Conflicts
Could the water towers of Asia be drying up soon?
Posted on 24 Mar, 2019 11:03 AMThe Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) cover 3500 kms across eight countries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
Protecting Surajpur wetland
Posted on 13 Mar, 2019 05:29 PMThe migratory bird season is in full swing and avid bird watchers have flocked to Surajpur wetland to sight the charismatic Common Teal, Red-crested Pochard, Ferruginous Pochard, Bar-headed Goose, Greylag Goose, Northern Shoveler and Gadwall.
SC orders forced eviction of tribals, forest dwellers
Posted on 27 Feb, 2019 01:31 PMForced eviction ordered for more than one million tribals and forest-dwellers
River basin governance: Learnings from Cauvery conflict
Posted on 15 Feb, 2019 01:38 PMThe river Cauvery—an inter-state river shared by the southern states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as well as the Union Territory of Pondicherry—has often been in the news for the fight over its waters between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. What dominates the issue is the conflicting demands for irrigation from the plateau region of Karnataka and the delta region in Tamil Nadu.
Urban Water Challenge Workshop
Posted on 13 Feb, 2019 10:59 AMAre you ready to apply the collective brain power of multinationals, startups, innovators and entrepreneurial ecosystem builders to make sustainable change for urban water in India?
Leading a movement to revive a river
Posted on 30 Jan, 2019 04:21 PMPeople of Ramra, a village in the Kairana block of Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh have warm recollections of river Katha that joins the Yamuna below Ramra. Mustaquim Mallah, a 30-year old river conservationist recalls how his grandfather held many pleasant childhood memories of the river. "My great grandfather fished in this river.
Dealing with droughts
Posted on 13 Dec, 2018 04:20 PMDroughts are one of the most feared natural calamities in India impacting food production, the economy as well as the morale of millions of farmers in a cou
Mekedatu project: CWC okays, TN objects
Posted on 04 Dec, 2018 03:09 PMCWC allows preparation of DPR while TN objects to the Mekedatu project on the Cauvery river
The tragic tale of Erai
Posted on 30 Nov, 2018 10:56 AMThe Erai river, the main tributary of the Wardha river, is the lifeline for the people of Chandrapur in Maharashtra. It primarily supplies water to the Chandrapur city and Chandrapur super thermal power station (CSTPS). Since 1984, after the initiation of operations of M/s CSTPS and Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), the river has begun to get polluted and is now gasping for breath.
Two states and a river: More power or more water?
Posted on 25 Nov, 2018 12:26 PMA new study, Mahanadi: Coal Rich, Water-Stressed sheds light on how both Odisha and Chhattisgarh have locked horns over the distribution of waters of the Mahanadi river. The 851-km-long river originates in the Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh, flows through the state and then Odisha before joining the Bay of Bengal at Odisha’s coast.