In Uttarakhand, tribals displaced for Vyasi Dam have been waiting for rehabilitation for months

People from the Jaunsar tribe, who sacrificed their ancestral houses, have been living in abandoned school buildings.

Jigyasa Mishra, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 04, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala accuses TN of opening shutters without notice, says it will approach SC

The two states have been caught in a dispute, as Kerala has called for a new reservoir to be constructed citing structural problems with the 126-year-old dam.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 07, 2021 · 02:43 pm

Mullaperiyar dam is safe, social media campaign being run against it, Tamil Nadu tells Supreme Court

Kerala, however, alleged that the Tamil Nadu government has not produced documents about seepage problems in the dam structure.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 13, 2021 · 07:46 pm

Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala to discuss construction of new reservoir with Tamil Nadu in December

The two states have been caught in a dispute, as Kerala has cited structural problems with the 126-year-old dam.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 09, 2021 · 06:49 pm

‘Serious lapse’: Kerala withdraws order allowing Tamil Nadu to cut trees near Mullaperiyar dam

Kerala said that action would be taken against state government officials who approved the move.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 08, 2021 · 03:17 pm

Shutters of Mullaperiyar dam opened, red alert issued in Kerala’s Idukki

The water level in the dam crossed 138 feet, which is close to the 142-foot-limit set by the Supreme Court in 2014.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 29, 2021 · 12:42 pm

Mullaperiyar Dam is extremely vulnerable, a new one should be built in its place, Kerala tells SC

Failure of the 126-year-old dam could have catastrophic consequences beyond human comprehension, the state said.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 28, 2021 · 01:45 pm

India’s ageing dams pose great safety risks, says study

The country must conduct cost-benefit analyses of its dams and undertake safety reviews.

Shivani Pathak, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 19, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Kerala’s Mullaperiyar dam is a ‘ticking time bomb waiting to explode’

The 126-year-old barrage has dangerously outlived its 50 years of life.

Ranjit Devraj

· Feb 12, 2021 · 07:30 pm

In Jammu and Kashmir, a hydropower project will claim more than 2 lakh trees

The project envisages construction of a 116-metre dam and needs diversion of 4,350 hectares of land, which includes about 680 hectares of forest.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Jan 28, 2021 · 07:30 pm

50 years on, thousands of families displaced by a Himachal dam are yet to be compensated

About 8,000 families ousted by the Pong Dam project in Kangra have either not been allotted land or had their allotments cancelled.

Nihar Gokhale, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 24, 2020 · 02:00 pm

China’s hydropower ambitions on the Brahmaputra could trigger a dam-building race with India

Powerchina’s announcement to build a large dam can have disastrous consequences for the ecology of Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas.

The Third Pole

· Dec 06, 2020 · 07:30 pm