Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
In Singrauli, twice the size of Delhi, more than two-and-a-half lakh tonnes of coal is burnt every day. 10 coal-based power plants here have a generation capacity of over 21,000 MW, the largest for one region. Singrauli, Uttar Pradesh: In India's coal pollution map, Singrauli, a 2,200 sqkm region shared …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pankaj Kumar Mishra Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/11/2016 regarding severe environmental pollution and health hazards because of Singrauli Industrial Area (which also falls in part of Sonebhadra District of Uttar Pradesh and Singrauli District in the State …
The govt. notified norms for sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions in December 2015, but these have not been implemented, says expert Clusters of thermal power plants in Northern India were the sources of growth in emissions of highly toxic and reactive gases in the past few years, a report …
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Mahan Coal Ltd has downloaded from the internet an Intelligence Bureau (IB) report on environmental non-government organisations (NGOs), purportedly secret, and given it to the National Green Tribunal to claim it is being targeted as part of a "Western foreign policy" conspiracy hatched by "foreign masters". A joint venture of …
Environmental clearances for five major coal projects of Coal India that supply to NTPC’s three major plants — Vindyachal, Rihand and Singrauli — have been postponed. The Planning Commission has advised the coal ministry not to rush to the Union Cabinet for clearing the moratorium on mining from the projects. …
The Capital is set to lose nearly 400 MW of power starting midnight on Monday as the NHPC, NTPC and PGCIL have decided to regulate power supply to discom BSES for non-payment of dues. Powergrid through its regulation notice dated February 11 has informed of a 100 per cent curtailment …
New Delhi Close to 65,000 MW of power generation capacity is held up in the country due to shortage in fuel supply by state-run Coal India, says a report. According to the latest CEA report, as many as 47 power stations suffered scarcity of fuel with stocks that could not …
Discoms say they face Rs 200-crore loss from tariff ‘restructuring’. Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf on Wednesday said the city government has requested the Centre for cheaper power. This comes in the wake of public outcry over high power bills. Yusuf said things would be better if Delhi could buy …
New Delhi: City may have to reel under power cuts on Monday if coal shortage continues to hit power plants. Delhi received up to 1,000 MW less power on Sunday leading to load shedding in many areas; but no crisis situation arose due to less demand as it was a …
The currently planned expansion of thermal power generation capacity works out to 1.3 times the existing generation capacity. The geographic distribution of this expansion is highly uneven, showing clustering in certain coal-mining states, and further within districts and regions. By backing independent power producers through comprehensive memoranda of understanding, state …
The Greenpeace fact finding report states that Singrauli is the ninth highest in the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) amongst 88 highly polluted industrial blocks in the country. The index value of Singrauli (81.73) clearly indicates that the area is critically polluted owing to power plants established in the region. …
The environment ministry has told a Group of Ministers (GoM) that the coal ministry’s argument of a possible production shortfall of 39 million tonne is untenable as it has lifted the moratorium from five out of seven coalfields. In a presentation prepared for the GoM — set up to suggest …
Singrauli: The Coal Curse a report was released by retired Justice Suresh Hosbet, a member of a Fact Finding team that visited the area in July this year. The report documented the impacts of unbridled coal mining and thermal power plants on the environment and the people of the region. …
A new environment minister and a sympathetic ministry helping company get clearances for projects stuck in the pipeline Coal India is gearing up for around . 42,000-crore investment in the next few years as its projects, stuck under environment norms, start getting clearances. This also involves foreign acquisitions, the clearances …
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has refused to issue forest clearance to the Mahan coal block in the Singrauli field of Madhya Pradesh, meant for the use of Essar and Hindalco power plants. However, this is not the final rejection. Instead, Mr. Ramesh has merely washed his hands of on the …
Singrauli will have 3000 MW capacity thermal power project based on super critical technique. This would be the first of its kind in the country. A memorandum of understanding to install the project was signed between the state government and the L&T; Company in presence of the Chief Minister Shivraj …
Electricity production has been given top priority in industrial investment in Madhya Pradesh with an objective to develop the State as power state by the year 2013 so that power could be available sufficiently for farming, industries and domestic use. It would help to get rid of power cuts for …
Industry Minister Kailash Vijayavargiya said that the maximum MoUs signed in the Khajuraho Summit held in October this year was in mining sector. He said that 53 projects in mining sector will be set up in 16 districts of Madhya Pradesh. For this 42 industrial groups of the country and …
