Tag:Dams

For a nation of nearly 90 million people, the limits of traditional water management have been laid bare. Whether Iran’s new strategies can avert wider social and ecological breakdown remains a central question for policymakers, communities, and neighbouring countries alike.

“It was water all around. People were struggling for their safety in hope of some help. But, what we could find, was the ceaseless...

The minister pointed out that the union government has constituted the national committee on dam safety to discharge functions to prevent dam failure related...

Challenged to import fuel to run its power plants and with its dams running out of water reserves and not producing electricity, Sri Lanka’s...

Researchers estimate the power produced by the falling water during peak melt periods was comparable to the power produced by the Three Gorges Dam...

China, the US and India top the list of countries with a significant number of large dams. China alone hosts 40 per cent of...