Activist and Sant ends fast after Government agrees to convene a meeting of the NGRBA

http://www.firstpost.com/india/save-ganga-activist-gd-agarwal-ends-fast-%E2%80%8E-253918.html

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and FXB Center for Health and Human Rights: Response to the Government of India's Draft National Water Policy 2012

Linking the right to water with a right to sanitation

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/hr2w/news/2012/FinalCommentsIndiaDraftNWP_MurthyWilliamsBatemanBhabha.pdf

National Water Policy 2012 silent on priorities, Down to Earth

Draft document open for comment until February 29, 2012
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/national-water-policy-2012-silent-priorities

Villagers document Vulnerable black-necked cranes in Zemithang village, Arunachal Pradesh

A Report by WWF-India--over 100 dams are proposed for this biologically complex and fragile state
http://www.wwfindia.org/?6741/Villagers-document-Vulnerable-black-necked-cranes

EPW Commentary on Assessment of Sikkim Dams

Inducing Vulnerabilities in a Fragile Landscape
Kanchi Kohli
Economic and Political Weekly, December 17, 2011
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/15648496/270592633/name/Sikkim%20Dams%20for%20EPW.pdf

My Memo for Asia Pacific Memo, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia

The Disappearing Rivers of India
http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/the-disappearing-rivers-of-india

IIT Report on Ganga Basin Management Plan--November 2011

A Quarterly Newsletter of the Consortia of 7 IITs for Communicating Various
Aspects of Ganga River Basin Environment Management Plan

November 4, 2011
http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/sites/default/files/GRBMP%202nd%20Newsletter_Final.pdf 

Flooding in Thailand

Why was so much water kept in the dams? Part I

http://asiancorrespondent.com/67239/why-was-so-much-water-kept-in-the-dams/

Why was so much water kept in the dams? Part II


http://asiancorrespondent.com/67306/thailand-why-was-so-much-water-kept-in-the-dams-part-ii/

North India Hydro Boom Leaves Communities High and Dry

Samir Mehta of International Rivers writes this report after his recent trip to Himachal Pradesh:

http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/6731

Tapovan Valley, east of Joshimath

Valley of Tapovan, in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand

Tapovan Vishnugad RoR under construction

The biggest construction sites with accompanying roads, buildings and bridges are the storage and RoR dam sites.