive 1850 MW Dam Planned Without Any...
‘MoU Virus’ was the term used by former environment minister Jairam Ramesh in May 2008 to describe the speed at which the Memorandum of Understanding or MoUs for hydropower projects were signed by...
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Vijay Pandhare’s letter to Dr. Chitale: “Please fix responsibility of the...
It has been reported that the Special Investigation Team under the Chairpersonship of Dr. Madhavrao Chitale has submitted its 1300+ pages report on the Dam Scam and practically no increase in irrigated...
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Maharashtra farmers face impacts of hailstorms and State’s “Inaction” Plan on...
Marathwada, Vidarbha, Northern Maharashtra and parts of Western Maharashtra are reeling under unprecedented hail storms and unseasonal rainfall. Hailstorms in end of February 2014, initially thought of...
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Tragedy of Errors : Environmental governance and the Sonthi Lift Irrigation...
That small-time EIA agents and private project proponents put up sham EIAs and project justifications is not really news. People, from erstwhile Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to Prof. Madhav...
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Shalmala River Protection Rally: Local Actions on the eve of International...
On the eve of International Day of Action for Rivers (14th March), more than 1500 people gathered on the Ganeshpal Island in the Shalmala River. The mood was upbeat and there was spring in each step,...
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Lack of Transparency and Accountability Remains the Norm of Functioning for...
The Advisory Committee in the Union Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) for consideration of techno-economic viability of Irrigation, Flood Control and Multi Purpose Project Proposals (TAC in short) is...
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Water for Power: Irrigation Dam to be Used for Thermal Power- Drinking Water...
Welspun Energy which is famous for renewable sources of energy like solar and wind power plants in India, is now becoming more infamous in thermal power sectors in India. While, the Environmental...
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World Water Day focus on Water and Energy: Behind the “Clean, Green,...
The theme of this World Water Day, 2014 is Water and Energy. The occasion gives us an opportunity to take a look at the hydropower rush going on in the country at this moment. Hydropower projects are...
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Analysis MoWR’s Advisory Committee’s Decisions for Northeast – January 2009...
This is analysis of the decisions of the Advisory Committee in the Union Ministry of Water Resources for consideration of techno-economic viability of Irrigation, Flood Control and Multi Purpose...
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Dams are not Climate Friendly: Readings from IPCC WG II Report
Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment is falling into place. On the 31st March 2014, the report titled ‘Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability’, from...
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Why is media missing the real Gujarat story: Gujarat Satya Samachar!
It seems large parts of mainstream national media have gone underground these days. If you view most of the English and some Hindi news channels or most of the English and Hindi newspapers, you...
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Election manifestos of BJP, Congress and AAP: Comparative reading on...
Now that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has made its manifesto for the 2014 Parliamentary elections in India public on April 7, 2014, we are in a position to make a comparative reading of manifestoes...
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Maharashtra State Action Plan on Climate change: Farmers Suffer, State and...
Even as rural areas in otherwise-drought hit Maharashtra (as also in neighbouring areas of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) are trying to cope with the immense damages due to untimely rain...
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