Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of President Municipal Committee Thathri VS Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir dated 03/12/2024. Joint committee report dated November 25, 2024 has been filed through the Central Pollution Control Board. Project proponents stated that they want to file an objection to …
The Centre has frozen six mega hydel power projects with a capacity of 1,047 MW proposed in North Sikkim following an adverse report submitted by Centre of Inter-Disciplinary Studies of Mountains and Hill Environment (CISME). The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had taken the CISME report seriously and derailed …
Brazil's securities regulator has recommended that carbon credits be treated as investments separate from derivatives since they are used mainly as instruments to trim greenhouse gas emissions. In a decision published late on Tuesday, the Rio de Janeiro-based securities regulator, known as CVM, said it would consider some carbon credit …
Contrary to existing notions, a new study says it is economically more beneficial for Bhutan to supply power to its industries than export it to India. The study, by the ministry of economic affairs (MOEA) and the royal audit authority, compares revenue foregone by the government in not exporting subsidised …
Reservoir levels rising, but storage below average Power availability in the country is likely to improve in the coming days, as water levels in various reservoirs have started going up following the resumption of monsoon. According to the latest data obtained from the Central Water Commission (CWC), water storage at …
The huge untapped natural resources in Arunachal Pradesh when harnessed would make it a front ranking State, Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu said today. Development of hydropower projects alone, for which the State Government has signed MOUs with several CPUs and private players, would generate at least Rs 12,000 crore to …
Under pressure of the environmentalist groups, Gauhati University has been commissioned to study the downstream impact of the 2000 MW Subansiri (Lower) Hydroelectric Project. The move came even as the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) completed an Environment Impact Assessment for a seven Km area, downstream of the dams site …
Insurgency and geographical isolation from the rest of India are two of the major causes for underdevelopment of the North East region of India despite the fact that the region has abundance of natural resources, said a report of the World Bank. The report of the World Bank said that …
Shillong: Obliging Manipur government's request, the Centre has appointed the state-owned National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) as the implementing agency for the 1500 MW multi-purpose Tipaimukh hydro-electric project in Manipur, official sources said here on Wednesday. Power giant North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) had earlier been awarded the project …
Opposition members today made a strong plea to go for micro hydel projects instead of the mega ones, to meet the power demand of the State and the NE region as well. Raising the issue during the debate on the demand for a grant of Rs 47,426.96 lakh of the …
Jairam Ramesh raises environmental issue with Karnataka Chief Minister 1,900 acres of forest will be drowned Forestry clearance yet to be obtained NEW DELHI: Asserting that environmental and forestry clearance should not be taken for granted, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has written to Karnataka Chief …
The government has decided to formulate programmes to develop 25,000 MW in the next two decades. The previous government led by UCPN (Maoist) had projected development of 10,000 MW in the next ten years. The allocated budget for hydropower is Rs. 14 billion 690 million for this fiscal year. This …
IMPHAL/AGARTALA, July 13: A 10-member Bangladesh parliamentary delegation is expected to visit the Tipaimukh dam in Manipur this week in the backdrop of concerns over the project
EVEN as the government increases focus on power generation from alternative sources, the results, due to a bad weather and fuel shortage, are not in favour. The country
In Himachal, climate change is precipitously here-and-now---- In nearly 500 km of meandering through the Solan, Shimla and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh, on National Highway 22, and off it, it's a 17 km detour off Jeori to picturesque Sarahan. Not very far from the exquisite Bhimakali temple is a …
New Delhi: After the present dry spell brought several hydel projects in the north on the brink of closure, the firms operating these plants are seeking easier regulatory terms and incentives. The companies say such changes will help them fight nature
KARTIKAY MEHROTRA Despite revising its capacity targets for the second consecutive fiscal to aspire to more realistic goals in 2008-2009, the power ministry has fallen short of the cumulative benchmarks by more than 4,000 Megawatts owing to lack of supplies, manpower and commissioning of projects. The deficit in the most …
YICHANG: The China Three Gorges Project Corporation (CTGPC) has confirmed that, despite a decrease in water inflow, it generated nearly five billion kilowatt/hour of electricity more in January-June period of this year than in the first half of last year. It produced 32.23 billion kw/hour of power in the first …
