Expressing concern over the recent tragedy in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court today prohibited setting up of any new hydroelectric power pro...

Patkar also asked the Centre to prepare a policy to give economic security to people whose livelihood was linked to tourism and the chardha...

Water levels in Tehri dam were low at the start of the monsoon. This proved a critical factor in retaining waters of an engorged Bhagirathi.

"Dams are cleared without any proper data, the planning is bad. Buildings are illegally constructed, roads are widened for heavy traffic.

Hydel power generation from the projects affected by rains and floods in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh has been restored, according to a...

Recognizing that the plethora of dams built could almost empty Ganga, an inter-ministerial group has recommended that the projects be re-en...

An inter-ministerial group has recommended that the projects in Ganga basin be re-engineered to maintain 30-50% of water flow in the lean p...

A report commissioned by the government has recommended that 34 dams on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers — the two main tributaries of t...

A report commissioned by the government has recommended that 34 dams on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers — the two main tributaries of t...

Noted environmentalist G D Agrawal has begun an indefinite fast over the cleanliness of Ganga river in Matri Sadan ashram.

A study by IIT Roorkee, commissioned by the environment and forests ministry, has recommended that minimum flow be maintained on nearly 60 ...

The 'stop work' order has been issued based on former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharati's representation.

The three-member group of ministers headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has decided that the 600 MW Loharinag Pala hydroelectric pr...

Even after a technical committee of the government put in a report stating that the 600MW Loharinag Pala dam can be shut down, the governme...

The third big dam on the Bhagirathi river — 600 MW Loharinag Pala — can be shut down after taking due care, a technical committee set up by...

Despite fears that the flow of the Bhagirathi, the main tributary of the Ganga, is falling in volume, the government has said there is no s...

After more than three decades and Rs 7,500 crore investment, one of India's largest and the most controversial power projects - the Tehri h...