Will the death of Gujarat chief minister Chimanbhai Patel affect the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project? Opponents of the dam feel that without Patel, who expired on February 17 following a
Union environment minister Kamal Nath will release 1,500 ha of forest land in Maharashtra's Dhule district for oustees of the Saradar Sarovar Project. This follows a directive issued by Prime
The Gujarat government has been ordered not to close the sluice gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam until all rehabilitation and resettlement plans are finalised
The recent death in police firing of 15-year-old Rahimat Punya Vasave, a tribal from Surung village in Dhule district in Maharashtra, created ripples of protest all the way to the Capital. Three
Critics have condemned the World Bank's new information policy, as a mockery of the basic rules of informed public debate and environmental review of projects.
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has started a 1,300-km yatra (journey) "to bind the valley together" against "destructive development". The yatra is an important step in the NBA's effort to augment
K R DATYE has been associated for years with grassroots organisations such as the Pani Panchayat and the Mukti Sangharsh, which has spearheaded struggles for equal water distribution and peasant-built small dams in Maharashtra"s Sangli district. An engine
The Narmada Bachao Andolan says it is content with the Narmada project review panel, but the government says there will be no change in the controversial project