Weekly News and Policy Updates

Bihar canal collapses before inauguration
News this week Posted on 27 Sep, 2017 11:47 AM

Bhagalpur canal in Bihar collapses during trial run

Bhagalpur canal after collapse. (Source: Press Trust of India)
Sardar Sarovar dam to submerge 40,000 families
Policy matters this week Posted on 19 Sep, 2017 08:44 PM

PM Modi inaugurates the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project

Sardar Sarovar dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)
Floods to cost $215 billion per year in South Asia by 2030
News this week Posted on 19 Sep, 2017 08:10 PM

A whopping $215 billion is lost to floods each year

A woman wades through a flooded road. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Maharashtra gets Rs 60,000 crore for river interlinking
Policy matters this week Posted on 13 Sep, 2017 06:34 AM

Centre allocates Maharashtra Rs 60,000 crore to link its rivers

A map shows how rivers would be interlinked. (Source: NIH)
Floods take a heavy toll on Assam farmlands
News this week Posted on 13 Sep, 2017 06:04 AM

Assam bears huge agricultural loss from floods

A man wades through knee-deep water with his belongings during the flood. (Source: 101Reporters)
Mumbai drowns in flood water
News this week Posted on 05 Sep, 2017 09:28 PM

Destruction of river and mangroves blamed for Mumbai floods

Heavy rains flood Mumbai. (Source: Flickr photos)
India gets new water resources minister
Policy matters this week Posted on 05 Sep, 2017 09:10 PM

Nitin Gadkari takes charge of water resources and Ganga rejuvenation

Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)
Pancheshwar dam public hearing continues
Policy matters this week Posted on 30 Aug, 2017 05:56 AM

Public hearing for Pancheshwar dam continues while ignoring people's concern

We don't want dams, dams destroy mountains,' reads a slogan painted on a wall in Uttarakhand (Image Source: GJ Lingaraj)
Ganapati idol immersion continues despite ban
News this week Posted on 30 Aug, 2017 05:28 AM

Despite ban, immersion of Ganpati idols made of PoP continue in Bengaluru lakes

Ganesh Visarjan (Source: Wikimedia commons via Chetan Gole)
UP's religious smart city plan gets rejected
Policy matters this week Posted on 22 Aug, 2017 09:55 PM

Committee rejects UP's plan for a religious hi-tech smart city 

Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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