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. …
The power sector in Madhya Pradesh is all set to take a giant leap in the field of power generation in the years to come, as the recently concluded Khajuraho Global Investors
Anil Yadav | Lucknow The state government and the Union Environment Ministry are at loggerheads again as the Centre has stalled four power projects of 5300 mega watts at Singrauli on the ground that
Mine spoils are sub-soil material produced as a byproduct of mining activity. Virtually being a sub-soil material, mine spoils are physically, nutritionally and microbiologically impoverished habitats, thwarting the establishment and growth of plants species. Singrauli coalfields extending over 2200 km in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh is …
Effective efforts are being undertaken to increase power generation and installed capacity in the state in view of ever-increasing demand for power. The state government is working at a fast pace to make Madhya Pradesh self-reliant in power generation. The government has set a target of increasing power generation by …
PEAK oil has been around for a while now. Energy specialists in India, specially those working in the renewable energy space, are now talking the same about coal: not quite peak coal but an increasing likelihood that coal will not always be available to run power plants. Will this mean …
Loss of livelihood and displacement has become a recurring feature for the people of Singrauli, on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, due to the construction of dams and power and mining projects over the last five decades. These communities are again in the process of being displaced …
The proposal to generate nearly 20,000 megawatts of power by building new power plants on a narrow strip of the Konkan coast is a recipe for an ecological and social disaster. The government should learn from the past experience of such coal-based power plants, reassess the true demands for energy …
If the current tension continues in Singrauli, the power capital of India might soon become a ghost town like Singur. After a police firing on villagers protesting demolition of their houses to facilitate Essar's upcoming power project, farmers in Singrauli are up in arms against the forced acquisition of land. …
By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Jan 22: Demanding adequate rehabilitation package in Singrauli before farmers' displacement, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Madhya Pradesh Secretary Badal Saroj today said the party was not against industrialisation in the state. ''CPI(M) is not against new industries in Madhya Pradesh but the government should …
Mine spoils consist of overburdened dumps of haphazardly, mixed consolidated and unconsolidated material. Mine spoils are nutritionally and microbiologically impoverished habitats. Natural restoration of mine spoil is a slow process. Afforestation of mine spoils with fast growing tree species accelerates the revegetation process and fulfils the restoration goal.
Mining is generally followed by a revegetation programme carried by the Forest Department. In such programmes, often exotic plant species are also used along with native tree species. Since the last one and half decades an exotic tree species, Prosopis juliflora has gained tremendous popularity among forest officials due to …
The satellite imageneries are used to map vegetative type, density, land use/land cover in Singrauli coal field area. Seven vegetation types of eight other land use/land cover classes observed have also been varified through field surveys. It is suggested that periodical scanning in this manner would be both economical and …
This unpublished CPCB report on “Mercury balance in Thermal Power Plants in Singrauli” received by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) through RTI is exclusively available here. An attempt was made in this study to investigate the fate of mercury during burning of coal in thermal plants and to prepare …
This unpublished CPCB report on “Mercury balance in Thermal Power Plants in Singrauli” received by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) through RTI is exclusively available here. An attempt was made in this study to investigate the fate of mercury during burning of coal in thermal plants and to prepare …
LOCAL groups in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, have recently complained to the World Bank against the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for not rehabilitating villagers displaced by the latter's projects. The NTPC is the Bank's largest beneficiary in the world, having received over $4 billion since 1975. It was alleged that …
The Singrauli region, which produces 10% of India's electric power, has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization over the last 30 years. Along with this growth has come environmental degradation in terms of coal cycle and industrial pollution, displacement of populations, housing and occupational hazards, related health effects, and land degradation. …
