CAG Performance Audit of Hydropower Projects: Extremely weak, inadequate...
The CAG issued a press release on Aug 31, 2012 for its “Performance Audit Report No. 10 of 2012-13 of hydropower projects for the 11th 5-year plan ending on March 31, 2012. This CAG audit is an extremely
View ArticleFree flowing and biodiversity rich rivers: most endangered species in India
Indian Rivers are some of the last global frontiers of rich freshwater diversity, endangered and threatened species. According to India’s National Biodiversity Action Plan, “Nearly 50% of the aquatic...
View ArticleAnalysis of MoEF’s EAC on River Valley Projects
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests’ (MoEF) Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects (RVP) has considered a total of 262 hydropower and irrigation projects
View ArticleMoEF’s Expert Appraial Committee on River Valley Projects: stage 1 and 2...
This document provides the decision of meetings of Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects constituted under the provisions of EIA notification 2006 during the period
View ArticleHow is 2012-13 Maharashtra drought worse than the one in 1972?
Maharashtra is facing one of the worst droughts this year. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar as well as Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan have said that this year’s drought is worse drought than the
View ArticleDams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan region:...
Multiple dams are planned and are under construction on the west flowing rivers near Mumbai for the growing drinking and industrial water needs of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and the
View ArticleDams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region:...
Draft report: Multiple Dams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Unjustified projects, when better options exist. About 12 dams are planned or are under construction to...
View ArticleDams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan region:...
Mumbai Metropolitan Region is planning and building over 12 dams in the ecologically fragile, biodiversity rich Western Ghats region. This is a predominantly tribal belt. By very conservative estimates,
View ArticleReport of expert committee on Uttarakhand flood disaster & role of HEPs
In a significant development on role of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand flood disaster of June 2013, the Expert Body (EB) headed by Dr Ravi Chopra has recommended that at least 23 hydropower projects
View ArticleShrinking and sinking deltas: major role of dams in delta subsidence and...
The direct impacts of delta subsidence and effective seas level rise abetted by dams include inundation of coastal areas, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, increased rates of coastal erosion,
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