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 …
Globally, there is increasing realization of the dependence of humans on ecosystems and the role by forests in providing important ecosystem services. Forests are the chief source of livelihood in developing countries in general and mountains in particular. The Indian Himalaya holds key to India's ecological security and is the …
Lake Turkana is a miraculous anomaly of life-giving water in a parched and unforgiving land. Formed millions of years ago in the tectonic upheavals that created East Africa
India should retool its economy to run on renewable energy, creating millions of jobs and raising the standard of living. The global economic downturn provides an excellent opportunity to improve India's energy supplies, which are critical to supporting better infrastructure and driving growth. India predicts it will need an extra …
NEW DELHI: An alumni forum of the Indian Institutes of Technology established to preserve the heritage and ecology of the Ganga has demanded suspension of the Loharinag Pala hydro-power project in Uttarakhand. The forum, called
PNS | Shimla The Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), which had been accorded status of "Mini Navratna PSU", would be allocated hydropower projects Arunachal also and emerge as a 6,000 MW company by the year 2017, said Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power, on Sunday. Speaking …
School is the lastplace most kids would want to spend a Bali holiday but grown-ups will enjoy the lessons at Green School, www.greenschool.org. The Indonesian island's latest attraction is a private international primary and soon-to-be-high school, established to give an education steeped in environmental awareness. To that end, Green School …
Focusing on education, infrastructure and tourism, Sikkim is all set to become a model state for India Blessed with biodiversity and natural beauty, Sikkim, which has the magnificent Mt Kanchenjunga looking over it, is today passing through an era of "democratic profit". The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government led by …
Chief Minister Pawank Chamling, who has led the march towards prosperity since he took over on December 12, 1994, says the beautiful state of Sikkim will soon be a developed state on the basis of its natural and human resources. He enlists some of the initiatives taken by his government …
If you are talking about the Himalayas, then Mountains of Concrete is not a very apt title for a report in many ways. In fact, when a meeting to launch this report in Delhi was announced, some officials of the water resources establishment were angry. They felt this was an …
The Tashiding HEP located in West Sikkim envisages the utilization of the flow of Rathong Chhu a tributary of Rangit River for the generation of electric power. Based on the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment study, various Environmental Management Plans viz. Catchment Area Treatment, Biodiversity Conservation & Management, Public …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Giving a new impetus to development projects in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre has decided to revive and put back on rails the Rs.7436-crore 1200-MW Sawalkot hydro-power project over the Chenab in the Kashmir Valley. The project was shelved by the previous Congress-PDP coalition. The project …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Giving a new impetus to development projects in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre has decided to revive and put back on rails the Rs.7436-crore 1200-MW Sawalkot hydro-power project over the Chenab in the Kashmir Valley. The project was shelved by the previous Congress-PDP coalition. The project …
SEHRISH WASIF ISLAMABAD (January 29 2009): The opposition on Wednesday showed dissatisfaction over the utilisation of aid provided for the rehabilitation of the Balochistan earthquake victims. Senator Raza Rabbani, leader of the house responding to the allegations said that if any evidence reflecting corruption in aid utilisation is not presented …
The government has decided to cancel seven small hydroelectric projects allotted to independent power producers (IPPs), who had failed to start work in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in the memorandums of understanding (MoUs). As per the decision taken by the Cabinet yesterday, the earnest money and …
In a significant move, the Centre had said that every hydroelectric project will donate one per cent of power towards the local area development fund and 100 units to each family affected by it. Laying the foundation stone for a new hydropower engineering institute at Tehri, Union power minister Sushil …
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has signed an agreement with the Mizoram government for execution of 460 mega watt Kolodyne Stage II Hydro Electric Project on the Kolodyne river in Sahia and Lawngtlai districts of Mizoram. Union Minister of State for Power and Commerce Jairam Ramesh …
The ESA (Endangered Species Act) has provided a mechanism for challenges to hydroelectric power projects in the courts when an endangered or threatened species is put at risk by dam development.
