What's New
2010
March 2010
- New Book available with SANDRP- Public Private Partnerships In Water Sector: Partnerships or Privatisation? (Details)
February 2010
- Interlinking of Rivers: Article in Mail Today 19.02.2010 Rahul's river link danger to tigers
- Invitation to a lecture by Mr Robert Oates, Director, Thames Rivers Restoration Trust (TRRT), on 16 February 2010, 3 pm at the INTACH Head Office in New Delhi (see in detail)
January 2010
- Dams, Rivers and People: December 2009 - January 2010 (pdf file 704 kb)
2009
December 2009
- SRI in Chhattisgarh Brochure (Hindi) September 2009 (pdf file 636 kb)
- SRI in Chhattisgarh Postar (Hindi) September 2009 (pdf file 1621 kb)
- Hydro Electric Projects on River Ganga in Uttarakhand December 2009 (jpeg image 677 kb)
- Dams, Rivers and People: October-November 2009 (pdf file 549 kb)
November 2009
- Information about Prayas's Hindi Booklet on Community Agenda for Better Electricity Services (Brief Note in Hindi) November 2009 (pdf file 26 Kb)
October 2009
- Dams, Rivers and People: September 2009 (pdf file 637 Kb)
September 2009
- Dams, Rivers and People: June-August 2009 (pdf file 463 Kb)
- SANDRP comments on proposal for CDM credits for Myntdu Leshka HEP July 09 (pdf file 16 kb)
August 2009
- Response to Indian Express Editor Shekhar Gupta on his advocacy for big dams 150809 (pdf file 13 kb)
- Map of Baghmati embankment breach (on Aug 1, 2009) and affected area in Bihar August 2009 (jpeg image 246 kb)
July 2009
- CIC directs Water Res Ministry to make the Ganga Basin studies public 26 June 2009 (pdf file 17 kb)
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June 2009
- SANDRP Comments on proposal for CDM status for Rampur Hydro Project June 2009 (pdf file 17 kb)
- Press Release: Project Promoter is chairing Environment Clearance Committee 15 June 2009 (pdf file 45 Kb)
May 2009
- Dams, Rivers and People: April-May 2009 (pdf file 536 Kb)
- Press Release: Renuka Dam 6 May 2009 (pdf file 14 kb)
- Renuka Dam- Submission to Prime Minister and others May 2009 (pdf file 152 kb)
April 2009
- Chuzachen Hydro Dam Collapse in Sikkim April 2009 (pdf file 95 kb)
March 2009
- Dams, Rivers and People: Jan-March 2009 (pdf file 943 kb)
- Press Statement: Indian Organisations condemn the arrests at World Water Forum March 18 2009 (pdf file 57 kb)
- SANDRP submission to Bihar Kosi Inquiry Commission March 09 (pdf file 48 kb)
- Annex 1 GFCC to Bihar Irrgn Dept ltrs April-June 2008 (pdf file 297 kb)
Annex 1A GFCC to Bihar Irrgn Dep ltr Apri 2008 (pdf file 196 kb)
Annex 2 Tatbandh Samachar Aug 2008 (pdf file 211 kb)
Annex 3 Embankment repair comparison (pdf file 171 kb)
Annex 4 ChfEngrBirpurTogovt Aug 2008 (pdf file 204 kb)
Annex 5 NIDM congress 2006 selected abstracts (pdf file 1561 kb)
February 2009
- CRTITUQE ON INDIA'S CLIMATE PLAN-There is Little Hope Here Feb 2009 (pdf file 2.27 Mb)
- Press Release: THERE IS LITTLE HOPE IN INDIA'S NAPCC Feb 27 2009 (pdf file 14 kb)
- Monthly rainfall data of Jhansi, Banda and Hamirpur for 2003-07 February 2, 2009 (Excel file 17 kb)
January 2009
- Press Release: CIC directs IMD to REVIEW INFORMATION POLICY January 21, 2009 (pdf file 12 kb)
- CIC TO IMD- REVIEW INFO POLICY & Make district rainfall data public January 16, 2009 (pdf file 257 kb)
- Press Release: Value of Flowing Rivers January 2009 (pdf file 224 kb)
- Book Release: NEW REPORT ON DAMS IN HIMALAYAS - Launch in Delhi Jan 12, 2009. See Invitation (pdf file 13 kb)
2008
December 2008
- Dams, Rivers and People: Nov-Dec 2008 (pdf file 470 kb)
- Dams And Rivers - Paper for India Eflows Meeting Dec 2008 (pdf file 81 kb)
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A Product of World Bank's Politics on Big Dams- REVIEW Dec 2008 (pdf file 26 kb)
November 2008
- Displacement in North East India BOOK REVIEW Nov 2008 (pdf file 17 kb)
- Gundia Hydro Project Challenged by People Nov 2008 (pdf file 62 kb)
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Man Made Floods in India- NO Accountability Nov 2008 (pdf file 17 kb)
October 2008
- Dams, Rivers and People: Aug-Oct 2008 (pdf file 622 kb)
September 2008
- Press Release Hirakud Dam brings floods in Orissa Sept 2008 (pdf file 35 kb)
- Press Release Kosi High Dam: Invitation for disaster 17 Sept 2008 (pdf file 50.4 kb)
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New Book Published: Trapped! Between Devil & Deep Waters: The Story of Bihar’s Kosi River By Dr. D.K. Mishra
- Kosi Tragedy Blunder after Blunder Sept 2008 (pdf file 26 kb)
- Book Release: TRAPPED! Between the Devil & Deep Waters: The Story of Bihar’s Kosi River. By Dr. D.K. Mishra. See Invitation
August 2008
SANDRP is Looking for Researcher: Aug 08 (pdf file 12 kb)
- Not just a force of nature at all : The floods are back in Bihar. And this time the governments — the state and the Centre — can’t just blame the rainfall. If anyone can be blamed for the breach Editorial in Hindustan Times: August 28, 2008 .....See full story
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Bhagirathi is DISAPPEARING - Is there any hope for it August 2008 (Pdf file 1,070 kb)
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Fate of Alaknanda River Worse than that of Bhagirathi August 2008 (pfd file 1,130 kb)
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Dams, Rivers and People: June-July 2008 (pdf file 2,109 kb)
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Some Important Stories from Uttarakhand : (Hindi) August 2008 (html file 18 kb)
- Some Important Stories from Himachal : (Hindi) August 2008 (html file 12 kb)
July 2008
- Some Important Stories from Other States : (Hindi) July 2008 (html file 36 kb)
- Some Important Stories from Himachal Hydro : (Hindi) July 2008 (html file 14 kb)
- Some Important Stories on Uttarakhand Hydro : (Hindi) July 2008 (html file 51 kb)
June 2008
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Hydroelectric Project Sites in Tungabradra River Basin : June 2008 (pdf file 763 kb)
May 2008
- Allain Duhangan CDM Credits- The 75 million dollar fraud : May 2008 (pdf file 240 kb)
- Independent Expert Committee: Suspend Panang HEP for Five Years & Take Up Small Hydro Projects- May 2008 (pdf file 101 kb)
- Gujarat able to use only 6.45% water in 2007 from Sardar Sarovar Project - May 2008 (pdf file 112 kb)
- Latest Issue of Dams, Rivers and People : Apr-May 2008 (Pdf file 1.83 Mb)
April 2008
- Diminishing Returns from BIG HYDRO Apr 2008 (Pdf file 77.5 Kb)
- Teesta River flowing through tunnels- Apr 2008 (JPEG Image 641 Kb)
- Latest Issue of Dams, Rivers & People : Jan - Mar 2008 - (pdf file 1505 kb)
- India’s Dam Building Abroad: Lessons from the Experience at Home? - April 2008 (pdf file 166 kb)
February 2008
- Comments on Tala Hydro CDM Validation SANDRP - Jan 2008 (pdf file 79 kb)
- Comments on Jorethang Loop for CDM - SANDRP - Jan 2008 (pdf file 75 kb)
- SSP: Mounting costs minimal benefits - SANDRP - Dec 2007 (pdf file 204 kb)
January 2008
- Solar Power Boom - SANDRP - January 2008 (pdf file 218 kb)
- Privatisation of Nira Deogarh Irrigation Project (Hindi) - SANDRP - January 2008 (pdf file 91 kb)
- Solar Power Article (Hindi) - SANDRP - January 2008 (pdf file 47 kb)
- China Scraps Tiger Leaping Gorge Dam (Hindi) - SANDRP - (pdf file 39 kb)
- Latest Issue of Dams, Rivers & People : Nov- Dec 2007 - (pdf file 681 kb)
2007
December 2007
- 11th Plan: Why it may not achieve irrigation targets - SANDRP - Dec 07 (pdf file 193 kb)
- Blunder in Privatising of Nira Deogarh Irrigation Project - SANDRP - Dec 07 (pdf file 176 kb)
- Bihar Floods of 2007 - D K Mishra - Dec 2007 (pdf file 176 kb)
- Jalashaya in Western UP - SANDRP- Dec 2007 (Hindi) (pdf file 94 kb)
- Some Impotant Stories on Himachal Pradesh Hydro - December 2007 - (Hindi) (html file 23 kb)
- Some Important Stories on Uttaranchal Hydro - December 2007 - (Hindi) (html file 22 kb)
- SSP: Power and Irrigation benefits - SANDRP - December 2007 (pdf file 86 kb)
- Tryst with the Dams - SANDRP - December 2007 (pdf file 270 kb)
November 2007
- Dams, Rivers & People - Sep- Oct 2007 (pdf file 548 kb)
October 2007
- Rs 100 000 crores Spent, No Irrigation Benefits - SANDRP PR - Oct 05, 2007 (pdf file 119 kb)
- Rs 100 000 crores Spent, No Irrigation Benefits - SANDRP PR - Oct 05, 2007 (Hindi) (pdf file 177 kb)
September 2007
- Groundwater PR - SANDRP, Sept 10, 2007 (pdf file 23 kb)
- Groundwater PR (Hindi) - SANDRP, Sept 10, 2007 (pdf file 43 kb)
- NEW PUBLICATION
BHAKRA: Parat-Dar-Parat ek Padtal
by Shripad Dharmadhikary, Swati Sheshadri, Rehmat (Abridged Hindi translation of Unravelling Bhakra)
August 2007
- NHPC TRACK RECORD - August 2007 (pdf file 303 kb)
- Bachchan Land Episode and Pawana Dam - SANDRP, August 2007 (pdf file 407 kb)
- Jaswant Sagar Dam Breach - SANDRP, August 28, 2007 (pdf file 260 kb)
- People's Committee Report on Gujarat Flood, August 2007 (pdf file 420 kb)
- Lepcha Protests Against Panan HEP, Aug 2007 (pdf file 239 kb)
- Nuclear Power Generation in India, August 2007 (pdf file 85 kb)
- SANDRP Presentation - Stockholm Water Week, India Dams Experience, 15 Aug 2007 (pdf file 163 kb)
- Assam Water Policy - Concerns of RVC Assam, Aug 2007 (pdf file 172 kb)
- Chigalli Dam Breach - SANDRP - August 18, 2007 (pdf file 234 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People July-Aug 2007 (pdf file 798 kb)
- Pedhi Dam Agitation - SANDRP - August 10, 2007 (pdf file 188 kb)
- Chandora dam breach - SANDRP - August 09, 2007 (pdf file 159 kb)
July 2007
- Comments on NHPC draft R&R Policy - SANDRP- July 11, 2007 (pdf file 112kb)
- SRI - The Tripura Success Story By Shambu Prasad - July 2007 (pdf file 85 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People May-June 2007 (pdf file 982 kb)
June 2007
- High Dam Storage Floods PR, SANDRP - June 07 (pdf file 24 kb)
- High Dam Storage Floods PR (Hindi), SANDRP - June 07 (pdf file 42 kb)
- "Before the Deluge: Coping with floods in changing climate"-Himanshu Thakkar in 'Dams, Embankments & Floods June 2007', IRN
- New Publication from SANDRP
Dams, Rivers and Rights:
An Action Guide for Communities Affected by Dams (Hindi)
(For Soft Copy Click Here) - June 07 (PDF file 2.3 MB)
(For Soft Copy Click Here) - June 07 (PDF file 2.3 MB)
- ADB Energy Strategy 2007, SANDRP Preliminary Comments - June 07 (pdf file 14 kb)
- Central Water Commission - an Agent of Sub Optimal Development - SANDRP - June 2007 (pdf file 20 kb)
- Remembering Sanjay Sangvai- SANDRP - June 1, 2007 (pdf file 38 kb)
May 2007
- India Dams Methane Emissions PR 180507 (pdf file 18 kb)
- India Dams Methane Emissions PR 180507 (html file 11 kb)
- India Dams Methane Emissions PR (Hindi) 180507
Page 1 (png file 20 kb), Page 2 (png file 18 kb) - Maharashtra Water Regulatory Authority Act has no role for people - Himanshu Thakkar - May 2007 (pdf file 16 kb)
- Bhil Indigenous People of Madhya Pradesh Struggle for Access to Water - Rahul Banerjee - May 2007 (pdf file 50 kb)
April 2007
- PAC Report Recommends Cancellation of Sheonath Private Water - SANDRP, April 2007 (pdf file 19 kb)
- Mega Water Projects in Balochistan, Pakistan - April 2007 (pdf file 24 kb)
- Sugar Subsidies How Justified - SANDRP - April 2007 (pdf file 19 kb)
- The SEZ threat to water and food security - SANDRP - April 2007 (pdf file 30 kb)
- Sardar Sarovar Drinking Water Allocation Diverted for City - SANDRP - April 2007 (pdf file 20 kb)
- Dams, Riveres & People - April 2007 (pdf file 302 kb)
- Systems Approach to Interlinking of Rivers - Sudhir Vombatkere 0407 (pdf file 350 kb)
March 2007
- Call for Stay on clearance & Review of Athirappilly HEP 0307 (pdf file 23 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People - Feb- Mar 2007 (pdf file 511 kb)
- SANDRP Comment on GOI Budget 2007 - March 2007 (pdf file 15 kb)
- SANDRP Comment on GOI Budget 2007 - (Hindi) - March 2007 (png file 28 kb)
February 2007
- Baglihar - Some Crucial Facts - SANDRP Feb 2007 (pdf file 25 kb)
- Article on Cauvery Tribunal Verdict - Himanshu Thakkar Feb 2007 (pdf file 24 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People Dec 2006-Jan 2007 [Vol 4, Issue 11-12] (pdf file 228 kb)
January 2007
- 2007 a Water Year - Future Water Solutions for India - SANDRP (pdf file 72 kb)
- Interlinking of Rivers in India : Dimensions of Social Impacts - SANDRP, (pdf file 95 kb)
2006
December 2006
- SANDRP Update on Par-Tapi-Narmada Link 1206 (pdf file 147 kb)
- Interlinking of Rivers in India: A Dispassionate Look - SANDRP Presentation 1206 (pdf file 148 kb)
November 2006
- Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal Riverlink Update 1106 (pdf file 26 kb)
- Update on Mullaperiyar Dam in Tamil Nadu 1106 (pdf file 13 kb)
- UNDP - Human Development Report Excerpts November 2006 (pdf file 34 kb)
- UNDP - Human Development Report Excerpts November 2006 (Hindi) (pdf file 24 kb)
- Experiencing Floods as a Disaster (pdf file 209 kb)
October 2006
- SANDRP Comments on CDM Validation Application for BUDHIL HEP in HP (pdf file 11 kb)
September 2006
- "Reservoir Siltation in India: Latest Studies – A Wake Up Call" (pdf file 37 kb)
- Presentation on "Critical Issues in EIA - EMP in India" (MS Powerpoint 76 kb)
- Presentation on "Critical Issues on Large Dams in India" (MS Powerpoint 158 kb)
- Presentation on "Experiencing Floods as a Disaster" (MS Powerpoint 86 kb)
- Comments on 96 MW Jorethong Hydropower Projects in Sikkim, India for CDM Validation. (pdf file 11 kb)
August 2006
SURAT FLOODS: HOW IT WAS AN UNNECESSARY DISASTER Press Release-Aug 22, 2006 (pdf file 103 kb)
- CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE OF DAM OPERATORS LEAD TO MAN MADE DISASTER- Press release- Aug 10, 2006 (pdf file 22 kb)
July 2006
- SANDRP Comment on Approach Paper to India's 11th Five Year Plan. (PDF file 45 kb)
- SANDRP Article: Govt's Unreasoned Push for Large Dams EXPOSED (PDF file 25 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People July 2006 [Vol 4, Issue 6] (pdf file 317 kb)
June 2006
SANDRP Comments on CDM Valiadation Application of:
- + Kaliganga Small Hydro Project (ADB) (PDF file 12 kb)
+Madhyamaheshwar Small Hydro Project (ADB) (PDF file 12 kb)
+Kaldigad Small Hydro Project (ADB) (PDF file 12 kb)
+Bhilangana Hydro Project (Swasti Corp) (PDF file 15 kb)
- Dams, Rivers & People June 2006 [Vol 4, Issue 5] (pdf file 322 kb)
May 2006
- SANDRP's Critique of New Hydropower Guidelines dated May 23, 2006 from Union Ministry of Power - May 2006
- SANDRP Critique of Asian Development Bank's Uttaranchal Power Project (Approved in March 2006) - May 2006.
- Dams, Rivers & People April-May 2006 [Vol 4, Issue 3-4] (pdf file 412 kb)
March 2006
- Dams, Rivers & People Feb-March 2006 [Vol 4, Issue 1-2] (pdf file 229 kb)
January 2006
- Even as SANDRP awaits SIDA response to critique of Draft URI evaluation Report, Development Today's issue of Dec 20, 2005 carried a report on this subject. (pdf file-77 kb)
