-South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) Bharudpura dam (also called Karam dam) on Karam river, a tributary of Narmada river, near Gujari village in Dharampuri Tehsil of Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh faced major disaster after the very first filling in August 2022 when there was seepage from and massive erosion of the dam wall starting from Aug 11, 2022. The disaster at the Rs 304.44 crore project...
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India Has Come a Long Way Since 1947, But Much Still Needs to Be Done -Virginius Xaxa
-TheWire.in The need of the hour is to reorient policies built on equity, not only economic, political and social, but also ecological and environmental. India is completing the 75th year of its independence. It is a moment of celebration and, at the same time, an occasion to remember all those known and unknown who laid down their lives during a long struggle to make India free from the yoke of colonial rule. It...
More »Why India doesn’t need palm oil but its greener alternatives -Bhavani RV and RS Vaidyanathan
-Down to Earth blog Palm oil is water-intensive and requires large patches of Land India is the second-largest consumer of edible oil globally and its largest importer. While the government has taken several initiatives over the years to increase the domestic production of edible oils, its shortage and high price are often in the news. Palm oil production grew between 2015-2016 and 2020-2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 6.1 per cent,...
More »India must be quick to tackle challenges of food security, Land use - Himangana Gupta & Shweta Prajapati & Ruchika Singh
-Moneycontrol.com Not only population, but several other factors affect the food system, including climate risks and their impact. An IPCC report predicts up to 30 percent decline in rice yields if global temperatures continue to rise India, a country with just 2.4 percent of the world’s total Land area, is the largest producer of milk and pulses, and the second largest producer of rice and wheat, as per the United Nations’ Food...
More »Why Thousands Are Fleeing The River IsLands Of Bangladesh -Rafiqul Islam Montu|
-IndiaSpend.com Many in Bangladesh have settled on the chars, isLands in the middle of the river, formed of the silt that accumulates along the deltaic basin. But the river Meghna is swallowing many of these isLands, leaving people homeless. Charfasson (Bhola), Bangladesh: Strong waves gradually wash away the isLand at the mouth of the sea, and with it the houses, fields, buildings, markets, roads, everything. Over two decades of constant erosion, the isLand's...
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