The sorry state of Mahanadi River and of the majority of people living in its basin is due to poor planning that has ignored the water-energy-food nexus. Lives can be improved only by taking the nexus into account
Climate change and the tussle between industry and agriculture over decreasing amount of water from the Hirakud dam on the Mahanadi River in Odisha is a recipe for repeated disasters and perennial unrest
Next to the coal-fired power plant of Vedanta’s aluminium refinery complex near Jharsuguda in western Odisha, residents stare at ruined farms and poisoned water
The government is determined to dig a canal to take the waters of the Ken River to the Betwa River through a protected forest despite the lack of water and local opposition