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Nepal Earthquake Tests Dam Safety
After the devastating Gorkha earthquake of April 25, which killed thousands and left many more homeless, details are slowly emerging...
It’s All About the Rivers: A Conversation with International Rivers’ Asia Teams
From April 2015 World Rivers Review For this final issue of WRR, we turned to some of our regional staff...
Communities Worldwide Mobilize to Protect Rivers and Defend their Rights
From April 2015 World Rivers Review Around the world, the proponents of large dams consistently downplay or simply ignore the...
Climate Change Isn't the Only Problem
Last year the Jhelum River Basin received unprecedented rainfall in the Kashmir Valley. It was the wettest September in recorded...
Status of hydropower dams in Bhutan
Note: This page was last updated in April 2015. Projects Commissioned Chukha HEP: The Chukha HydroElectric Project (HEP) is...
Diminishing Returns from Large Hydropower Projects in India
This is a guest blog by Himanshu Thakker of SANDRP. As per the latest power generation figures released by the Central...
Dammed, Displaced and Forgotten
People displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Dam in India. International Rivers When the World Bank planned the Ruzizi II hydropower...
Hydropower Sector Eyeing a Revival in India
Disclaimer: This is a minority report from the “International Conference on Hydropower for Sustainable Development”, which I attended the first...
Rainwater Harvesting Pioneer Wins International Water Prize
Rajendra Singh. Wikimedia commons Rajendra Singh is a quiet revolutionary with a wry sense of humor. By empowering poor farmers,...
Rainwater Harvesting Pioneer Wins International Water Prize
Rajendra Singh. Wikimedia commons Today, Sweden’s King Carl Gustav presents the highly reputed Stockholm Water Prize to rainwater harvesting pioneer Rajendra Singh....