As India’s hydropower hotspot, Himachal Pradesh offers important lessons about the huge risks of building large dams in the Himalayas

As rivers rise in the Indian state, complications with upstream Nepal, the effects of the pandemic and lockdown combine to worsen the situation for citizens

Spiralling costs, long delays, earthquakes and landslide risks plague developers trying to build hydropower projects in the Indian Himalayan states

Largest dam on the river, in an earthquake-prone biodiversity hotspot, will risk one of the few habitats left for the endangered golden mahseer

India’s top expert summarises his views on the need to factor in the Himalayas in the new water policy

Cloudbursts flood parts of India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh; monsoon reaches Pakistan well ahead of schedule

Governments have to build infrastructure, help residents and ease travel between countries

Two designers reflect on a house aesthetic by the side of a river in north India, and the life of the woman who has made it into a charming example of upcycling

The morning after the strongest cyclone ever to hit West Bengal there is immense devastation, and there is still no news from much of Sundarbans, no electricity in most of Kolkata

India’s second longest river is flowing clean in the lockdown forced by Covid-19; a grim reminder of how it was before may persuade all to keep it that way