For the second time, Pakistan has put off the inauguration of the controversial us $6.5 billion Diamer-Bhasha dam over river Indus. To be located in Diamer district of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, the

China and Russia will jointly monitor cross-border rivers to ensure water quality. An agreement on the issue was recently signed in Bejing, following a meeting between Russian President Vladimir

An increase in population, unplanned expansion in the command area of the river Bhavani in Tamil Nadu and the growing domestic and industrial demand for water have intensified competition among water users in the river basin.

Water conflicts in India have now percolated to every level. They are aggravated by the relative paucity of frameworks, policies and mechanisms to govern use of water resources. This collection of articles, part of a larger compendium, is an attempt to offer analyses of different aspects of water conflicts that plague India today.

This study pertains to analysis of Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) images in mapping the flood inundation and causative factors of flood in the lower reaches of Baghmati river basin for the period July

Bangalore is in the throes of a water privatisation debate. But the most critical flaws in a new plan for its suburbs have got missed out. s v suresh babu decodes