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What's New
2013
April 2013
| INDEX | Page No |
|---|
| How is 2012-13 Drought in Maharashtra worse than the 1972 one? | 1 | Another sop for Mah Sugar Industry
| 6 | | Maharashtra’s Sugar Shackles | 7
| Vertebrate fauna of the Chambal River Basin, particularly in the NCS
| 10 | | No More Mini Hydel Projects in Karnataka Western Ghats | 13
| Dam Decommissioning as an Environmental Priority
| 14
| Box: Experience from Penobscot River, USA
| 20 | Anti Dam protests in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
| 22
| | Journey from cooperation to conflict | 23
| How much do we know about our dams and rivers?
| 30
| Publications available with SANDRP
| 32 |
March 2013
Feb 2013
| INDEX | Page No |
|---|
| Analysis of MoEF’s Expert Approval Committee | 1 | TOR and EC status in North India
| 15
| State wise, river basin wise overview of projects in North India
| 17
| TOR and EC status in North East India
| 18
| State wise, river basin wise overview of projects in North East India
| 21
| TOR and EC status in East India
| 22
| State wise, river basin wise overview of projects in East India
| 23
| TOR and EC status in West India
| 24
| State wise, river basin wise overview of projects in West India
| 26
| TOR and EC status in South India
| 27
| State wise, river basin wise overview of projects in South India
| 28 | Reject Environment Clearance to Luhri: Letter from 60 to MoEF and EAC
| 29
| | New Publication from SANDRP | 32
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Jan 2013
Dec 2012- Comment on NWRC meeting, Dec 2012 (Doc file 12 kb)
- Letter to NWRC on New National Water Policy, Dec 2012 (pdf file 34 kb)
(Keywords: Formulation of NWP, Right to water, Privatisation, Big irrigation projects, Law tp protect rivers, Water Regulatory Authorities, suggestions)
- Dams Are A Fishy Business, Dec 2012 (pdf file 140 kb)
(Keywords: Impact of dams, CIFRI, CMFRI, fisheries, EAC, Fish pass, Ladders, Environmental flow, Fish biodiversity)
- MoTA to MoEF: FAC blatantly violating FRA, Dec 2012 (pdf file 12 kb)
(Keywords: FRA Act 2006, Ignore people's right, MoTA, MoEF, Condemned FAC)
- Thirsty Rivers Bygone Fishes Hungry Societies: Nachiket Kelkar, Dec 2012 (pdf file 808 kb)
(Keywords: Hilsa, Fisheries collapse, Farakka, scarcity of water, Dry downstream, River fisheries, Parliament debate, Ganga, Biodiversity)
- Dams on Chenab: How many are too many, Dec 2012 (pdf file 340 kb)
(Keywords: Chandrabhaga, hydro projects, bypass by tunnel, Himachal, J&K, Cumulative Impact Assessment, downstream hydrology, water scarcity, list of dams)
- Indian Himalayas: Worlds Highest Dam Density, Dec 2012 (pdf file 936 kb)
(Keywords: Potential Effects of Hydropower Development, species extinction submerged, Teesta basin, degraded forests, 460 dams)
- Yamuna: Why even apex court could not help clean the river for 18 years, Dec 2012 (pdf file 284 kb)
(Keywords: National capital, shame, BOD, COD, minimum flow, High powered committee, untreated sewage, river pollution)
- White paper: Who is Mah Govt Fooling, Pradeep Purandare, Dec 2012 (pdf file 52 kb)
(Keywords: Irrigation scam, Maharashtra, WRD, corruption & irregularities, Economic Aspects, MERI, Time & cost overrun, Reforms in Water Sector, Administrative Approval, Expenditure on establishment)
- Intrastate Water Disputes in Maharashtra, Dec 2012 (pdf file 304 kb)
(Keywords: Seeds of bigger problems, storage levels, GMIDC, Dams in Godavari basin, Jayakwadi, Aurangabad Vision 2020 Document, strong protests, water releases, MWRRA)
- Indore WSS critique: Rahul Banerjee, Dec 2012 (pdf file 24 kb)
(Keywords: Urban water, financial viability, Sustainability, Revenue model, Stats of WSS, Waste water system, ADB, poverty pockets, alternative system, Narmada)
- Dams, Rivers & People, Nov-Dec 2012, Vol 10, Issue 10-11 (pdf file 3.94 mb)
Nov 2012- Endangered Riverine Biodiversity in India, Nov 2012 (pdf file 2.09 mb)
- Gujrat Govt's Poor Track Record on Water Front, Nov 2012 (pdf file 16 kb)
- MAHA Irrigation Scam, Nov 2012 (pdf file 88 kb)
- Irrigation Projects Audit, Maharashtra: Pradeep Purandare, Nov 2012 (pdf file 52 kb)
- Ruspiabagar Khasiabara HEP: Ulhas Karanth Com Report Extracts, Nov 2012 (pdf file 16 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People, Sep-Oct 2012, Vol 10, Issue 8-9 (pdf file 886 kb)
| INDEX |
Page No |
| Rivers, the Most Endangered Species |
1 |
Excerpts from FAC Report on Rupsiabagar Hydro
|
9
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MAHA Irrigation Scam
|
10
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Mah Water Audit: Myth and Reality
|
17
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GOG’s Poor Track Record on Water
| 20
| Letter to NWRC on NWP Suggestions
| 21
| Extremely Weak CAG Audit on Hydro
| 22
| Climate Water Mission to be Dropped?
| 24
| Bhutan HEPs Threaten Endangered Species
| 25
| Churning in Nepal Power Sector
| 26
| New Publication from SANDRP
| 28
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Oct 2012
Sept 2012
- PR: World Rivers Day, Sept 30, 2012 (pdf file 228 kb)
- New Publication from SANDRP: River Bagmati Bounties Become A Curse By Dr D K Mishra (pdf file 16 kb)
- Civil Society Letter on Andhra Pradesh Mini Hydel Policy, Sept 2012 (pdf file 116 kb)
- Impacts of Dams on Riverine Fisheries in India: Parineeta Dandekar, Sept 2012 (pdf file 684 kb)
- Impacts of Adan Dam on Fisheries, Sept 2012 (pdf file 158 kb)
- Status of Canal Irrigation in Maharashtra, Sept 2012 (pdf file 233 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People, Jul-Aug 2012, Vol 10, Issue 6-7 (pdf file 8.66 MB)
| INDEX |
Page No |
| Damaged Rivers, Collapsing Fisheries: Impacts of Dams on riverine fisheries |
1 |
'How our river changed in front of our eyes': Impacts of Adan Dam on Fisheries in Maharashtra
|
8
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Bhakra dams management: Callous, ad-hoc reservoir operation again
|
10
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Dams, Agriculture and Drought
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12
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Mahrashtra Politicians' increasingly clearer Dam Scam Links: Were the Political links with Big dam lobby ever more obvious?
|
14
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Canal Irrigation in Maharashtra: Present Status
|
17
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MoEF reconstitutes Forest Advisory Committee Pro industry, Anti Forests, violation of SC directions
|
22
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Macro Impacts of Mini Hydel Projects in Karnataka
|
25
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Aug 2012
July 2012
- Press Release: NCP and Irrigation Scam politics, July 2012 (pdf file 420 kb)
- Meeting on discussion on a book about the 1979 Machuu Dam Disaster in Gujarat, (30th July 2012) (doc file 4kb)
- The People, Piety, Pollution and Politics of Ganga, July 2012 (pdf file 72 kb)
- Irrigation and Water Systems in Bundelkhand’s Lalitpur District, July 2012 (pdf file 43 kb)
- CDM for 780 MW Nyamjang Chhu HEP: theatre of the absurd?, July 2012 (pdf file 297 kb)
- WII’s CIA of Ganga HEPs on biodiversity: Step in the right direction, July 2012 (pdf file 120 kb)
- Press Release: Why precarious water situation at Bhakra dams was avoidable, July 5, 2012 (pdf file 24 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People, April, May, June 2012, Vol 10, Issue 3-4-5, (pdf file 1.82 MB)
| INDEX |
Page No |
| The People, Piety, Pollution and Politics of Ganga |
1 |
Irrigation and Water Systems in Bundelkhand’s Lalitpur District
|
7 |
| CDM for 780 MW Nyamjang Chhu HEP: theatre of the absurd? |
10 |
| WII’s CIA of Ganga HEPs on biodiversity: step in the right direction |
12 |
| India Water Week: Can we wish away ecological crisis of rivers? |
15 |
| Climate Change led to collapse of Harrapan civilization |
16 |
NGT says no to filling Maheshwar dam reservoir
|
17 |
| FOREST CLEARANCE FOR KALU DAM REJECTED |
18 |
| Maharashtra cancels the Kondhane dam |
19 |
| Karnataka High Court on SHPs: Govt number one enemy of forests |
20 |
| A DISASTROUS DECISION: ICFRE to do Sutlej basin CIA |
21 |
| Lahaul Valley villagers protest against HEPs |
22 |
| Remunicipalisation - Putting water back into public hands |
23 |
| Fisheries support over 4 lakh along Wainaganga River |
24 |
| Protecting food diversity through Organic Farming |
25 |
| Hydro dams pose threat to tourism in Nepa |
26 |
| Pak Fisherfolk protest against decreasing water in rivers & dams |
27 |
| New Publication from SANDRP: Water options for India in CC |
28 |
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
| INDEX |
Page No
|
| Why Inter-linking of Rivers is neither necessary, nor Desirable |
1 |
| Public statement from citizens on SC order on ILR |
5 |
| No Minister, Pune doesn’t need a new dam |
7 |
| Need for integrated view on urban waste water: case Study of Delhi |
9 |
| Managing Embankments to Manage Disasters |
14 |
| Silt eating into storage capacity of Karnataka’s dams |
18 |
High Court Stays work on Kalu Dam
|
19 |
| Members of the NGRBA resign; NGRBA meeting on April 17 |
20 |
| Groundwater a shock absorber in changing climate |
21 |
| Streams need trees to withstand climate change |
22 |
| “Ban CDM credits for large hydro” |
23 |
| Union Env. Minister has no time for indigenous people of ArP |
24 |
| Sikkim cancels two projects on Rangit; Tashiding faces protests |
26 |
| Nyamjang Chhu HEP would destroy Zemithang valley |
27 |
| India Tops List of Virtual Water Exporters |
28 |
| Madhya Pradesh to launch bio-health monitoring of Narmada River |
29 |
| ESG gets UN Water for Life best practice award |
30 |
| Potential of water saving in SRI |
31 |
New Publication from SANDRP: Water options for India in a Changing Climate
|
32 |
March 2012
February 2012
INDEX
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Page No
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Dismal power generation performance of large hydro in NE India
|
1
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IE Journalist awards: There is conflict of Interest here, Sir
|
5
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Draft National Policy 2012 largely seeks to help the vested interests
|
6
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Clearance for L Demwe: MEF overrules all ind NBWL members
|
9
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Diverse ecosystems can work as climate change buffer
|
14
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Meghalaya eyes CDM credits to recover loss under Leshka HEP
|
15
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Illegal dams for Mumbai: Kalu, Balganga, Susari
|
16
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Purna dam: wrong assessment leads to loss of Rs 180 crores
|
17
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NBA’s Jamin Hakk Sangharsh
|
18
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ALSTOM under scrutiny by Norway on corruption issues
|
19
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Arunachal Pradesh: Anjaw district’s micro hydro revolution
|
20
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National Green Tribunal: All Citizens have right to contest projects
|
21
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Alaknanda Hydro: Haggling for environment flow in EAC meetings
|
22
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Himachal govt way of Buying silence, manufacturing consent
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23
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NEW PUBLICATION: ADB hydro project report in HP in HINDI
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24
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January 2012
- Is MOEF at all interested in ensuring compliance - Continuing FARCE of conditional clearances, Feb 2011 (pdf file 32 kb)
- Letter to Vice President - Indian Express Conflict of Interest, Jan 2012 (pdf file 24 kb)
- Press Release: Conflict of Interest- Indian Express Awards Sponsored by JP and Monsanto, Jan 2012 (pdf file 20 kb)
- SANDRP is Looking for a Researcher, Jan 2012 (pdf file 52 kb)
- Ecological Management of Rivers in India, Jan 2012 (pdf file 3.51 mb)
- Dolphins of the Ganga - few fading fewer frolicking, Jan 2012 (pdf file 252 kb)
- The Threat of Unsafe Mullaperiyar Dam, Jan 2012 (pdf file 172 kb)
- How to ruin living rivers - The Fall of River Shastri, Jan 2012 (pdf file 400 kb)
- Crisis of Water Quality in India, Jan 2012 (pdf file 56 kb)
- Alaknanda Hydro - MEF approves project rejected twice by FAC and WII, Jan 2012 (pdf file 32 kb)
- Traditional Water Management Systems of East Vidarbha -2 CURRENT STATUS, Jan 2012 (pdf file 328 kb)
2011
December 2011
INDEX
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Page No
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The threat of unsafe Mullaperiyar dam
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1
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CWC Report on Water Quality Hot Spots says little, hides a lot
|
5
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Dolphins of the Ganga: Few fading, fewer frolicking
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8
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How to ruin living rivers: Fall of River Shastri
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11
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Traditional Water Management Systems of E Vidarbha-II
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14
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European Commission to review CDM Hydro status
|
18
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Flood-banks along Krishna causing conflicts
|
19
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Fraudulent Hydropower companies in Karnataka
|
20
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Chenab basin projects, Luhri HEP face stiff opposition in Himachal
|
21
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WAPCOS DOES IT AGAIN: shoddy studies in Arunachal Pradesh
|
22
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MoEF approves project rejected twice by FAC in critical wildlife area
|
24
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West Bengal forms a panel on Wetlands
|
25
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Atrocious: Police burn 200 floating huts at Loktak
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26
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Nepal: West Seti Hydropower project dropped
|
28
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International Court prohibits permanent work on Kishanganga
|
29
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Burma: Myitsone dam on the Irrawaddy dropped
|
30
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Three Gorges Dam triggered 3,000 earthquakes
|
31
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NEW PUBLICATION: ADB hydro project report in HP in HINDI
|
32
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November 2011
October 2011
INDEX
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Page No
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Scam: UNFCCC registers Rampur hydro
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1
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Reviving Adan River through conservation and employment generation
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2
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Himachal bans hydropower projects in Tirthan & tributaries
|
4
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Traditional Water Management Systems of E Vidarbha: Community Conservation
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5
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Dams, Rivers and Ecology
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9
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Novel Conservation reserves on Kali, Bedthi and Aghanashini in the Western Ghats
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12
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Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment in Western Ghats
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15
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Lohit Basin Study by WAPCOS: A mockery of e-flows and cumulative impacts
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17
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Dam Planners not accounting for climate change
|
20
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ISRO: Himalayan glaciers are receding
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21
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FAC members critical of corrupt Forest bureaucracy
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22
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HC orders fresh public hearing for Lanco Project
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23
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Mismanagement of Hirakud leads to avoidable flood disaster in Orissa AGAIN
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24
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Polavaram: Tenders lead to fresh controversy
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25
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Sindhol Hydro opposed in Orissa
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26
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Activists in Dibang being branded as Maoists
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27
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Teesta Dams & the Sikkim Earthquake
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28
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Growing opposition to big hydro in Himachal Pradesh
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29
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Bichhri case revisited: SC penalises polluting industry to evade court orders
|
30
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HC order: No construction within 500 m of High Flood Level of Ganga and Yamuna
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31
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September 2011
August 2011
INDEX
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Page No
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AHEC-IITR’s Ganga Basin Report: Flawed, Shoddy, Biased & Unacceptable
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1
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| The Official EAC on RVP critical of Ganga Basin Cumulative Impact Report |
8
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| Ganga Basin Cumulative Assessment: A review of River Ecology Aspects |
9
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| Ganga Basin Cumulative Assessment: A review of Water Quality Aspects |
14
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DAMS for Mumbai: No EIA, No Clearances, No hearings, no monitoring
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15
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| National Wetlands Atlas: Baby step in Right Direction |
19
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| J Ramesh Tenure at MEF: BIG BANG, LACKING IN SYSTEMIC CHANGES |
22
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| Workshop on Reservoir Operation Management in Kerala |
24
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| IMD: Climate Change has induced increased flood risk in India |
25
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| Adverse Impacts of Lower Subansiri |
26
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Report: ADB’s green label not working for 4 Himachal Hydro projects
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27
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Vidarbha farmers demand white paper on Irrigation Scam and Water Theft
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28
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IIM Report: Gujarat’s high Agri growth Not due to SSP
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29
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Leader trying to protect wetlands shot dead in W Bengal
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30
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Ramesh clears 40 wildlife affecting projects in two hours without discussion
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31
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| NEW REPORT, Eliot on Rivers |
32 |
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
INDEX
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Page No
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Analysis of TAC guidelines and decisions in recent meetings
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1
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Conflicts over water in Chile – Between Human Rights and Market Rules
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2
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Dying Rivers of Goa: Impact of mining on water resources
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10
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Blue Rivers of Meghalaya
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13
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Small Projects, Big impacts: Micro & mini hydel projects in Himachal Pradesh
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15
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Himachal Fisheries Department compromises rivers for money
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16
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Subarnarekha: A Streak of radioactive pollution?
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17
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Maharashtra amends water authority bill, cabinet gets unaccountable powers
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18
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BOOK REVIEW: In search of Yamuna
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19
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Interlinking of Rivers in Bihar
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20
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Inequality & climate Vulnerability Linked
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23
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Dams in the Western Ghats to quench Mumbai’s never ending demands
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24
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Villagers construct their own dams in Chhattisgarh
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25
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High Court puts on hold Mini-hydel projects in Western Ghats
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26
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Demand of release of freshwater into Yamuna round the year: key issues
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27
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Yamuna Bachao Andolan: To make the river flow
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28
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Fate of Trouts in of J & Kashmir streams
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29
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Jairam Ramesh: Ken Betwa Linking Disastrous
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30
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World Bank, India to help Afghanistan build Kabul River dams
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31
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
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32
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April 2011
INDEX
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Page No
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Maharashtra gifts farmers’ water to industries
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1
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CIC orders CWC to disclose backwater studies in public interest
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2
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Bihar Success Story in System of Crop Intensification
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3
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Bihar Floods, Breaching Embankments and Suppressing Information
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8
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A Review of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-2 Report
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10
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Climate Change in Jharkhand: Extreme rain deficit
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13
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SC Slams Govt on Gosikhurd rehabilitation
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14
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Sardar Sarovar will take 176 years: Gujarat MLA
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16
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Below 16% allocation for Artificial Recharge of Groundwater could be spent
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17
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Corruption in Kulu HEPs: Officers under scanner
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19
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Successful Participatory Irrigation Development in Vidarbha
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20
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Communities construct their own canals
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21
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High Court: Limit withdrawal to 50% from rivers
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22
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UN: Eco-Farming Could Double Food Output
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23
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Chhattisgarh proposal for River linkage: For private benefits?
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24
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Chhattisgarh: Bogda dam sold for Private TPS?
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25
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Kerala law to hold Coke accountable for the damages in Plachimada
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26
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China water crisis and why dams wont help, but could worsen the crisis
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27
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US: Dangers behind Aging Dams
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30
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European Parliament asks World Bank not to fund big hydro, big dams
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31
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West Flowing Rivers
March 2011
February 2011
INDEX
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Page No
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The continuing farce called conditional clearances
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1
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Global Crop Water Footprint
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3
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Violation of environment law by Four Himachal HEPs: Will MEF act?
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4
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River Schools can make the future look bright
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14
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How debris affect Himalayan Glaciers
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17
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MEF to AP: Implement Forest Rights Act in Polavaram Area
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18
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BBMB refuses to provide irrigation water to Bhakra oustees
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19
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Sardar Sarovar Land scam: IAS officers taken to High Court
|
20
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Review all Arunachal Dams: Assam CM to PM
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21
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Ranganadi downstream affected demand compensation
|
22
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TN HC: shut down Tirupur units or polluting Noyyal River
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24
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Sand mining of rivers in Uttar Pradesh goes to High Court
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25
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Padyatra against Par Tapi Narmada River Link Proposal
|
29
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US report says climate change can stir Indo Pak conflict
|
30
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Writings on the Wall
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32 |
January 2011
| INDEX |
Page
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Wetland Rules 2010: Welcome, but won’t help wetlands
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1
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Water Crisis in Ramsar Wetlands of India
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7
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Can India be firm with China on Brahmaputra basin dams?
|
12 |
Why MoEF needs to urgently take up some systemic tough actions
|
14
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Climate Change and Manipur’s wetlands
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15
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India dodged UN to get climate credits?
|
16
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Kishau dam a National Project? Serious Questions about MWR
|
17
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INDIAN EXPRESS at it again: Blind advocacy FOR dams
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18
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Srinagar HEP challenged in High Court and CEC
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19
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Scam in the Maharashtra Irrigation Projects?
|
20 |
Big Polluters of Orissa
|
21
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FAO predicts Food Crisis in 2011
|
22
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China: 36 punished over fatal dam breach
|
23
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Writings on the Wall
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24
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Issues, Stories and information of previous years
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