Udisha Saklani

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March 6, 2026

Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere

Udisha Saklani, King's College London

In Nepal, local shareholding in a hydropower project changed how communities regarded it.

Protestors in New Delhi, India in 2006 against developments around the Sardar Sarovar Dam. Raveendran/AFP via Getty Images

October 1, 2025

Dams for development? Unpacking tensions in the World Bank’s hydropower policies

Barnaby Joseph Dye, King's College London and Udisha Saklani, King's College London

After a hiatus, the World Bank returned to dam building, but has anything changed?

A boy jumps from a water pipe into a canal as temperatures soar in New Delhi. Access to clean and regular water remains a challenge for India’s capital. Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

July 11, 2017

New Delhi is running out of water

Asit K. Biswas, National University of Singapore; Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore, and Udisha Saklani, National University of Singapore

Access to clean and regular water remains a challenge for New Delhi, a city that could easily tackle its water crisis with greater effort.

Ratanpura Lake, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has almost completely dried up. Amit Dave/Reuters

June 16, 2017

India’s wells are running dry, fast

Asit K. Biswas, National University of Singapore; Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore, and Udisha Saklani, National University of Singapore

Hit by weak monsoons, India faces unprecedented water shortages.

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Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere

Dams for development? Unpacking tensions in the World Bank’s hydropower policies

New Delhi is running out of water

India’s wells are running dry, fast

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