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teesta III hydro electric dam

Disinvestment from dam challenged in court in fragile Himalayan state

Simrin Sirur 11 Mar 2025

How data deficiency is hindering hydro-diplomacy between China and India [Commentary]

Nilanjan Ghosh and Sayanangshu Modak 17 Feb 2025

teesta III Sikkim

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

Simrin Sirur 6 Feb 2025

Hydro project on Dikchu, a tributary of Teesta. Photo by A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF/Wikimedia Commons.

[Video] Hydropower in the Himalayas and disaster risks

Sadhika Tiwari 12 Jan 2024

Hydropower projects vulnerable to warming climate and increased precipitation

Manish Kumar 29 Mar 2023

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Clean-washing by dams?

Mayank Aggarwal and Kartik Chandramouli 13 Aug 2022

Amid challenges, India announces new climate goals with updated NDCs

Manish Kumar 12 Aug 2022

Multiple hydropower projects on the Chenab river ring alarm bells

Anzer Ayoob, Mubashir Naik 7 Jul 2022

Chilgoza trees in the forest area of Kinnaur district's Jangram Valley. Photo by Sumit Mahar, Himdhara Collective.

Kinnaur’s chilgoza pine trees make way for hydropower projects

Vivek Gupta 23 May 2022

A twin-state hydropower project could drown livelihoods and biodiversity

Kapil Kajal 27 Apr 2022

Hydropower project nudges a tribal community out of their land in Himachal Pradesh

Kapil Kajal 3 Mar 2022

Banner image: The PPSP dams located amidst densely forested hills. Photo by Aniket Bhattacharya.

Purulia pumped storage project shows why pumped hydropower may not be clean

Aritra Bhattacharya 11 Jan 2022

India’s tidal power potential hampered by high costs and environmental risks

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Aug 2021

Can Sharavathi river survive another hydropower project?

Arathi Menon 11 Jun 2020

Assam most vulnerable to climate change in Indian Himalayan region: study

Mayank Aggarwal 21 Dec 2018

The strategic Pancheshwar project comes back in focus

Mayank Aggarwal 23 May 2018