Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Private power: Small, 10-15 megawatt power plants, will now be installed across Bangladesh by the private sector. A proposal to this effect was passed by Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia on July 16, 2005. Media reports quoted a highly placed source saying that the power ministry is going to …
This is what the slp is now saddled with: a ban on projects upstream, the creation of a wildlife sanctuary and compensation obligations. It has deposited Rs 373.65 crore with the sc under the campa -related Compensatory Afforestation Fund (see box: The campa process). The compensation imperative has hit nhpc …
The Supreme Court order gave the go-ahead to the Lower Subansiri Project on following conditions • Legal status of the 42 hectare of the Tale valley wildlife sanctuary submerged by the dam to remain unchanged • Reserve forest area that forms the catchments of the Lower Subansiri Project be declared …
The only ones who monitor slp carefully are the new breed of contractors slp has spawned. They are young, influential and know they can make money only as long as the project continues. Most of the contracts are to build housing colonies or offices in the slp complex. Some of …
The decision to create the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (campa) was actually taken up in 2002 as an application in the
the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (neepc) was recently forced by the people to order a resurvey of the 110 megawatt Dikrong hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh. Heated discussions marked the public hearing on the proposed project, held at Upia. Deputy commissioner of Papum Pare district, Bida Gadi, who was …
In a commendable move, China has stopped construction work at 30 major projects, a majority of which are power plants, because they failed to follow environmental norms. This was done despite mounting energy crisis in the country. The decision was announced by the State Environmental Protection Administration (sepa) on January …
bangladesh has sought the use of Indian territory to import power from Nepal and Bhutan. The demand was tabled during the recent negotiations on India-Bangladesh-Myanmar gas pipeline, held at Yangoon, Myanmar. Bangladesh is likely to get transit fee worth millions of dollars as well as the gas from the pipeline. …
What happens when being off-grid is a necessity and not an option? India has nearly 25,000 villages where extension of power from the main grid line is neither technologically feasible nor affordable. These villages are either located in remote areas or are inhabited by people whose capacity to pay for …
confusing signals are emanating regarding the construction of a controversial power plant in Sri Lanka's central hills. The government recently said Japan had approved funding for the Upper Kotmale project. Japanese officials say the sanction is on hold. Meanwhile, environmental concerns linked to the project remain unresolved. On December 12, …
usa's George Bush-administration has once again proved that (its) appearances are deceptive. It recently claimed that combating air pollution will be its top priority and it will begin 2005 with "an aggressive push' in the us Congress to build support for its plan. But the lofty pronouncement has a rider, …
The prolonged severe drought in southern China's Guangdong province has forced authorities to order the closure of 100 hydroelectric plants to save water for farming. Electricity supply in the power-starved province would be further reduced by 1 million kilowatt following the move. Water levels in the Dongjiang River, which sustains …
bush is back in business. And so is coal. Labelled for years as eco-unfriendly, coal-based power generation is now being promoted as the new energy source of the future that's cleaner than conventional technologies. But environment groups remain sceptical. "There's no such thing as
The prolonged severe drought in southern China's Guangdong province has forced authorities to order the closure of 100 hydroelectric plants to save water for farming. Electricity supply in the power-starved province would be further reduced by 1 million kilowatt following the move. Water levels in the Dongjiang River, which sustains …
"In my farm, earlier, one tree used to produce 500 kg Chicku in a year, now down to 150 kg a year. Almost 70 per cent of the Chicku flowers dry and fall. In summers a layer of ash covers all the plants, affecting plant growth.' shivaji kursan bhimra, vice …
Recent efforts by China to build more coal-fired power plants is reversing years of improvements in controlling pollution. And that's not all. Neighbouring countries, too, have to suffer the consequences. The increase in power-plant construction has come in response to a persistent shortage of electricity. Most of China's power plants, …
Paris was plunged into darkness as thousands of French energy workers staged a mass strike. The 24-hour stoppage was in response to the government's plans to transform state-owned power firms Electricite de France (edf) and Gaz de France (gdf) into limited companies. Unions perceive this as a prelude to a …
Nepal's ministry of water resources has threatened the Bhote Koshi Power Company (BKPC), the first privately funded US power project in the country, with punitive action. Responding to the findings of a probe committee investigation, the ministry has decided to penalise BKPC for exceeding the authorised limit on installed capacity. …
panchayat polls: A decade after the 73rd amendment to the Constitution, Jharkhand will for the first time hold panchayat elections in December this year. The state government has finally taken the decision in the wake of unrelenting pressure by civil society groups such as the Jharkhand Panchayati Raj Swashasan Samanvay …
