Content courtesy: South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People

The highlights of the January newsletter by South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) are as follows:

• Many inconsistencies in the EAC's approval of 775 MW Luhri Hydropower project, that is proposed to be built on Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh.
• Indian Biodiversity Congress lays stress on freshwater biodiversity conservation.
• MoEF to amend Wetlands Rules (2010) to include main river channels in its definition of wetlands, in line with Ramsar Conventions.
• To quench the thirst of people in Maharashtra, the government should stop diverting water from East flowing rivers to the West.
• India presses China to have a water commission/an inter-governmental dialogue/ a treaty,  to deal with water issues between the two countries.

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