Ukraine power firm hit by Russian attacks warns repairs could take 18 months
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The head of Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, DTEK, said on Saturday that five of its six plants had been damaged or destroyed with 80 per cent of its generating capacity lost after two weeks of Russian attacks and that repairs could take up to 18 months. Russian missile and drone attacks […]
India stares at summer water crisis as reservoir levels slide
New Delhi Reuters India’s main reservoirs have hit their lowest March levels in five years, government data showed, indicating a possible squeeze on drinking water and power availability this summer. In major centres such as India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Bengaluru, home to firms like Google, water supply is already being curtailed. Residents get their containers filled […]
Cost of development: Evicted villagers pay a high price for India’s hydropower push
ATHAR PARVAIZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the human cost of India’s hydro-electric plants…