Hydropower

Centre to allocate Rs 8,216.25 crore for four north-western states and UTs under Jal Jeevan Mission

Green panel clears Central Vista projects

In the aftermath of the Chamoli disaster of 2021, the spotlight turned to the area’s proliferating development that made it particularly vulnerable to disasters.

Tap water supply to government schools and anganwadis in a grim state: Panel report

Proliferation of hydropower development in the Himalayas is leading to extensive land use changes in the river valleys and threatening the diverse and fragile Himalayan ecosystems leading to deforestation, fragmentation, soil erosion and loss of forest biodiversity. These are a cause for serious concern for local communities, whose lives and livelihoods depend on these forests.

The recent catastrophe in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, where a large part of the Nanda Devi Glacier fell into the Alaknanda stream near Joshimath, caused severe flooding.

Illegal sand mining operations lead to 193 deaths in two years

Designate nodal agencies for restoration of water bodies: NGT to states

Two more wetlands added to Ramsar sites

Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan had a low impact in making Maharashtra drought free: CAG