Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Kahalgaon, Farakka, Talchar & Singrauli Plants Running At 20% Below Capacity Niranjan Bharati NEW DELHI AN ACUTE shortage of coal that is hampering power generation at several plants of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) may force the country
Infrastructure plays a vital role in any economy and, in particular, in attracting investments. Gujarat realised this many years ago. If Gujarat has been among the most industrialised States of India, it is because of its ability to surge ahead on the infrastructure front irrespective of politics. For instance, all …
Bhubaneswar, Jan. 28: The global economic meltdown has left little impact on Orissa and its mineral-based industries. Reports state that the Orissa government has already signed MoUs for the establishment of at least 45 steel plants and 13 thermal power plants. Last evening, the government and the chief minister cleared …
BHUBANESWAR: The high-level clearance authority (HLCA) today cleared six projects, including five thermal power projects with an investment of Rs 39,000 crore. The HLCA headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gave conditional approval to the proposed 1680-MW power project of Larsen and Toubro. The Government will sign a memorandum of …
Chandigarh: Attempt aimed at ensuring safety and environmental standards at Panipat and Yamunanagar plants In an effort to ensure environmental safeguards in its power generation plants, the Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) has decided to obtain ISO 18001 (Occupation, Health and Safety Management Systems) and ISO 14001 (Environment Management Systems) …
Bhopal, Jan 21: The proposed 210 MW Amarkantak Power Station is likely to go into commercial production of electricity from May this year. It may be mentioned here that in the last one year dates for removing technical snag were deferred first in March, then in September and November. Even …
Dark, dark days ahead? Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 20: Power cuts in February are a serious possibility if coal supply does not increase, said state minister of power and non-conventional energy sources, Mr Mrinal Banerjee, today. Mr Banerjee was speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day seminar, "Energy …
HERALD REPORTER Reeling under a power shortage of around 40 mw during peak hours, the Goa Government can hope to plug the shortfall as it has been allotted a coal block in Chattisgarh that would help generate 240 mw of additional power. The additional power would be generated by a …
Jan. 15: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has stated that the Union ministry of power has granted mega status certificate to Bawana Pragati-III 1500 MW Gas-Based Power Project. The Bawana power project, the foundation stone of which was laid by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is a combined cycle gas turbine …
Locals Protest New Order Prafulla Marpakwar I TNN Mumbai: A decade after it was conferred with a special status, Sindhudurg, in the coastal Konkan region, will no longer be an eco-sensitive district. A week ago, the Congress-led DF government withdrew the ban on setting up thermal power stations, stone crushers …
14 Jan 2009, 0254 hrs IST, ET Bureau There's needless controversy over alleged diversion of coal from the proposed Sasan power project to the upcoming plant at Chitrangi, both in Madhya Pradesh. The way ahead is to end the panoply of rigidities in coal, and repeal the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) …
The Maharashtra government has decided to flex its muscles regarding the running of the Dabhol power plant, formerly set up by Enron. The state government is demanding that a bureaucrat appointed by it is put in charge of running of the plant. In addition, it is demanding that officials from …
The Power Minister said that the power tariff will not be hiked in near future. We do not want to burden people. Though Escoms have filed tariff revision applications before KERC, the Government will not approve any hike, he stated. Power consumers in urban areas will continue to get 24/7 …
B. S. Satish Kumar The corporation is said to be seeking 2,700 acres for project Earlier, the NTPC had shown interest in setting up only a 2,000 MW plant NTPC officials are said to be happy with the proposed site BANGALORE: The State Government is learnt to have decided to …
Energy audit is an essential part for developing energy saving devices. Presently energy is limited and substitutes are not sufficient. In the present study computerized model developed for the quick and efficient energy auditing with the help of C-language programme, it also suggest some alternate devices suitable for the case. …
