Dams/ Irrigation

Two neighbours and a treaty: Baglihar project in hot waters

Pakistan has objected to several features of the Baglihar hydropower project on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir contending that it violates the Indus Water Treaty. The World Bank, which brokered the IWT, has appointed a neutral expert to resolve the differences.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2006
Rajesh Sinha
Economic and Political Weekly
41
7
606
Tags:
Chenab, Dams/ Irrigation, Dams, Hydroelectricity, International Disputes, Water Disputes, Baglihar HP, World Bank, Pakistan, India, Jammu & Kashmir
India

 In Short

baglihar collapse: A diversion tunnel at the Baglihar hydro-electric dam on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir collapsed on June 5, 2005, due to the river's rising water level. Media reports said

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
Down to Earth
14
20050731
0
Tags:
Chenab, Water Quality, Heavy Metals, Drinking Water, Dams, Mercury, India, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir
India

 Cedar crisis

Numbers declining fast; afforestation insufficient

Publication Date: 
14/07/2005
Saatvika Rai
Down to Earth
Tags:
Afforestation, Wood, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Jammu & Kashmir
Industry

 Baglihar progress

Neutral expert says construction can

Publication Date: 
14/07/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dams, Jammu & Kashmir
Climate Change

 Lost warnings

Could the j&k government have averted snow tragedy?

Publication Date: 
30/03/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Avalanches, Jammu & Kashmir
Dams/ Irrigation

Dam over troubled waters

The 450-megawatt Baglihar hydel power project threatens to pour cold water on the warming relations between India and Pakistan.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2005
Week (Kochi)
Tags:
Chenab, Dams, Baglihar HP, World Bank, Pakistan, India, Jammu & Kashmir
Energy

The power reservoir

As focus on hydroelectric power is restored, nhpc braces itself to unleash its full potential as the nodal hydel body in the country

Publication Date: 
03/01/2005
Shelley Vishwajeet
Business India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Water Pollution

 Banned

Collecting medicinal plants in Jammu and Kashmir s forests

Publication Date: 
14/10/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Medicinal Plants, Legislation, Jammu & Kashmir
India

 Faith s filth

Waste of pilgrims threatens Pahalgam s ecology

Publication Date: 
14/08/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Religious Places, Waste Disposal, Jammu & Kashmir
Water Resources

Hydrology and sediment loading of Hokersar wetland sanctuary in the Kashmir Himalaya, India

Hydrological characteristics and sedimentation loading in Hokersar wetland of Kashmir Himalaya was monitored from November 2000 to october 2001. The compound water budget showed a substantial (91 percent) input from various surface inflows and just 9 per cent through precipitation.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2004
M. A. Khan, M. A. Shah
Indian Forester
130
8
899
Tags:
Ecosystems, Wetlands, Land Use, Water Resources, Hokersar, Sedimentation, Hokersar SA, Hydrology, Jammu & Kashmir

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