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The Socio-Ecological Effects of Small Hydropower Development in Himachal Pradesh
Introduction This article is part one of a two part summary of the results of a study on the socio-ecological impacts of privatized, small, run-of-the-river hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh.[1]...
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The Socio-Ecological Impacts of Small Hydropower Projects in Himachal Pradesh...
-Prof J. Mark Baker (JMark.Baker@humboldt.edu), Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA Introduction This post is the second of a two part summary of the results of a study on the socio-ecological...
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Nadiya Bairi Bhayi…
In a classical Thumri rendition, Ustad Rashid Khan sings about how a river, which was once a friend, has turned into a foe…Nadiya Bairi Bhayi.. Something similar is happening at a number of places in...
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Why is Government of India indulging in this unwarranted & unnecessary act of...
Why this hurry to submerge tribals and farmers under Narmada waters? In a shocking decision[1] on June 12, 2014, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA), headed by the secretary, Union Ministry of Water...
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Gawadewadi: A success story of participatory small scale water conservation
Background Clean roads, lush green farms and wells having water even at the peak of summer is what one notices when one enters Gawdewadi Village of Ambegaon Taluka in Pune Distrct. Ralegan Siddhi and...
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Uttarakhand flood disaster of June 2013: Lest we forget the experience and...
June 16, 2014 This is a sad day, reminding us of the Uttarakhand disaster that began on this day a year ago. The disaster was triggered by unseasonal and heavy rainfall in which indicates a clear...
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Press Release:21.06.14: RAMPANT ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS OF MAHARASHTRA WATER...
Press Release: ___________ 21.06.14 RAMPANT ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS OF MAHARASHTRA WATER...
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Ganga in Peril: Building more barrages will finish it off
By Anil Prakash Rivers are not simply rivers, but they are our cultural life lines. Freshwater of rivers, fertile land on either side and island inside them, living beings, plants and vegetation and...
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Clean chit by the Chitale SIT Report on Maha Irrigation Scam?
Ye jo Public hai, Ye sab Jaanti hai! The much debated SIT Committee Report headed by Dr. Madhavrao Chitale was finally tabled in the State Assembly on the last day of the Assembly in the evening on...
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“If its peaking, its not an ROR!” Interview with Dr. Thomas Hardy, IAHR and...
At the 10th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics in Trondheim, Norway in June 2014, SANDRP talked with Dr. Thomas Hardy, Past President of the Ecohydraulics Section of the International Association...
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What do Rivers have to do with Silt??
Rivers are again in the news, though so far only for symptomatic reasons. The new government at the centre has renamed the charge of water resources minister to Minister of Water Resources, River...
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How do dams affect a river?
That sounds like a rather innocent question and I was asked to write an article, addressing it. But before we go into that, let us try and understand a few things. Firstly, what is a River? Let us...
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NHPC’s “controversial child” URI II Hydro Project: Some Facts
Full page advertisements in most National newspapers in the national capital and possibly in Jammu & Kashmir announced on July 4, 2014 that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to...
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Response to SANDRP blog: On Sediments & Rivers
Dr Dinesh Kumar Mishra (dkmishra108@gmail.com) Read the article by Thakkar and Dandekar[1] on sediments with great interest. The basic duty assigned by nature to any river is to build land (nearest...
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Flow for Worship, Flow for Money: Water Wheels and Hydropower in Bhutan
Countries like Bhutan, Nepal, parts of Tibet and parts of India like Sikkim have some lovely Buddhist traditions linked to the nature. On the edges of forests, overlooking valleys and atop majestic...
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Will this Ganga manthan help the River?
The one day Ganga Manthan[1] organized by the National Mission for Clean Ganga on July 7, 2014 was described by Union Minister[2] Sushri Uma Bharti & Union Minister[3] Shri Nitin Gadkari as...
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Pauk, Heo, Tato-I Hydropower projects: CISMHE’s shoddy EIAs Seven Big hydro...
India is well aware of fury of ‘Mighty Brahmaputra’[i]! The 2900 KM long river is prone to catastrophic flooding in monsoon when the Himalayan snows also melt. It is a classic example of a braided...
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Rivers and Water in Union Budget 2014-15
In the first annual budget (for the year 2014-15) presented by the new NDA government at the centre on July 10, 2014, it is generally bad news for Ganga and other rivers. Below we have given various...
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Good, bad and ugly – YJA ‘green’ take on the Union Budget 2014-15
Manoj Misra, YAMUNA JIYE ABHIYAAN (yamunajiye@gmail.com) Here is OUR TAKE ON VARIOUS PROVISIONS IN THE UNION BUDGET for 2014-15 presented by Union Finance Minister of Government of India in Parliament...
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Guesstimating a Future: Questioning Knowledge Formation, Expertise and...
-Ramya Swayamprakash (ramya.swayamprakash@gmail.com) Large dams represent a gamut of ideas around the asocial and apolitical nature of water itself, i.e., ‘modern water’[1], expert control, and...
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