Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Every winter, the cold climate almost freezes Himachal Pradesh's hydropower generation. But this time unusually harsh Arctic conditions in the higher reaches, where most of the rivers originate, have made production nosedive further. Officials said hydropower generation starts declining in October. By December, it comes down by 80 percent. This …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday assured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina’s advisors Gowher Rizvi and Mashiur Rahman that India would not take steps on the proposed Tipaimukh project that would adversely affect that country. He also told them that New Delhi was ready to hold discussion with Dhaka on …
The Tipaimukh Dam project over river Barak in Manipur is again turning a bone of contention between India and Bangladesh. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought to dispel any apprehension in Bangladesh arising from the recent signing of a ‘Promoter’s Agreement’ with the purpose of setting up a joint venture …
As many as 7,500 trees will be axed to pave the way for the 775 MW Luhri Hydroelectric Project being constructed by the public sector Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam on the Sutlej near Nirath downstream Rampur. In all, 271 hectares of forest land, including 89 hectares for underground works, will …
Though the Ministry of External Affairs has promised to provide Bangladesh with details of the agreement on the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam in Manipur, the very signing of the deal has sparked a fresh controversy. Following media reports and criticism, the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday, …
A joint investment agreement on the construction of Tipaimukh Dam and a hydroelectric project on the Barak river in Manipur of north-eastern India has been signed. India had earlier promised that it would not take any steps regarding the dam that could harm Bangladesh. The agreement was signed among NHPC …
Himachal Pradesh on Monday decided to extend its agreement with Power Trading Corporation (PTC) to trade state’s surplus power in the market by another year. The agreement was to expire on October 31. A decision to this effect was taken in a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Prem …
As the world gears up for the next round of United Nations climate-change negotiations in Durban, South Africa, in November, evidence has emerged that a cornerstone of the existing global climate agreement, the international greenhouse-gas emissions-trading system, is seriously flawed. Critics have long questioned the usefulness of the Clean Development …
The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station owned and operated by Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam in Himachal Pradesh has made a record generation of 1151.205 million units (MU) this August, breaking the earlier record of 1143.681 MU in July 2009. The yearly generation until now has also been a record 4865 …
In hydro electric projects, grouting plays an important role in controlling the seepage and improvement in rock strength for the construction of underground as well as surface structures. The Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Station (NJHPS) 1500 MW, the largest hydropower station in India under operation, and downstream Rampur Hydro Electric …
SHIMLA: State-run power utility Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has declared a dividend of Rs 330.93 crore for the 2010-11 financial year. The dividend was approved by the company's shareholders at its 23rd Annual General Meeting held here yesterday, SJVN Chairman and Managing Director R P Singh told reporters. The …
Mandi/Purlog: Villagers from 11 gram panchayats in Mandi district, under the banner of the Satluj Bacho Jan Kalyan Samiti, today lodged their objections before a panel headed by the Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, during a public hearing and said no to the 38-km-long twin tunnels of the 775 MW Luhri power …
Luhri Hydro-electric project proposed by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Ltd. (A Joint Venture of Government of India & the State Government of Himachal Pradesh) aims at harnessing power potential of the waters of Satluj river. It also covers probable environmental impacts of various project activities to be undertaken during …
The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board will hold a public hearing in regard to the 750 MW-Luhri hydro power project — coming up on the Satluj river — in Mandi district’s Parlog on August 9. Earlier, the Board did not hold a public hearing scheduled for May 5 due to …
A special report by Down to Earth on the 252-MW dam proposed by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam on the river Pindar in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district that would reduce the river’s 22-km stretch to a mere trickle and threaten the life & ways of 20,000 inhabitants of the district. Dam proposed …
The people of Chepdu village in Pindar valley treasure the fair held every June in memory of an army man from the region who was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra. This year, however, his widow Bimla Joshi has cancelled it. She cannot accept Rs 3 lakh that the Satluj Jal …
The multi-crore Renuka Dam project is on hold, and 800 MW Kol Dam is also under the scanner of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Hul (4.5 M), a private sector project in Chamba, is witnessing daily protests by locals seeking scrapping of all the clearances given to it. …
Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has directed Himachal Pradesh government to include the 800-MW Kol Dam project in the Cumulative Environment Impact Assessment (CEIA) Study, which the ministry had recently ordered for the Sutlej basin. The ministry has also told the state government to undertake an environment impact …
New Delhi: Indian companies which have invested in hydel joint ventures in Nepal, with a total a capacity of over 6,000 mw, face uncertainties over exporting the bulk of the power to India due to several policy barriers that also restrict New Delhi
