On the water front
A one-week delay in the monsoon’s arrival has laid bare the precariousness of India’s water situation. The images of thousands of Chennai residents running after water tankers were telecast by BBC and
Central Water Commission (CWC)
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Centre examining 7 Arunachal hydel projects
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 – Even as the agitation against mega dams in Assam gathers momentum, the Centre is currently examining the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of seven private hydropower projects proposed
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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
IN VALLAKADAVU of Idukki district in Kerala, P Rajamani, 52, lives in fear. The Mullaperiyar dam looms just seven km away, and Rajamani believes it will not be too long before it bursts upon his village
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Rajasthan, Guj draw battle lines over Mahi waters
AHMEDABAD: Parched throats in Rajasthan are crying hoarse over Gujarat allegedly stealing its share of the Mahi river waters by constructing the Sujalam Sufalam irrigation canal. The issue has the potential
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Hydel units & silt slow Teesta flow
A high amount of silt deposit on the bed of the Teesta combined with the hydel power projects upstream in Sikkim and Bengal has reduced the flow and the volume of water in the river, an expert report has
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Unravelling the tangle
The Mullaperiyar controversy is a unique water dispute. The Mullaperiyar is an intrastate river, flowing only through Kerala, and therefore the Interstate Water Disputes Act, 1956, does not have any jurisdiction
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Overflowing With Fears
Pleas for divine intervention sound ludicrous when mouthed by technical experts appearing on television debates. But to the horror of viewers, experts on the Mullaperiyar dam are often urging them to pray
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Anand committee to examine experts' reports on dam safety
The five-member Empowered Committee, headed by the former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, at its meeting here on Monday, will examine the reports it has received from various agencies it constituted
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500 dams in India over 50 years old
Even as Kerala and Tamil Nadu battle it out over the Mullaperiyar Dam, there are at least 100 large dams in the country which are over one hundred years old and call for urgent steps and legal mechanism
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Construction of new dam bona fide proposal: Kerala
Ahead of a crucial meeting of an Empowered Committee here on December 5, Kerala has filed an application before the panel, reiterating its demand for the construction of a new dam and arguing that “it
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Dam over troubled water
Mullaiperiyar or Mullaperiyar? Where one stands on the dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala can be easily revealed by how the name is spelt. Here, “i” makes all the difference: a letter of the alphabet