Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
A visit to the Lavasa Lake City project at night presents a disturbing sight, reflecting on the gross neglect of rural areas by the Maharashtra government. While the lake city is all lit up and basks in the glow of high-powered lights, seven villages surrounding the proposed township suffer silently …
The Forest Department of Madhya Pradesh has chalked out a solar energy project for 1,025 forest villages of the State. A sum of Rs 350 crore will be required to implement this project, proposal of which has been sent to the Central Government. Forest Minister Sartaj Singh has said that …
Bhopal: To solve the electricity problems of farmers, Energy Department has issued necessary directives to State's three electricity distribution companies to ensure responsibility of field officials to comply with the same. After receiving complaints of registering false cases of electricity thefts against farmers, the State Government has said that competent …
Udhampur: As many as 47 hamlets of Udhampur district are yet to be electrified. This fact came to light during a meeting convened by the District Development Commissioner (DDC), Udhampur, Baseer Ahmed Khan, yesterday to review the implementation of the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidhutikaran Yojana. Even as the National Hydro …
Power cuts in rural households are going to be thing of past in next couple of years in Madhya Pradesh. In deference to the desire of the Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan from January 1,2013 onward all the feeders in residential habitations in rural areas would start getting 24- …
A new World Bank Report says decentralizing power generation and distribution to the local level through the distribution grid of the state utility by using renewable energy sources will help reduce prolonged outages and increase electricity supply in rural areas. If such sources replace kerosene and diesel for localized generation …
Chennai: The State Government has assured South Africa of help in rural electrification and renewable energy. Harris Majeke, High Commissioner, South Africa, along with David Nkosi, First Secretary (Politicai), South African High Commission from New Delhi called on Arcot N. Veeraswami, Minister for Electricity, and requested for assistance and co-operation …
This comparative analysis of two biomass - based decentralized renewable energy companies operating in Bihar, DESI Power and Husk Power Systems, provides insight into business strategy and technological suitability of biomass based decentralized energy generation plants for rural India and highlights critical elements that may be of high relevance for …
Energy poverty is a frequently used term among energy specialists, but unfortunately the concept is rather loosely defined. Several existing approaches measure energy poverty by defining an energy poverty line as the minimum quantity of physical energy needed to perform such basic tasks as cooking and lighting. This paper proposes …
New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah today said that as many as 10,000 remote villages across the country will be electrified with renewable energy sources by March 2012. Much of the power is slated to come from the first 1,000 mega watts (MW) added to the national grid as …
SHILLONG, Oct 21: The public information campaign (PIC) on Bharat Nirman of the Central Government was inaugurated by Jaintia Hills district Deputy Commissioner T Dkhar at the LP School playground, Amlarem today. In his inaugural speech, Dkhar said the aim of public information campaign was to make the people aware …
ITANAGAR, Oct 5: To create awareness on the use of New & Renewable Energy sources, a village to village appearance programme was conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency (APEDA) at seven different villages under four circles of West Siang district on October 3 and 4. A four-member APEDA …
Minister of State for Energy (Independent Charge) Rajendra Shukla said that the target of feeder separation and Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Project should be achieved by December 2012. Shukla was reviewing the activities of Madhya Pradesh East Region Electricity Distribution Company at Jabalpur today. During the review Rajiv Gandhi Rural …
This new analysis published by WRI in collaboration with Center for Development Finance-IFMR focuses on the energy needs of India's rural poor and looks at the market potential for clean and renewable energy in rural India. The goal of this report is to inform investors about the market potential of …
Innovate Rural Electrification THE International Energy Agency (IEA) has highlighted that over 20% of the global population or 1.4 billion people lack access to electricity, which hinders economic and social development. Here in India, the grim reality is that almost half the population in rural areas has little or no …
BHUBANESWAR: THE State Government had decided to electrify 2,000 villages by nonconventional energy sources by March, 2012. A decision to this effect was taken at a highlevel meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. So far the State Government has provided electricity to 395 villages by solar …
