Nepal's controversial Arun III dam is scheduled to come under withering scrutiny. In early February, the World Bank gave its independent inspection panel a green signal to conduct a formal

Despite vehement domestic and international opposition, China has decided to go ahead with the massive new dam project on the Yangtze

On September 3, the Argentinian president Carlos Menem inaugurated the first of the 20 turbines of the 3,200MW Yacyreta dam, which he once called country's "monument to corruption". The Yacyreta

The Punjab government's proposal to increase the height of the 531-metre Thein dam on the Ravi river by 9 m has created considerable consternation in the Jammu and Kashmir township of Basoli.

Kulekhani dam, Nepal's only high dam hydroelectricity project, faces the unwelcome prospect of closure in less than seven years if the present high levels of sedimentation continue. The Nepal

In the search for their rightful place in things, the adversaries of the Sardar Sarovar project have taken the issue to the highest court in India

Little has been done in India to study dam-induced seismicity despite a lot of environmental heat and dust. To bridge the gap, B K Rastogi and R K Chadha of the National Geophysical Research

Reacting to a perennial water crisis with a series of dams that will ravage the rainforests, the Thai government bashes on regardless and displeases its neighbours