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Water Beyond Borders
Water Beyond Borders is an initiative which calls for integrating the views of civil society in decision making processes relating to internationally shared river basins based on mutual understanding of the characteristics of such rivers (physical, social, and ecological). This move towards inclusiveness arises from need to understand rivers as an integrated feature of a larger basin. For such an understanding to be evenly balanced and holistic, concerns of all stakeholders should be factored into the decision making process. continue reading..
Mahakali Basin
Nepal-India
India proposes to construct 400-MW hydropower project in Nepal
Kathmandu: The Indian government has proposed the construction of Lower Arun Hydropower Project in Nepal with a capacity of 400 megawatts (MW). "In...
Nepal-India Joint Commission on Water Resources agree on half-dozen projects
Jan 12, 2019- India has agreed to construct embankment along Nepal’s west Rapti, Badganga and Khando rivers. The agreement was reached during the...
Nepal, India agree on building embankments, half a dozen projects
Jan 13, 2019- India has agreed to construct an embankment along Nepal’s West Rapti, Banganga and Khando rivers. The agreement was reached during the...
India-Nepal Joint Statement during the State Visit of Prime Minister of India to Nepal (May 11-12, 2018)
May 12, 2018 The Prime Minister of India His Excellency Shri Narendra Modi is on a State Visit to Nepal from 11 to 12 May 2018 at the invitation of...
Nepal river to be interlinked to revive Yamuna
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to inter-link rivers (ILRs) across the country will have one more project, bringing the total number...
Indo-Pak
Any attempt by India to divert water flow would be considered ‘act of aggression’: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan said on Thursday that it has “exclusive rights” over three Western rivers and any attempt by India to divert the flow of these...
India stops sharing hydrological data with Pakistan
India ends goodwill gesture, stops sharing hydrological data with Pak. Times of India 22 August 2019 Taking the offensive, India has refused to...
Pakistan facing crisis as water shortage worsens
One of the biggest issues facing Pakistan’s newly-elected government, headed by Imran Khan, is how to manage a massive water crisis that has been...
Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project: World Bank asks Pakistan to accept India’s proposal to appoint neutral arbiter
The World Bank (WB) on Tuesday ended a wait of almost two years for an answer to the conflict between India and Pakistan regarding the Kishanganga...
Narendra Modi inaugurates Kishanganga hydropower project in Kashmir
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated the state run NHPC Ltd’s Kishanganga hydro power project in Jammu and Kashmir to the...
Indo-China
India-China Bilateral Agreements signed in Qingdao, China
Name of the Agreement - Memorandum of understanding between Ministry of Water Resources, The People’s Republic of China and Ministry of Water...
We need to talk about the Brahmaputra
The operational commissioning of the Zam Hydropower Station earlier this month on the Yarlung Zangbo river, also known as the Zangmu Hydropower...
The Improbability of a Water War in South Asia
Water wars in South Asia are unlikely due to well-etched treaties and economic compulsions If there is ever to be a Third World War, many believe it...
MoEF gives forest nod to controversial hydro projects in Arunachal
An expert panel of the environment ministry has recommended forest clearance for three crucial hydro projects located in the Siang river basin,...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Concerned Over China’s Dam on Brahmaputra
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said the reported move by China to operationalise a hydro-power station on the Brahmaputra will...
Bhutan-India
India Bhutan Hydro Energy & Implications in Bhutan
A Study of the India-Bhutan Energy Cooperation Agreements and the Implementation of Hydropower Projects in Bhutan This report generates a...
River transit and hydro-electricity on the cards
Bangladesh will require dredging its rivers if it is to sign a river transit agreement with Bhutan. It will look to the World Bank for a soft loan...
Bangladesh to back Bhutan for WB fund for river transit
Bangladesh will urge India to include Bhutan in the tri-nation team eligible for a World Bank fund to increase the navigability of a river transit...
Big dam issue raging, it’s now river linking
The debate how to allocate natural resources still raging, the northeastern states face more challenges—challenges posed by big dams and river...
Concern over impact of Bhutan hydel projects
GUWAHATI, Feb 18 – Participants of a meeting on sharing the trans-boundary water information between India and Bhutan, jointly organised by the...
India-Bangladesh
India-Bangladesh Joint Statement during Official Visit of Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India
At the invitation of H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic...
Sharing Waters of Feni River: Prospects and Problems
Introduction Feni River rises from the hill ranges of the Indian state of Tripura at 23°20'N and 91°47'E, flows southwest marking the boundary with...
Bangladesh seeks Indian cooperation to build $4 billion Ganges barrage
Bangladesh seeks to build a massive barrage to reverse the damage of rising salinity in the Ganga basin The Bangladeshi government has reached out...
Flooding worsens in Brahmaputra basin
RANGPUR, Sept 3 (BSS): The flood situation deteriorated further following inundation of more areas due to further rise of water levels of major...
Bangladesh water resource minister in Delhi to talk on Teesta
Bangladesh Water Resource Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud arrives in New Delhi on Saturday evening for a crucial talk on Teesta water sharing and other...
National
3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development of Water and Environment (ICSDWE2020)
The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development of Water and Environment (ICSDWE2020) will be held on 13-14 January, 2020 in Inha...
Cabinet approves Dam Safety Bill
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on approved a proposal for enacting the Dam Safety Bill 2018, which will help the states and union territories to adopt...
TN CM requests PM to Dam Safety Bill in abeyance
The Tamil Nadu government today urged the Centre to keep in abeyance its decision to enact a Dam Safety Bill, recalling it had earlier raised some...
Redesign dams, not rivers
Engineers require retraining, not the Ganga. This is where I left our conversation in my previous column. Why did I say this? The inter-ministerial...
In India, a River Is Dissolving an Island
In Assam, India, an island is dissolving like a cube of sugar in a cup of the tea for which the region is famous, and a river is to blame. The New...
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Hydro Diplomacy in the Hands of Water Business Associations?
On 20 October 2019 Cairo Water Week opened in Egypt on 20 October 2019. The President of World Water Council in his address publicly restated their...
3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development of Water and Environment (ICSDWE2020)
The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development of Water and Environment (ICSDWE2020) will be held on 13-14 January, 2020 in Inha...
4 nations eye hydropower
Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan are to form two sub-regional alliances for cooperation in producing electricity from trans-boundary river waters...
India, Nepal and Bangladesh Support Efficient Exploitation of Ganges
New Delhi, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) India, Nepal and Bangladesh decided to join efforts to preserve Ganges river and use its waters in hydroelectric,...
Nepal, India & Bangladesh to make most of Ganga water, hydropower
According to a note prepared by the Ministries of Power, Water Resources and External Affairs, the Ganga Basin has tremendous potential for...
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