<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) regarding illegal sand mining being done at the Balod Pod sand mine located in Balod district, Chhattisgarh.</p> <p>A report was called
<p><span id="itro1">Even as the environment ministry continues to come under pressure to fast track coal mining in forest areas, this analysis by Greenpeace shows how coal mining threatens over 1.1 million
This paper is based on a critical literature review and looks into the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) in India, with particular reference to the two states of Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. The
<p>The paper presents studies regarding the pollution of the groundwater in Jagadalpur. The water quality parameters viz pH, electrical conductivity(EC),Turbidity, Total dissolved salt (TDS), Sodium(Na),
The state government, which is contemplating to offload 74 per cent stake in Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC), is keen to emulate the steps of Chhattisgarh to go about it. The Chhattisgarh government recently selected India Bulls and Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Ltd (Iffco) as strategic partners for its two different power projects.
Chhattisgarh government has disbursed about Rs 1272 crore to farmers in the state as farm loan at a nominal rate of interest of one per cent per annum. The credit disbursement to the farmers is about 75 per cent of the target set by the state government for distributing loan in the current kharif session 2012-13. The loan disbursement under a state government scheme started from April 1. “Till now, loans to the tune of Rs 1272.43 crore had been disbursed to the farmers in the state,” officials with the cooperative department said. The amount is about Rs 358.43 crore more than the loan disbursed during the corresponding period last year, the added.
New Delhi Jindal Power continues to sell electricity from its Tamnar power plant on a merchant basis, ignoring the coal ministry’s recent directive that stipulates that power plants running on captive coal must not quote a higher price for power supply in tariff bidding than those offered by generating stations based on fuel linkage from Coal India. JPL, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power, has quoted a R5.27-a-unit price to supply power to APCDPCL, an Andhra Pradesh discom, from its Tamnar plant based on captive coal, compared with R4.29 and R4.4 a unit offered by KSK Mahanadi and Corporate Power plants running on coal supplied by CIL under long-term linkage, according to industry sources.
It is the moral duty of industries owners to strictly follow the environmental norms, stated Chief Minister Raman Singh and added that the State Government will take stern action against industries flouting
Visits to seven small towns in north India reveal how paucity of funds, slipshod planning and a dearth of capabilities have contributed to poor civic services and inadequate infrastructure. Citizens in
SAMBALPUR: Amidst drum beats, sounds of conch shells and siren, the flood water received by Hirakud Dam from upstream, first of the season, was released at 3.45 pm on Tuesday. The water level in the dam
Five labourers died in an accident at an under-construction power plant of Korba West Power Co Limited in Raigrah district of Chhattisgarh Saturday morning. The labourers were on a 170-foot high scaffolding
