Dam Project

Environment ministry panel defers clearance to a Madhya Pradesh dam part of Ken-Betwa interlinking

The expert committee has sought fresh data to study the anticipated impact on the environment and finalise if a new public hearing is required.

Mayank Aggarwal
· Nov 30, 2020 · 07:30 pm
The Centre’s proposal to build a mega dam in Arunachal Pradesh makes even hydropower companies wary

The 10,000-megawatt project on the Siang river would ‘submerge the district headquarters of Upper Siang district’.

Arunabh Saikia
· Oct 18, 2017 · 09:00 am
Ahead of Modi’s visit, villagers protest as Sardar Sarovar Dam project submerges their homes

Activist Medha Patkar’s Narmada Bachao Andolan, which led the ‘Jal Satyagaraha’ agitation, claimed that people continued to stay in their flooded houses.

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· Sep 16, 2017 · 10:23 am

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· Sep 04, 2015 · 11:30 am

Dam Project

Environment ministry panel defers clearance to a Madhya Pradesh dam part of Ken-Betwa interlinking

The expert committee has sought fresh data to study the anticipated impact on the environment and finalise if a new public hearing is required.

Mayank Aggarwal
· Nov 30, 2020 · 07:30 pm

The Centre’s proposal to build a mega dam in Arunachal Pradesh makes even hydropower companies wary

The 10,000-megawatt project on the Siang river would ‘submerge the district headquarters of Upper Siang district’.

Arunabh Saikia
· Oct 18, 2017 · 09:00 am

Ahead of Modi’s visit, villagers protest as Sardar Sarovar Dam project submerges their homes

Activist Medha Patkar’s Narmada Bachao Andolan, which led the ‘Jal Satyagaraha’ agitation, claimed that people continued to stay in their flooded houses.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 16, 2017 · 10:23 am

Uttarakhand is building a dam over an area larger than Chandigarh – and people are protesting

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· Aug 26, 2017 · 09:00 am

Damned if you do: As history is repeated on Narmada, those displaced in 1990 serve as a warning

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· Aug 03, 2017 · 09:00 am

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Dam Project

Environment ministry panel defers clearance to a Madhya Pradesh dam part of Ken-Betwa interlinking

The expert committee has sought fresh data to study the anticipated impact on the environment and finalise if a new public hearing is required.

Mayank Aggarwal · Nov 30, 2020 · 07:30 pm

The Centre’s proposal to build a mega dam in Arunachal Pradesh makes even hydropower companies wary

The 10,000-megawatt project on the Siang river would ‘submerge the district headquarters of Upper Siang district’.

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Ahead of Modi’s visit, villagers protest as Sardar Sarovar Dam project submerges their homes

Activist Medha Patkar’s Narmada Bachao Andolan, which led the ‘Jal Satyagaraha’ agitation, claimed that people continued to stay in their flooded houses.

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