The Ministry of Environment and Forests would not release money to Bihar under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) and the Phase II of the Ganga Action Plan (GAP), till a firm commitment of

The Andhra Pradesh government has undertaken a scheme to harvest rainwater for recharging the depleting groundwater levels in the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The plan involves diverting

The US energy and gas giant Enron's attempt to close a giant hydroelectric project deal in Nepal has snowballed into a political storm that could unseat the fragile four-month old centrist government

The Centre referred the Cauvery scheme for implementation of the interim award of the Tribunal, to legal experts for an opinion on whether it should be notified before the Supreme Court hearing on

The broad accord on the implementaion of the Cuvery's Tribunal's interim award, reached between the Chief Ministers of four basin states last weekend with the Prime Minister's intervention, marks a

The 12-member team of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) , which was to visit Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat to examine the controversial narmada project later this month, has cancelled its proposed

Faced with severe energy shortage, the government is pressing ahead with 12 major hydro power projects in a bid to speed up generation of electricity from water. The projects are all scheduled to be

The proposed Krishna Khore irrigation project in Maharashtra, aimed at bringing relief to farmers in the drought-prone parts of Solarpur district, will cause extensive damaged to the ecology of

Kumaramangalam: The Union Power Ministry will shortly announce a new captive and hydel policy for facilitating easy construction of such power projects in the

The report on apparent contamination of drinking water in six wells of Mandya town is very disturbing and cause for much concern. The report, based on a paper prepared by Bangalore University's