Investigation report into the death of 14 persons in Kakrola has been delayed as reports of postmortem examinations and other tests are yet to come in. While no fresh deaths were reported, the

India's large dams will again be under public scrutiny as the newly established World Commission on Dams (WCD) holds its first public hearing on the experiences and lessons learnt with water and

The Washington-based Worldwatch Institute has predicted that China's skewed water policies have the potential of making it a foodgrain importer, and thus increase the grain prices in the global

The announcement of a hydro-power policy in 1992 and passage by parliament of two statutes to govern water and power--Water Resources Act and Electricity Act--the same year marked the official

The city's sewage system seems to be paying a price for the country's recent nuclear tests. Work on a project aimed at the improvement of sewage management and environmental protection in the city

Ground water in several parts of Delhi is contaminated with fluroide, nitrate and a number of heavy metals making it highly unfit for human consumption, a joint survey conducted by the Central Ground

The West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) may scrap its build-operate-transfer (BOT) agrrangement with the Indo-Canadian Power Consortium for its Rammam stage I hydel project in the State

Sydney's water contamination crisis could last for six more months even if no new pollution of Warragamba Dam occurs in that time, Sydney Water has confirmed. And if the dam's catchment receives

The Tamil Nadu government said the state's Mettur reservoir had received a lesser volume of Cauvery water than what was due from Karnataka in August, and said steps were being taken to procure the

A team of UNDP officials is expected to visit Kerala's Idukki district to explore the posibilities of extending 100 per cent grant to mini and micro hyel projects in the district on the similar lines