Tunisia has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling on Ethiopia to cease filling the reservoir of its controversial mega-dam on the Nile River, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. The huge dam, set to be Africa’s largest hydroelectric project when completed, has sparked an almost decade-long diplomatic stand-off between Addis Ababa and downstream […]
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Ethiopia begins second stage of filling mega-dam, angering Egypt
Ethiopia says it has started the next phase of filling a controversial mega-dam on the Nile River, Egyptian authorities said Monday, raising tensions ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council on the issue. Egypt said the move was “a violation of international laws and norms that regulate projects built on the shared basins of international […]
Sudan willing to agree ‘conditional deal’ on Ethiopia dam
Sudan will only be willing to strike an interim deal with Ethiopia over its controversial Nile dam on conditions including an assurance of further talks, the water minister said Monday. Downstream Egypt and Sudan have been pushing upstream Ethiopia to ink a binding deal over the filling and operation of its massive dam on the […]
Egypt urges mediation in ‘deadlocked’ Nile dam talks
CAIRO: Egypt has urged international mediation over what it called “deadlock” in talks in Sudan over a massive dam under construction on the Nile River, sparking fresh tensions with Ethiopia. Negotiations between the three countries have been at a stalemate for years after Ethiopia began constructing the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in […]
India recovers 13 bodies after monsoon dam breach
Thirteen bodies have been recovered in western India after the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade breached a dam and caused mayhem in Mumbai, authorities said Thursday. Eleven people were still missing after the dam in Ratnagiri, around 275 kilometres (170 miles) south of Mumbai, burst on Wednesday and swamped seven local villages, rescuers said. […]
Dam bursts in India after rains, several dead
Wall collapses during current monsoon season have already killed almost 30 persons Heavy monsoon rains caused the breach of a small dam in western India, washing away dozens of homes and killing at least six people with 18 missing, a government official said on Wednesday. Seasonal rains have crippled India’s financial center of Mumbai this […]
SC summons Sindh chief secretary in Nai Gaj Dam case
The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Thursday summoned the Sindh chief secretary to appear before it on May 23 in the Nai Gaj Dam case. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Azmat Saeed, issued the order, directing the provincial chief secretary to record his statement before the court regarding the […]
CJP sends ‘final warning’ to opponents of dams
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Wednesday issued a ‘final warning’ to opponents of Diamer-Bhasha and other dams. While hearing a case regarding the Dodocha dam, the CJP, in a possible reference to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah, said that those who are advising him to make a political […]
Pakistan disagrees to designs of two Indian hydro-power projects
ISLAMABAD: During the first round of Pak-India talk over the violation of Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan objected to two controversial water repositories also hydro-power projects that are taken by India on Chenab River. Pakistani officials informed the Indian delegates in Islamabad this evening that they had objections over the designs of Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai […]
Laos dam collapse death toll rises to 31, scores still missing
The death toll from a massive dam collapse in southern Laos has jumped to 31, officials said, with scores still missing weeks after the unprecedented disaster that swept entire villages and farmland away. Information about the number of dead and missing has trickled out of the disaster zone since the July 23 dam collapse in […]