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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Rainwater Harvesting Pioneer Wins International Water Prize

Rajendra SinghWikimedia commons Rajendra Singh is a quiet revolutionary with a wry sense of humor. By empowering poor farmers, reviving...
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Rainwater Harvesting Pioneer Wins International Water Prize

Rajendra SinghWikimedia commons Today, Sweden’s King Carl Gustav presents the highly reputed Stockholm Water Prize to rainwater harvesting pioneer Rajendra Singh.  Singh,...
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Tahira Ali Shah (1964-2015): A Martyr for Water Rights

Tahira Ali Shah Photo Credit: Roshan Bhatti “Watch out Ami, lest you fall into water”, cautioned one of the PFF members...
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The Name of a River

This is a guest blog by Parineeta Dandekar of the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People Thinking AthirappilliPhoto...
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Why We Celebrate the International Day of Action for Rivers in Pakistan

A 14-Day Long Campaign to Protect Our Rivers and Delta, 1st to 14th March This is a guest blog by...
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Attenuation of India’s Laws

There are two divergent views concerning the role of the environment ministry in India. One group seems to think it...