Chinadialogue: Indian planners need to radically rethink flood prevention strategies in the Ganges basin, as a new World Bank study debunks old myths. For decades, Indian planners working to harness the waters of the Ganges and its tributaries have believed building dams in Nepal will save Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh from the floods that

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STLToday: Last week, the McClatchy newspapers reported that the Obama administration is considering providing seed money for a $12 billion hydroelectric dam on the Indus River in northernmost Pakistan. Just wait for Congress to get back from vacation. A lot of them, Republicans and Democrats alike, are going to hate this idea. It may be

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EcoSeed: The World Bank has signed a $648 million loan agreement with Tehri Hydro Development Corp., a joint venture corporation focused on developing, operating and maintaining hydro projects in India, for a 444 megawatt run-of-river hydropower project. The bank’s loan will help finance the construction of the Vishnugad Popalkoti Hydro Electric Project on the Alaknanda

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