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 …
Noor Mohammad New Delhi: Hydro power, traditionally the preserve of the public sector, is fast turning to be an area where only private players can survive. Unable to face stiff competition from private companies who snatch away projects from them by offering better deals to the state governments, hydro PSUs …
Hamirpur: The work on Dhola-Sidh, the first hydel project of Hamirpur district, being built on the Beas near Nadaun by the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), would begin by March next year. The clearance for term of reference (TOR) for the project, which has now been upgraded from the proposed …
Noor Mohammad Hydropower major Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL), the business operations of which were earlier limited to the Nathpa Jhakri hydropower station (NJHPS) in Himachal Pradesh, is rapidly expanding its footprint in other parts of India and in neighbouring countries like Nepal and Bhutan. The PSU has envisaged …
New Delhi: In an indictment of ham-handed approach towards infrastructure projects, the World Bank is downgrading the 412mw Rampur hydel plant being constructed in Himachal Pradesh by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, which recently concluded its IPO, on ground of tardy progress and management slack arising from long-pending vacancies on …
the Union ministries for power and environment have locked horns over new hydroelectric and thermal power projects. In a meeting held in the first week of September, officials of the power ministry demanded speedy clearances for their projects. Environment ministry officials refused this, saying the projects will not be cleared …
An important milestone was achieved in the construction of 775 MW Luhri Hydroelectric Project when excavation of the 528-m long exploratory drift of size 2.5m x 2.5m was completed yesterday. The Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, which is executing the project, has managed to accomplish the task in 14 months, …
In Himachal, climate change is precipitously here-and-now---- In nearly 500 km of meandering through the Solan, Shimla and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh, on National Highway 22, and off it, it's a 17 km detour off Jeori to picturesque Sarahan. Not very far from the exquisite Bhimakali temple is a …
New Delhi: After the present dry spell brought several hydel projects in the north on the brink of closure, the firms operating these plants are seeking easier regulatory terms and incentives. The companies say such changes will help them fight nature
NEW DELHI: Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde seeking to put an end to laying of foundation stones for projects without proper and formal clearances and advising all state power PSUs like National Thermal Power Corporation, National Hydro Power Corporation , Sutlej …
PNS | Shimla The Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), which had been accorded status of "Mini Navratna PSU", would be allocated hydropower projects Arunachal also and emerge as a 6,000 MW company by the year 2017, said Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power, on Sunday. Speaking …
Hydro power plants located on the Himalayan rivers, typically, have had to endure high silt content in the water passing through the turbines causing enormous damages to the under-water parts of the turbine. The hydro power generating companies are engaged in mitigating this menance and optimizing generation and profits. The …
Hydel power exploitation in the state sector will get a major boost with the Asian Development Bank sanctioning a loan Rs 3,200 crore to the government for the execution of three major power projects. Negotiations had been going on for the past more than a year and the bank had …
