Kalabagh dam
In the eye of storm : Despite the fact that the proposed Kalabagh Hydro-electric Power project is just the medicine that Pakistan needs, a national debate rages on whether the project should go ahead . The country faces a massive power generation shortfall by the turn of the century and …
Experts concerned over threat to UP wetland
A recent survey of the Hastinapur wildlife sanctuary in western UP by researchers from the Wildlife society of India has revealed that over the last two years, there has been a "massive increase in the destruction of swampy areas within the sanctuary "by organised mafias" who are exploiting certain legal …
Plan to preserve Dal Lake
The Union Minister for Environment and Forest, Prof Saifuddin Soz, announced that Rs 291 crore would be spent on the preservation of the Dal Lake in Srinagar in a phased manner . In addition to this, the Planning Commission has agreed to sanction Rs 87 crore for the acquisition of …
The curse of the water hyacinth
Lake Victoria's shoreline have been taken over by water hyacinth, ringing the lake with a thick green curst where water used to be. Controlling the weed has become a priority for Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, which border the lake. The thick green mats of plants hamper fishermen.They bang up the …
A mammoth river project
The 24-billion-dollar Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze river in China has aroused worldwide attention. When completed, it will have the largest hydroelectric power station in the world.
Punjab dragging feet on Shah-Nehar?
The ambitious Shah-Nehar project in Kangra district, being built at an estimated cost of Rs 143.32 crore, would benefit people of 93 villages by providing irrigation to 37,000 hectares of land.
Water wars ebb away in the west
The water wars of the US west, which for most of this century have pitted town dwellers against farmers, cities against cities, and made rich men of successive generations of lawyers, are drawing to a close. Under pressure from Washington, the keystones of an enduring and equitable peace are being …
Failure to meet Letter of Support deadline
The Pakistan government has encashed Performance Guarantee (PG) of Sahir Hydropower Limited and is likely to encash another hydro project in the current month. Sahir Hydropower Limited was to set up an 8mw project near Manshra.
NHPC to take up 16 mini hydel projects
Public sector National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) will take up 16 small hydro projects for states on a turnkey basis during the Ninth Plan period for which half the funding will come as subsidy.
Ecologists worried over fissures at Kali power project
Environmentalists have expressed deep concern over the fissure that appeared at Kali Hydro-electric Power Project site near Kodsalli in Uttara Kannada district. They have appealed to the Union Environment and Forest Minister to conduct a joint survey of the area.
Dam oustees to launch agitation
To stop the ongoing construction of the Rs 1500-crore Maheshwar hydel project in Khargone district in Western Madhya Pradesh , the Narmada Bachao Andolan would launch an indefinite agitation at the dam site from 11 January..
NBA to stop work on Maheshwar dam project
The Narmada Bachao Andolan has decided to stop construction work on the Maheshwar dam project at Mandleshwar in Kahargone district of Madhya Pradesh on January 11.
Nabard sanctions Rs 34.19 cr for Gujarat project
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sactioned additional amount of Rs 34.19 crore as loan assistance to the government of Gujarat for completion of ongoing medium irrigation project namely Dhattarwadi II located in drought prone area of Amreli district and four salinity ingress prevention projects in …
Plan to build canal gets green signal
The Planning Commission has okayed the construction of Mewat Canal, meant to provide perennial irrigation to about 2,50,000 acres of arid land in about 300 villages of the Mewat areas of Gurgaon and Faridabad districts of Haryana.
Bottled water unsafe
Report: Most bottled water brands in the market are of a poor quality and do not conform to testing standards, says "Insight", a consumer magazine whose inaugural isue was released on Thursday. The bi-monthly magazine is being brought out by the Ahmedabad-based Consumer Education and research Society.
Move to separate water, sewage board criticised
Members of the Congress and the Janata Dal in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi today criticised the arbitary decision of the Delhi Government to set up a separate board in place of the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Undertaking and demanded amendment in the DMC Act regarding this .
Warning on worsening sewers
The sewers of England and Wales will fall into serious disrepair unless more money is spent on renovation, several water companies have warned. However, others who monitor the sewerage network argue that its condition has worsened because water companies underspent on maintenance in the years following privatisation of the industry …
Medha Patkar's Narmada stir transcends SSP in 10 yrs
Through the afternoon and midnight of December 31,1997, the NBA celebrated - through an agitation - 10 years of a struggle, knowing that the battle was only half-won. It has withstood changes in the social fabric and relentless political onslaught, gaining a little respite only three years ago when a …
Experts express concern over arsenic problem in West Bengal
Science and policy must come together to consider the 'pyrites-oxidation hypothesis' and the proper course of action to counter arsenic contaminaiton of groundwater, according to Peter Ravenscroft, of Mott Macdonald an UK-based engineering consultant, at a seminar on the environment in Calcutta on Sunday.
