The SANDRP newsletter for September 2009 continues its critical analysis of dams, irrigation and related issues:

• A revisit of the issue of lack of growth in canal - irrigated area despite tremendous investment in new irrigation projects. The story brings to focus the shift in irrigation on the ground from canal to groundwater while the government continues to invest ineffectively in canal irrigation projects.
• The Saryu canal irrigation project in UP where after 2522 crores of rupees and aquisition of 21000 ha of land, 5% of the irrigation target has been achieved.
• Ill-timed release of waters from the Damodar that caused flooding in West Bengal
• The World Bank's continued funding of large hydropower projects and a lot more.