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. …
ANGUL: Coal supply to Nalco captive power plant was hit on Tuesday following a fire mishap at the rapid loading system in linked Bharatapur coal mine at Talcher coalfield. The fire destroyed the conveyer of the rapid loading system of Nalco at the mine.
TALCHER: The top authorities of Jindal India Thermal Power Plant are contemplating to scrap the proposed 1200-MW power plant at Kaniha due to sustained opposition by land-losers. A final decision in this regard will be taken on November 1 and the State Government will be communicated, said a company official …
ANGUL: Coal transportation in Talcher coalfield area, which supplies coal to seven states, has been hampered due to lack of infrastructure facilities. Millions of tonnes of coal stocked at various colliery pit heads could not be evacuated due to poor and dilapidated roads, according to sources. The internal roads are …
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre has zeroed in on 24 industrial clusters across the country which have reached the threshold of their environmental carrying capacity and plans to intervene. Besides the burning cauldrons of Angul-Talcher region in Orissa, Singroli in Uttar Pradesh, Wapi and Ankleswar in Gujarat and Korba in Chhattisgarh are …
ANGUL: After Nalco decided to import coal to bridge the shortfall, the depeeneing coal crisis led to shutdown of a 120 MW unit at its power plant here. Aluminium production at the smelter has also been curtailed due to the precipitating crisis. In the face of less supply from Mahanadi …
Development projects that involve displacement are currently a cause of growing concern everywhere. The worrisome aspect is that it is the poor who are hurt most in the process, becoming poorer than before. This paper, based on the author's experiences with people-displacing projects in Orissa, provides a vivid first hand …
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose of the Calcutta high court has vacated the interim order of status quo with regard to the National Thermal Power Corporation's (ntpc) Talcher Project. National Vickers Babock Employees' Union, through a writ petition, challenged the issue of the tender for the project by ntpc in favour …
DANISH FIRM IN INDIA: A S Velfrost, a US $200-million Danish freezer and deep freezer manufacturer, is considering India as a possible manufacturing base, its first outside Denmark. According to executives, a deal is being negotiated with Blue Star India for a joint venture. However, the plans have not taken …
