The Nepali government should relinquish its hold over small-scale hydropower and leave the arena free for more efficient consumer-run schemes.
In the upper reaches of the Kali Gandaki
For centuries, the waters of the more than 6000 big and small rivers of Nepal have been harnessed to power traditional water mills, the ghattas. There are about 25,000
Micro-hydro-power technology, when unthinkingly grafted to remote areas, can destroy the spirit and the savings of entrepreneurs.
There is a warning being whispered these days in the village
Is the Karnali Project feasible? Does Nepal need it? The answer to the first question does not necessarily lead to the second.
More than a year has passed since the
The perception of insecurity in South Asia is today more marked than before, and water appears to be a key component of this new insecurity.
In the 1990s, water may
Pakistan's feuding provinces have at last agreed to share the precious waters of the mighty Indus River. But there is new doubt about whether the plan is politically
Bhutan's domestic hydro power needs are small. But there are large electricity markets in Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal, and a developing one in Bangladesh, which Bhutan can
In 1929, the British reached an agreement with Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shumshere to an unequal swap. India would build the Sarda Barrage on the border river of Mahakali in
lndo-Nepal water negotiations are muddied by Nepalis who come without doing their homework, Indians who tend to have an overbearing attitude, and donor agencies which have yet to be
It is time to open up the "Forbidden Kingdom", so that it, like Lower Mustang, can benefit from tourism and development.
Lower Mustang, home of the Thakalis with
Over the last two decades, environmental activism in India has matured into a strong voice which demands a new order of development that is both socially just and ecologically sustainable.
