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China begins mega dam construction upstream of the Brahmaputra

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2025
The Tungabhadra river in Hampi, Karnataka. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

A fascinating book on India’s rivers and their travails [Book Review]

Usha Rai 18 Jun 2025
An aerial view of Paring village along the Siang river in western Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Hagen Desa.

Caught between a dam and a hard place

Simrin Sirur 18 Apr 2025
teesta III Sikkim

Political stir follows expert panel’s approval to rebuild Teesta dam in Sikkim

Simrin Sirur 6 Feb 2025

Gharial conservation should extend to unprotected rivers

Arathi Menon 21 Feb 2024

Glacial lake outburst floods are a growing threat to hydropower plants

Simrin Sirur 13 Oct 2023

Dams are a necessary evil across the world, but can we manage their consequences?

Petro Kotzé 3 Jun 2022
Displaced people of Lohari village, live in a school because their houses have been submerged. Photo by Kapil Kajal.

As Lohari village is submerged for a dam, homes, farms and memories are drowned

Kapil Kajal 10 May 2022

Debate over Mullaperiyar dam’s safety continues with opposing views in Kerala and Tamil Nadu

K.A. Shaji 9 Feb 2022
Women picking snails from the Maguri beel in upper Assam. Snails are found in plenty in the lake and are considered a delicacy. Photo by Jitendra Raj Bajracharya/ICIMOD.

Sustainability of Brahmaputra basin needs transboundary cooperation

Roopak Goswami 8 Jun 2021

[Commentary] Wildlife in Tillari valley at risk from land-use change

Narendra Patil 31 May 2021
Youth from the Kadar community in Athirapilly fishing in a tributary. Photo credit by Aathira Perinchery.

Over 1,800 rainforest trees to be axed for hydropower project near proposed Athirapilly dam

Aathira Perinchery 12 Nov 2020

[Video] In conversation with Rahul Ram: Exploring the confluence of music and environment

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 16 Oct 2020

To dam or not to dam? Floods in eastern Vidarbha raise the perennial debate

Nivedita Khandekar 18 Sep 2020

Water sustainability leads to better income for Jharkhand farmers

Gurvinder Singh 6 Jul 2020

How a Karnataka district is rapidly losing lush forest cover

Kapil Kajal 2 Jul 2020

Controversy returns to Athirappilly as Kerala government reactivates the hydel project proposal

K.A. Shaji 16 Jun 2020

Is the proposed Pamba-Achankovil-Vaippar project an environmental disaster in making?

K.A. Shaji 7 Jan 2020

Editor’s pick 2019: Elections, climate change and extreme weather events

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 25 Dec 2019

Slow pace of Ganga cleanup comes under parliamentary committee scanner

Mayank Aggarwal 17 Dec 2019