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A Guide to Dam Sanctioning in Nepal
(Update: December 6, 2019 The laws in Nepal have changed. The guide on this page is no longer current. It...
"Keep Religion Out of River Movements": An Interview with Indian Activist Vimal Bhai
Vimal Bhai is the Convener of Matu Jan Sangathan, a collective that has been advocating for rights of communities impacted...
Zero Rejection of Hydropower in India
Himanshu Thakkar is the coordinator of the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP). He is blogs frequently...
Maheshwar Dam: Private Mess, Public Cleanup
The Maheshwar Hydropower Project on the Narmada River is one of 30 large dams that are a part of the...
Save The Heron, Protect a Watershed
Three years ago, around this time of year, I was on a river excursion in Bhutan. We journeyed for a few...
Zombie Dams: Five Projects That Just. Won’t. Die.
zom·bie dam /ˈzämbē dam/ noun 1. A proposed dam project that activists successfully halt before it’s built, only to see...
Catch Energy Where It Falls
In the 1990s, environmentalists in India told urban planners to find ways to channel rain from rooftops and gardens. The...
The Future is Renewables
Soumya Dutta is the Convener of the Climate and Energy Group in the Beyond Copenhagen collective in India, a network...
Nature Gives Us Hope: River Guardian Latha Anantha
Latha Anantha. Ashoka To celebrate our 30th anniversary, we’re devoting a new series to the people who have shaped, and...
Show of Defiance
People living in villages downstream from the Mapithel Dam in Northeast India have suffered many sleepless nights this past month....