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The World Bank drops funding USD 650 m for the LUHRI Hydro project! Victory...

The World Bank has decided not to lend financial assistance to the massive Luhri Hydropower project on Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh. The World Bank, which was to provide a huge USD 650 million to...

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Narmada dams’ levels depleted to generate more electricity: Threatening water...

An analysis of the available information on water levels and live storage % during February and March 2014 raises questions marks about the reasons for depletion of water levels in these dams when...

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Why is the IPCC’s Mitigation (WG3 summary) report so disappointing?

Extracts from and comments on WG3 summary report of IPCC of April 13, 2014 The summary for policy makers[i] of the Working Group 3 (WG3) report of IPCC (Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change)...

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Dams, Rivers & People – February – March 2014, Vol 12, Issue 1-2

The February – March 2014 edition of SANDRP’s magazine ‘Dams, River and People’ is now available online. This is the 1st-2nd issue of magazine in its 12th volume.  The contents magazine is mentioned in...

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El Nino and Maharashtra: Lets dig the Well before we are thirsty

2012-13 was described by the Maharashtra government as the worst drought in the state since 1972. Weather scientists are predicting that conditions are fast developing that seems like a repeat of 2012....

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Why is This Dam being constructed? Is this not an example of Big Dam...

Imagine that a state government wants to build a Big Dam, with height of 31.75 m on a Big River. The River has already seen a large number of dams, agitations, controversies and legal disputes. This...

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Why is Gujarat neglecting Safety of Sardar Sarovar Dam?

Sardar Sarovar Dam Stilling basin damaged: No repairs for 3 years: No meeting of Dam Safety Panel for 30 months: WHY IS GUJARAT NEGLECTING SAFETY OF ITS LIFELINE?   Sardar Sarovar Dam: (Photo by...

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Report of Expert Committee on Uttarakhand Flood Disaster & Role of HEPs:...

Drop 23 projects, do cumulative assessments & improve governance In a significant development on role of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand flood disaster of June 2013, the Expert Body (EB) headed...

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Do large dams deliver deception and delusion? Oxford University Research...

The protagonists like to equate large dams with development. Those who suffer the adverse consequences equate them with displacement, deforestation, deprivation & debt. While the protagonists see...

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Massive Hydropower capacity being developed by India: Himalayas cannot take...

At least 49 large[1] hydropower projects are under construction in India today, with a cumulative capacity of 15006 MW[2]. As per the latest bulletin from Central Electricity Authority[3], “Status of...

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Matmora (Assam) Geo-tube Embankment on Brahmaputra: State Glorifies, but No...

The state of Assam in the northeastern India annually bears the brunt of floods and where embankment construction and repairing seems like permanent affair. Displacement of people living on the banks...

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Sinking and Shrinking deltas: Major Role of Dams in abetting delta subsidence...

“We enjoy Pushing Rivers Around” -An early Hydraulic engineer in California (from Patrick McCully’s Silenced Rivers, 1996)  “We can tame the mighty rivers. We are an example of human will and endeavor”...

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Massive Kwar and Kiru HEPs on Chenab, J and K:Poor quality & cut paste EIAs,...

It seems we do not want to learn any lessons from the massive Uttarakhand disaster of June 2013. Two more huge capacity hydropower projects have been submitted to the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC)...

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CWC’s National Dam Register Violates Laws and SC orders on Uttarakhand dams

The latest (March 2014) edition of the National Register of Large Dams[1] (NRLD) from Government of India’s premier Technical organisation, Central Water Commission (CWC) seems to be giving information...

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Dibang Project Rejected Forest Clearance for the Second Time

In a remarkable decision, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of MoEF has rejected the forest clearance to 3000 MW Dibang multipurpose project for the second time in its meeting held on 29 -30 April...

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Interbasin Diversion Dams in Western Ghats: Unknown impacts and uncertain...

Discussions on Interlinking of Rivers are gaining momentum as new government takes charge at the centre. It is predicted that the new government will be supportive of ecologically and socially...

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Challenges for the new NDA government in India

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by BJP’s Mr. Narendra Modi has been given a mandate to govern India for the next five years. Without going into the political and social facets related to this...

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Present Tensed, Future Expensive: Large Irrigation Projects in Northeast India

“The actual construction costs of large dams are too high to yield a positive return” this was the unequivocal conclusion of a recent study done by a group of experts from Oxford University on dams...

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Himalayas cannot take this Hydro onslaught

MESSAGE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2014: SAVE HIMALAYAS FROM THIS HYDRO ONSLAUGHT! It is close to a year after the worst ever Himalayan flood disaster that Uttarakhand or possibly the entire Indian...

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Fishing the Cauvery River: How Mettur changed it  all

Like us, rivers work. They absorb and emit energy; they rearrange the world. (White 1995, 3) Introduction: fixing water and rivers Rivers have always stirred strong emotions in human beings. Constantly...

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