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Dams

  • None for the plunge

    The proposed Three Gorges dam in China might just run into rough weather. The US Export-Import Bank is yet to take a decision on whether to lend the money required for the Chinese dam.

  • Reviving traditions

    Farmers in Burkina Faso's central plateau in Sahel, are turning to traditional practices such as building stone lines, pocket-like pits known as Zaiand permeable stone dams. These increase yields

  • MALAYSIA

    Yet another fracas centering around a dam: the Malaysian government is going ahead with its plans to construct the Bakun hydro- electric dam on the island of Borneo. While the Deputy Prime

  • Shaky revelations

    Shaky revelations

    WILL it quake or will it not? That is the topic being hotly debated by seismologists and environmentalists regarding the Tehri dam project in Tehri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh (up). The latest in the

  • Wilted concerns

    A recently proposed environmental evaluation smacks of evasive tactics

  • Damn it!

    The Mekong river flowing through six South-East Asian countries is to be arrested by the planned construction of nearly 76 dams. The Mekong Watch Network (MWN) a coalition of NGOs,

  • CHINA

    CHINA

    China is going ahead with its plans to build the Three Gorges dam billed as the world's largest water- control project on Yangtze river, despite concerns raised by environmentalists. They have

  • Bakun Dam at a glance

    Location: On the Balui River, 37 km from Belaga town, Sarawak Catchment area: 14, 750 sq km Reservoir area: 69,000 ha, containing 43.8 cu m of water Hydroelectric output: 2,400 MW (eight

  • The dam sham

    The dam sham

    Even as protests against the Bakun Dam Project grow more strident, the Malaysian government remains adamant on its decision to go ahead with it

  • Damned squabbles

    Damned squabbles

    Waves of criticism against the newly proposed Kalpsar project wash away the Gujarat government's ambitious claims

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