A selection of reports and documents on hydropower development at Uttarakhand
Havoc in the Himalaya, CSE, 01/01/1996
Download and read this chapter from the CSE report "floods, flood plains and environmental myths” that broke many myths about floods in the Himalaya.
BILLS AND NOTIFICATIONS
Draft Model Bill for Flood Plain Zoning, Central Water Commission (CWC) 1975
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River Bhagirathi from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi as Eco-sensitive Zone, Notification, 18/12/2012 http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/river-bhagirathi-gaumukh-uttarkashi-eco-sensitive-zone-notification
Draft Notification on river Bhagirathi, MoEF, 17/06/2011
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/draft-notification-river-bhagirathi
MoEF order to Alaknanda Hydro Power Company for causing pollution of river Alaknanda & surrounding environment , MoEF, 01/07/2011
WP (PIL) No. 137 of 2009 by Shri Ram Lal and others vs. Union of India in the High Court of Uttrakhand at Nainital regarding Environmental Clearance to M/s Alaknanda Hydro Power Company for Srinagar Hydroelectric Project - Clarification , MoEF, 03/08/2011
GOVERNMENT REPORTS, ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT & OTHER STUDIES
Performance Audit Report of Hydropower Development Through Private Sector Participation, Uttarakhand for the Year 2008-2009
Report of working group on flood management and region specific issues for XII Plan, Planning Commission
Environmental impact and management plan for Alaknanda H.E. Project, Uttarakhand: executive summary, CIHMSE, 01/01/2007
Assessment of cumulative impacts of hydroelectric projects on aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity in Alaknanda and Bhagirathi basins, Uttarakhand , WII, 01/04/2012
Report of the site visit to Srinagar 330 MW hydropower project of Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited , MoEF, 01/06/2011
Study on assessment of cumulative impact of hydropower projects in Alaknanda and Bhagirathi basins up to Devprayag , Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 01/03/2011
Report to assess the status of environment & forests clearances of hydropower projects on river Mandakini , MoEF. 01/06/2010
Report of the committee to ascertain the status of environmental clearances of Loharinag Pala Hydro Power Project on Bhagirathi, MoEF, 01/02/2010
Taking a holistic approach to planning and developing hydropower: lessons from two river basin case studies in India , The World Bank, 01/08/2008
Hydropower development in India: a sector assessment, ADB, 01/01/2007
Srinagar hydroelectric power project: report, MoEF, 21/06/2011
OPINION
Training engineers, not Ganga
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/training-engineers-not-ganga
Ganga saga part II: redesign dams, not rivers
http://www.cseindia.org/content/ganga-saga-part-ii-redesign-dams-not-rivers
Sustainable hydro power policy for himalayan states, 01/01/2009
REPORTS - INTERNATIONAL
Turn down the heat, June 2013