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 …
Govt in talks with ADB, Power Finance Corp. Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun April 11, 2009, 0:49 IST The Uttarakhand government is in talks with financial institutions like the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Power Finance Corporation to revive a couple of big hydel projects.
Shimla: Decks have been cleared for implementation of the 960 MW Jhangi-Thopan-Powari project in Kinnaur district with the signing of the pre-implementation agreement between the government and the Brakel Corporation. The corporation also deposited Rs 86 crore as the second instalment of the upfront premium for the project as per …
The government of NWFP is likely to sell the 18-mega watt electricity of the under construction Pehur Hydro Power Project (PHPP), District Swabi to private sector, sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday. The matter had been discussed in a meeting of Provincial Committee on Investment (PCOI), headed by the Chief …
Environmental police in Brazil seized the equivalent of 400 truckloads of wood in a major raid on illegal loggers, the government said on Wednesday, the latest effort to curb destruction of the Amazon rain forest. During the surprise raid in Nova Esperanca do Piria, 120 miles east of Belem city, …
Australia has drafted laws that mandate the generation of 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 and the government aims to have the legislation passed within months. The Mandatory Renewable Energy Target legislation aims to expand the target under an earlier scheme to 45,000 GWh by 2020 from 9,500 gigawatt-hours (GWh) …
The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious transformation of energy policy in a generation. But the world
The residents of Erathna area staged a protest in front of a worksite of the proposed private hydro power plant with a capacity of 6.5 kilowatts on the banks of the Kuruganga at Lassakanda. More than 200 protestors participated, accusing the contractors of the project of blasting rocks without the …
The High Court has ordered notice to the Union Government and other departments over projects planned in Western Ghats, especially in Uttara Kannada (UK) district. The petitioner, Western Ghats Environment Forum, (WGEF) has moved the High Court against the proposed 137 mini hydel power projects in UK district. Western Ghats …
The plan, expected to be approved by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani soon, contains several suggestions contrary to government policies, like allowing import of second-hand refineries and offering them a tax holiday. The plan calls upon the government to pursue a plan to generate 9,000 megawatts of electricity by 2022, …
Pakistan has a big challenge to achieve the electricity production target of 105,000 megawatts by year 2030 to meet its domestic and industrial demands which are at present increasing rapidly. This was stated by Secretary Establishment Division Mohammad Ismail Qureshi while speaking at a ceremony held to launch a documentary …
Pakistan and Germany on Friday discussed the possibilities of funding eight ongoing and new hydropower projects worth billions of dollars, official sources told Business Recorder on Friday. These projects came under consideration at a meeting between visiting German Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development Heidemaire Wiegoreak Zeul and Prime Ministers …
NEW DELHI: Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged Rs. 688 crore order for 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I hydro electric project in Bhutan. The project is located on river Punatsangchhu. According to a company release here, the project involves the construction of a head race tunnel, surge shaft, butterfly valve chamber, pressure …
Pakistan and Germany on Friday discussed the possibilities of funding eight ongoing and new hydropower projects worth billions of dollars, official sources told Business Recorder on Friday. These projects came under consideration at a meeting between visiting German Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development Heidemaire Wiegoreak Zeul and Prime Ministers …
The overall goal of this report is to help water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries use strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to effectively implement the principles of integrated water resources management (IWRM). The report contains four elements: a review of SEA support for IWRM; an analysis …
It is argued in this short note that a tradeoff is involved here between shortand long term economic growth. Underpricing of electricity for economic growth provides short term economic growth but hits at long term economic growth.
This report addresses one of the greatest shortcomings of water resource development projects: the inadequate protection of environmental flow conditions in rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and groundwater systems. This deficiency has affected hundreds of millions of people whose lifestyles and well-being depend upon natural ecosystem services provided by healthy freshwater …
