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‘The river will bleed red’: Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects by Karlston Lapniten on 26 February 2021 For more than five decades, Indigenous communities in the northern Philippines have pushed back against the planned construction of hydropower dams on the Chico River system. The river is of great importance to Indigenous communities in the provinces of Kalinga and Mountain Province, who call it their “river of life” and have depended on it for generations. The Upper Tabuk and Karayan dams have been proposed in some form or another since the 1970s, but are now backed by co...

India’s ageing dams pose great safety risks, says study The country must conduct cost-benefit analyses of its dams and undertake safety reviews. Representational image. | Sam Panthaky/AFP India has 4,407 large dams of which more than 1,000 would be 50 years or older by 2025, a new study has shown. Older dams pose greater safety risks, cost higher in terms of maintenance and have declining functionality due to sedimentation, stated a study by the Canada-based India must conduct a cost-benefit analysis of its ageing dams, and conduct timely safety reviews in order to ens...

India has 4,407 large dams of which more than 1,000 would be 50 years or older by 2025, a new study has shown. Older dams pose greater safety risks, cost higher in terms of maintenance and have declining functionality due to sedimentation, stated a study by the Canada-based United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, released in January. Climate change is also likely to accelerate the ageing of dams, it said. India must conduct a cost-benefit analysis of its ageing dams, and conduct timely safety reviews in order to ensure their operational and ecological safety, a...

Despite the high-risk and its capital-intensive nature, India's attraction for hydroelectric power has never ceased to exist

Tragedy at Tapovan Vishnugad hydel project: Understanding hydrology, geology of Himalayas is need of the hour Despite the high-risk and its capital-intensive nature, India's attraction for hydroelectric power has never ceased to exist Simantik Dowerah February 10, 2021 06:39:31 IST The damaged structure of the Tapovan Vishnugad dam. Image courtesy MoneyControl When a picture of the wiped out Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project clicked by the Indian Air Force appeared...