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2013


April 2013


INDEXPage No
How is 2012-13 Drought in Maharashtra worse than the 1972 one?1
Another sop for Mah Sugar Industry
6
Maharashtra’s Sugar Shackles7
Vertebrate fauna of the Chambal River Basin, particularly in the NCS
10
No More Mini Hydel Projects in Karnataka Western Ghats13
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 conflict23
How much do we know about our dams and rivers?
30
Publications available with SANDRP
32


March 2013

Feb 2013


INDEXPage No
Analysis of MoEF’s Expert Approval Committee1
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 SANDRP32

Jan 2013

Dec 2012

INDEX Page No
Dams are a Fishy Business
1
Box: Experts on Fish Ladders
5
FAC Violating the FRA 20066
Thirsty Rivers, Bygone Fishes, Hungry Societies
7
Loksabha Quotes on Ganga
9
How Many Dams on Chenab
11
The Himalayas: High Dam Density
14
Yamuna: National Shame    
16
Whitewash of MAHA Scam
18
Maharashtra Water Disputes                    
21
Indore Urban Water Study
24
Methane Emission of Dams
26
Inspiring Microhydro
27
Groundwater Mining and Sealevel Rise        
28
Ganga Water, Carcinogenic
29
Recognizing Rights of Rivers30


Nov 2012

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Rivers, the Most Endangered Species 1
Excerpts from FAC Report on Rupsiabagar Hydro
9
MAHA Irrigation Scam
10
Mah Water Audit: Myth and Reality
17
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
Oct 2012


Sept 2012

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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
Bhakra dams management: Callous, ad-hoc reservoir operation again
10
Dams, Agriculture and Drought
12
Mahrashtra Politicians' increasingly clearer Dam Scam Links: Were the Political links with Big dam lobby ever more obvious?
14
Canal Irrigation in Maharashtra: Present Status
17
MoEF reconstitutes Forest Advisory Committee Pro industry, Anti Forests, violation of SC directions
22
Macro  Impacts  of  Mini Hydel Projects in Karnataka
25



Aug 2012



July 2012

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
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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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Dismal power generation performance of large hydro in NE India
1
IE Journalist awards: There is conflict of Interest here, Sir
5
Draft National Policy 2012 largely seeks to help the vested interests
6
Clearance for L Demwe: MEF overrules all ind NBWL members
9
Diverse ecosystems can work as climate change buffer
14
Meghalaya eyes CDM credits to recover loss under Leshka HEP
15
Illegal dams for Mumbai: Kalu, Balganga, Susari
16
Purna dam: wrong assessment leads to loss of Rs 180 crores
17
NBA’s Jamin Hakk Sangharsh
18
ALSTOM under scrutiny by Norway on corruption issues
19
Arunachal Pradesh: Anjaw district’s micro hydro revolution
20
National Green Tribunal: All Citizens have right to contest projects
21
Alaknanda Hydro: Haggling for environment flow in EAC meetings
22
Himachal govt way of Buying silence, manufacturing consent
23
NEW PUBLICATION: ADB hydro project report in HP in HINDI
24


January 2012


2011


December 2011


INDEX
Page No
The threat of unsafe Mullaperiyar dam
1
CWC Report on Water Quality Hot Spots says little, hides a lot
5
Dolphins of the Ganga: Few fading, fewer frolicking
8
How to ruin living rivers: Fall of River Shastri
11
Traditional Water Management Systems of E Vidarbha-II
14
European Commission to review CDM Hydro status
18
Flood-banks along Krishna causing conflicts
19
Fraudulent Hydropower companies in Karnataka
20
Chenab basin projects, Luhri HEP face stiff opposition in Himachal
21
WAPCOS DOES IT AGAIN: shoddy studies in Arunachal Pradesh
22
MoEF approves project rejected twice by FAC in critical wildlife area
24
West Bengal forms a panel on Wetlands
25
Atrocious: Police burn 200 floating huts at Loktak
26
Nepal: West Seti Hydropower project dropped
28
International Court prohibits permanent work on Kishanganga
29
Burma: Myitsone dam on the Irrawaddy dropped
30
Three Gorges Dam triggered 3,000 earthquakes
31
NEW PUBLICATION: ADB hydro project report in HP in HINDI
32


November 2011


October 2011

INDEX
Page No
Scam: UNFCCC registers Rampur hydro
1
Reviving Adan River through conservation and employment generation
2
Himachal bans hydropower projects in Tirthan & tributaries
4
Traditional Water Management Systems of E Vidarbha: Community Conservation
5
Dams, Rivers and Ecology
9
Novel Conservation reserves on Kali, Bedthi and Aghanashini in the Western Ghats
12
Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment in Western Ghats
15
Lohit Basin Study by WAPCOS: A mockery of e-flows and cumulative impacts
17
Dam Planners not accounting for climate change
20
ISRO: Himalayan glaciers are receding
21
FAC members critical of corrupt Forest bureaucracy
22
HC orders fresh public hearing for Lanco Project
23
Mismanagement of Hirakud leads to avoidable flood disaster in Orissa AGAIN
24
Polavaram: Tenders lead to fresh controversy
25
Sindhol Hydro opposed in Orissa
26
Activists in Dibang being branded as Maoists
27
Teesta Dams & the Sikkim Earthquake
28
Growing opposition to big hydro in Himachal Pradesh
29
Bichhri case revisited: SC penalises polluting industry to evade court orders
30
HC order: No construction within 500 m of High Flood Level of Ganga and Yamuna
31


September 2011

August 2011
INDEX
Page No
AHEC-IITR’s Ganga Basin Report: Flawed, Shoddy, Biased & Unacceptable 
1
The Official EAC on RVP critical of Ganga Basin Cumulative Impact Report 8
Ganga Basin Cumulative Assessment: A review of River Ecology Aspects 9
Ganga Basin Cumulative Assessment: A review of Water Quality Aspects 14
DAMS for Mumbai: No EIA, No Clearances, No hearings, no monitoring 
15
National Wetlands Atlas: Baby step in Right Direction 19
J Ramesh Tenure at MEF: BIG BANG, LACKING IN SYSTEMIC CHANGES 22
Workshop on Reservoir Operation Management in Kerala 24
IMD: Climate Change has induced increased flood risk in India 25
Adverse Impacts of Lower Subansiri 26
Report: ADB’s green label not working for 4 Himachal Hydro projects
27
Vidarbha farmers demand white paper on Irrigation Scam and Water Theft
28
IIM Report: Gujarat’s high Agri growth Not due to SSP
29
Leader trying to protect wetlands shot dead in W Bengal
30
Ramesh clears 40 wildlife affecting projects in two hours without discussion
31
NEW REPORT, Eliot on Rivers 32

July 2011


June 2011



May 2011

INDEX
Page No
Analysis of TAC guidelines and decisions in recent meetings
1
Conflicts over water in Chile – Between Human Rights and Market Rules
2
Dying Rivers of Goa: Impact of mining on water resources
10
Blue Rivers of Meghalaya
13
Small Projects, Big impacts: Micro & mini hydel projects in Himachal Pradesh
15
Himachal Fisheries Department compromises rivers for money
16
Subarnarekha: A Streak of radioactive pollution?
17
Maharashtra amends water authority bill, cabinet gets unaccountable powers
18
BOOK REVIEW: In search of Yamuna
19
Interlinking of Rivers in Bihar
20
Inequality & climate Vulnerability Linked
23
Dams in the Western Ghats to quench Mumbai’s never ending demands
24
Villagers construct their own dams in Chhattisgarh
25
High Court puts on hold Mini-hydel projects in Western Ghats
26
Demand of release of freshwater into Yamuna round the year: key issues
27
Yamuna Bachao Andolan: To make the river flow
28
Fate of Trouts in of J & Kashmir streams
29
Jairam Ramesh: Ken Betwa Linking Disastrous
30
World Bank, India to help Afghanistan build Kabul River dams
31
NEW PUBLICATIONS
32


April 2011

INDEX
Page No
Maharashtra gifts farmers’ water to industries
1
CIC orders CWC to disclose backwater studies in public interest
2
Bihar Success Story in System of Crop Intensification
3
Bihar Floods, Breaching Embankments and Suppressing Information
8
A Review of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-2 Report
10
Climate Change in Jharkhand: Extreme rain deficit
13
SC Slams Govt on Gosikhurd rehabilitation
14
Sardar Sarovar will take 176 years: Gujarat MLA
16
Below 16% allocation for Artificial Recharge of Groundwater could be spent
17
Corruption in Kulu HEPs: Officers under scanner
19
Successful Participatory Irrigation Development in Vidarbha
20
Communities construct their own canals
21
High Court: Limit withdrawal to 50% from rivers
22
UN: Eco-Farming Could Double Food Output
23
Chhattisgarh proposal for River linkage: For private benefits?
24
Chhattisgarh: Bogda dam sold for Private TPS?
25
Kerala law to hold Coke accountable for the damages in Plachimada
26
China water crisis and why dams wont help, but could worsen the crisis
27
US: Dangers behind Aging Dams
30
European Parliament asks World Bank not to fund big hydro, big dams
31



West Flowing Rivers


March 2011
February 2011
INDEX
Page No
The continuing farce called conditional clearances
1
Global Crop Water Footprint
3
Violation of environment law by Four Himachal HEPs: Will MEF act?
4
River Schools can make the future look bright
14
How debris affect Himalayan Glaciers
17
MEF to AP: Implement Forest Rights Act in Polavaram Area
18
BBMB refuses to provide irrigation water to Bhakra oustees
19
Sardar Sarovar Land scam: IAS officers taken to High Court
20
Review all Arunachal Dams: Assam CM to PM
21
Ranganadi downstream affected demand compensation
22
TN HC: shut down Tirupur units or polluting Noyyal River
24
Sand mining of rivers in Uttar Pradesh goes to High Court
25
Padyatra against Par Tapi Narmada River Link Proposal
29
US report says climate change can stir Indo Pak conflict
30
Writings on the Wall
32
January 2011
INDEX Page
Wetland Rules 2010: Welcome, but won’t help wetlands
1
Water Crisis in Ramsar Wetlands of India
7
Can India be firm with China on Brahmaputra basin dams?
12
Why MoEF needs to urgently take up some systemic tough actions
14
Climate Change and Manipur’s wetlands
15
India dodged UN to get climate credits?
16
Kishau dam a National Project? Serious Questions about MWR
17
INDIAN EXPRESS at it again: Blind advocacy FOR dams
18
Srinagar HEP challenged in High Court and CEC
19
Scam in the Maharashtra Irrigation Projects?
20
Big Polluters of Orissa
21
FAO predicts Food Crisis in 2011
22
China: 36 punished over fatal dam breach
23
Writings on the Wall
24



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