Dams, Barrages and Reservoirs

The Mahanadi is the lifeline of the people of both Chhattisgarh and Odisha, as it the most important water source for the farmers and other citizens of both these states to meet their domestic and livelihood needs.

Farakka behind Bihar flood: CM

The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, called for the decommissioning of the Farakka barrage recently.

India witnesses 40 percent rise in farmer suicides in a year

NGT raps UP government over Yamuna's pollution near the Taj Mahal

Small islands in southern Kerala lakes sinking

Punjab-Haryana at crossroads over the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna canal

Seven ministries other than the Water Ministry to help revive the Ganga

Bhakra dam was the first hydropower project of independent India. Though it brought electricity and water to vast areas, the people displaced in the Bilaspur area of Himachal Pradesh remain dissatisfied. Many of them were not adequately compensated, and began living and farming in the adjoining forests. They were allowed to stay put--unofficially--by the administration.

Relief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal