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 …
Turkey has boosted the flow of the Euphrates river passing through its dams upstream of Iraq to help farmers cope with a drought after Iraqi complaints, but it is still not enough, a top Iraqi lawmaker said on Saturday. Iraq is mostly desert and its inhabitable areas are slaked by …
The state-owned company behind China's Three Gorges Dam is looking to expand its wind power portfolio as the risks associated with hydroelectric projects grow, a senior executive said on Saturday. "Previously we focused mainly on hydropower but recently we have been restructuring and are moving towards wind and nuclear," said …
No one could say they hadn't seen it coming. The sand dunes had been advancing for decades before, two years ago, they finally swallowed the houses of Raimundo do Nascimento and 12 other families in Ilha Grande, an island in the Parnaiba river delta in northeastern Brazil. Standing on the …
B.S. Satish Kumar Yettinahole (Hassan district): The foundation stone for the first unit (200 MW) of the greenfield Gundia Hydel Power Project was laid by Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa at Yettinahole in the Western Ghats, about 18 km from Sakleshpur, on Saturday amidst tight security owing to threat of …
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power will invest over Rs 12,000 crore for executing 2,520-MW hydro power projects in Arunachal Pradesh, to be commissioned in the next Five Year Plan (2012-17). "Reliance Power has signed an agreement with the Arunachal Pradesh government for developing 2,520 MW of hydro power projects in the …
United Nation's Global Environment Facility (GEF) on Thursday signed a project document with Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) and Economic Affairs Division (EAD) for the implementation of $19.2 million plan for setting up mini-hydel power plants in the district of Chitral. The agreement for the project titled 'Productive Uses of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A full board meeting of the KSEB on Thursday gave administrative sanction to three hydel projects; the Rs 1,367-crore, 210 MW Pooyamkutty project; the Rs 225-crore, 40 MW Pambar project and the Rs 152.5-crore, 24 MW Vakkallar project. The meeting also extended the last date for Government departments and …
Sweltering heat radiated by the scorching sun is likely to batter the NE people until the advent of the southwest monsoon. The southwest monsoon is expected to cover the entire region normally by the first week of June. By this time, adding to the woes of the people, power supply …
No one could say they hadn't seen it coming. The sand dunes had been advancing for decades before, two years ago, they finally swallowed the houses of Raimundo do Nascimento and 12 other families in Ilha Grande, an island in the Parnaiba river delta in northeastern Brazil. Standing on the …
President Zillur Rahman yesterday said Bhutan could export hydropower to Bangladesh to help mitigate the current power crunch here as the Himalayan country hold a huge potential for producing about 30,000-megawatt hydroelectricity. He stated this when the newly appointed Bhutanese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Dasho Bap Kesang, presented his credentials to …
The State Government has sanctioned 14.5 lakh new electricity connections in the past three years, according to an official spokesperson. At least seven Assembly constituencies have achieved the target of total electrification. Eighty more constituencies are aiming to achieve the target, which is under various stages of implementation. The period …
The West Bengal Government has approached the Centre with a proposal to set up a hydroelectric power project in Bhutan under the Indo-Bhutan bilateral framework. The proposal, if approved, will allow West Bengal to use Bhutan as an offshore generation hub. According to the bilateral relationship, India invests heavily in …
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai May 21, 2009, 1:35 IST Projects worth over Rs 18,000 cr Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Power (R-Power) has bagged four hydroelectric power projects of 2,520- Mw capacity worth over Rs 18,000 crore from the Arunachal Pradesh government through a competitive bidding process. With this, the company …
Nearly 50 years spent fishing from tiny sailboats have taught Manuel de Oliveira the power of the wind, but he was mystified when white windmills began springing up along the coast near his town. "I did think they were pretty strange," he said as he shook his net out on …
Undaunted by the landslide victory of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) in the Sikkim Assembly polls, an apolitical outfit has decided to carry on with its agitation against two proposed hydel projects in Dzongu region of North Sikkim.
NHPC circumvents its way into thermal power The country's largest hydel power company, nhpc Limited (formerly known as National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd), was incorporated in 1976 with an objective to plan, promote and organise an integrated and efficient development of hydroelectric power in India. Under its articles of association, …
Causing a setback to the Narmada Bachao Andolan, the MP High Court (Jabalpur bench) has allowed the Maheshwar Hydro Electric project to carry out its ongoing construction and rehabilitation works provided that none of 61 villages which are likely to face submergence partially or completely, face submergence during the course …
Aizawl: Officials on Monday maintained that compensation had been provided to the affected people of the 12 MW Serlui B hydel project which is nearing completion even as reports poured in that some families had refused to move out of the affected site alleging non-payment of compensation. Kolasib DC Dawngliana …
