National Register of Large (Specified) Dams is a compilation of the specified dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government /Authority concerned. As embark on a new
The Koliyari dam in the Panchmahals district of Gujarat is yet another project that has elicited heated reactions. The dam is estimated to render about 8,000 tribals and double the number of cattle
While small irrigation projects are the need of the hour, the government is obsessed with big projects
A World Bank body is flouting its own environmental norms
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the state government, the Gandhinagar district collector and the managing collector of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Cor poration
laos will build a 680- mw hydroelectric dam across the Nam Theun, tributary of the mighty Mekong river. About 450 sq km of land in the Nakai plateau - 40 per cent of the area - will be
While dam busting, engineers should take care to save the entire river system from degradation
HARD truths need harsher frames. Especially if the truths deal with the excreta that the dominant model of development in India produces when it squats on its way to concrete progress. And
OVERFISHING and environmental degradation have pushed the endangered blind dolphin in the Indus river to the brink of extinction. Water pollution and construction of dams has shrunk the habitat
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SHRIPAD DHARMADHIKARYmuch water has flown down the rivers of this world and many
THE effect of dams on surrounding ecosystems could be traced even to the seas which receive the waters of dammed rivers. According to researchers from the University of Hamburg and the Baltic
