The 3-part environmental impact assessment of the ambitious Bakun hydroelectric dam project has angered the Greens. In late February, Ekran Bhd, the company in charge of the project, announced that

The Supreme Court has washed aside an ambiguous Review Committee Report and ordered fresh investigations

THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTS: • Fresh calculation of the quantum of flow to avoid revision of plan priorities • Efforts to achieve a 60 per cent irrigation efficiency •

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) has refused environmental clearance to the 500 mw Bodhghat hydroelectric project on the Indravati river in the Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh on

An offer of Rs 700 crore as aid by a consortium of Uzbek, Russian and Swedish companies has evoked jubilation among employees of the Tehri Hydroelectric Development Corporation (THDC), which is

DESPITE continuing criticism from ecologists, work has started on the Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze river in China, the world's largest hydroelectric project. The project includes a