Green activists oppose dams on Yamuna basin
SHIMLA: Green activists have started opposing the construction of dams along the Yamuna basin. They claimed that cumulative geological impacts of three huge impoundments – Tehri, Kishau and Renuka Dam
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Issue of Yamuna dams reopens
The proposed Renuka and Kishau dams on the Yamuna have again become a bone of contention among the beneficiary states of UP, Haryana, Himachal, Delhi and Rajasthan following the opinion of the Union Ministry of Law and Justice that the
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High social cost of Renuka project
by Manshi Asher
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Himachal water row: Dikshit to meet Hooda today
New Delhi: The Sheila Dikshit government in Delhi is trying hard to soften Haryana
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Renuka Dam gets green signal
The Environment Appraisals Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests has agreed in principle to the construction of the Renuka Dam in Himachal Pradesh. With this clearance, the work on the dam is expected to pick up and conclude in six years time.
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Renuka Dam to take payment for eco-services
Payment for use of eco-services like water has now become a reality in Himachal. The upcoming multi-purpose Renuka Dam, that will quench the thirst of millions in Delhi and produce 40 mega watt electricity for Himachal, is the first project in the state where use of water by the beneficiaries will attract a new kind of cost.
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Delhi Jal Board to release 300 crore for Renuka Dam
Towards purchase of land for the project by Himachal Govt. Work on the project had been hanging fire Project promises to alleviate Delhi water scarcity problems -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW DELHI: Giving much needed impetus to the long-pending Renuka Dam project, the Delhi Jal Board has decided to release Rs.300 crore to the Himachal Government for purchase of land for the venture that promises to alleviate Delhi's water woes.
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State Pulse: New Delhi: Water woes- Centre to provide funds
Completion of three Yamuna basin schemes only will solve Delhi's water problems- Arabinda Ghose It sounds cruel to say this, but the stark reality is that only when three projects in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand, hanging fire for more than two decades, are completed, water woes of Delhites can be resolved for a reasonably long spell of time.
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Geochemistry of Renuka Lake and wetland sediments, Lesser Himalaya (India): implications for source-area weathering, provenance
The geochemical investigation of sediments deposited in the Renuka Lake basin and its adjoining wetland has shown variation in the distribution and concentration of major, trace and REEs.
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Renuka watland: A newfound abode for migratory birds in Himachal Pradesh
Renuka lake, named after the Goddess Renuka ji, the mother of Lord Parashuram, is situated near Dadahu in Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh. Since years, it has been receiving silt and debris from 22 nallas, which are all around the catchment of the lake, which is causing ecological deterioration, habitat degradation and eutrification, etc.
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Water Commission fails to secure agreement
The Central Water Commission failed to secure an agreement between Delhi and Haryana over sharing of water and power from the Renuka Dam at meeting here on Monday. With Delhi refusing to give in to Haryana's demands and depart from the agreement signed in 1994 on sharing of water and power, the matter is now likely to be referred to the Planning Commission for a resolution. Haryana's demand for a share from the water and power that will be generated once the Renuka Dam is commissioned has struck a discordant note as Delhi has objected to the change in agreement.