Despite vehement domestic and international opposition, China has decided to go ahead with the massive new dam project on the Yangtze

The Punjab government's proposal to increase the height of the 531-metre Thein dam on the Ravi river by 9 m has created considerable consternation in the Jammu and Kashmir township of Basoli.

A draft national policy guideline for the allocation of river waters has run into strong opposition from the states

NGOs want an integrated approach to solve water disputes between nations and prevent programme duplication

There is growing evidence that deforestation in the hills does not always swell rivers

THE CREDIBILITY of China's controversial Three Gorges project to build the world's largest dam across the Yangtze river has received a setback. Two US government agencies -- the Bureau of Reclamation

THE FLOODING that inundated much of midwest USA in mid-July turned a timid tributary in Iowa into a raging torrent, transforming a nearby transgenic test plot into a small part of a giant river