Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Guwahati, Aug. 27: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) today assured the KMSS that it would take up with the power ministry the demand for stopping work on the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project till discussions about its ramifications reached a logical conclusion. The project, being implemented by the NHPC …
‘240 MW Uri-II Hydel Project to be now commissioned in January 2013’ SRINAGAR, Aug 26 : N. N. Vohra, Governor, today took stock of the pace of work on the execution of 240 MW Uri-II Hydel Power Project being constructed by the NHPC on river Jehlum near Uri in Baramulla …
THE WORLD’S biggest grid failure has put the green ministry in the dock yet again. India’s power shortage is between 10-13 percent and power projects are apparently held up due to delay in environment clearances (EC). So to many, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is the villain in …
SILCHAR: In order to resolve the raging controversy over the construction of Barak dam, both Delhi and Dhaka have agreed for an expert-meet on August 27 in the national capital. The six decade old multipurpose project could not take off due to opposition from the environmentalists and naturalists as well …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jayanti Natarajan in New Delhi on Wednesday. The Chief Minister requested the Union Minister to expedite the pending forest clearance of the Tawang Basin Hydro Power Project of NHPC, stated a release. The …
New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry strongly rebutted media reports and industry data suggesting that environmental clearances had stalled power projects. “In the wake of the nationwide power outages over the last two days, a section of the media has reported that one of the main reasons for …
This report examines the processes from conceptualisation to implementation of hydro power projects by NHPC, SJVNL, THDC and NEEPCO which aimed at adding a capacity of 11,813 MW during Eleventh Five Year Plan i.e. April 2007 to March 2012.
Experts, selected by the Bangladesh and Indian governments, will sit for the first time on August 27-28 to jointly study the possible impacts of the construction of the controversial Tipaimukh Dam on the Barak River in the Indian state of Manipur. India set the date at the foreign secretary-level meeting …
The large dams being built on the rivers of the eastern Himalayas have become highly controversial. The hydropower that north-east India is expected to produce is meant almost entirely for use elsewhere. That these dams will be exclusively hydropower and not multipurpose dams and that there will be a great …
NHPC rescinds tunnel contract, to invite fresh bids Kullu/Siund: The 800 MW Parbati (stage-II) project, part of the 2,013 MW Parbati project, Asia’s biggest hydro-power project on the Parbati river here being executed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), has been pushed 10 years behind schedule as the NHPC …
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation’s (UPPCL) chickens have come home to roost. With outstanding dues of R8,636 crore on July 5 — which the corporation says it has reduced to R4,500 crore now — the loss-making UPPCL finds it no longer has enough money to buy power from generating entities …
Delayed monsoon have reduced hydropower generation by up to 7% in the past 10 days because of lower availability of water, the country’s top hydropower producer NHPC said on Wednesday. The drop in generation amounts to about 7-8 million units a day, said A B L Srivastava, NHPC’s director for …
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Thursday urged the officials of National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) to amend the proposed policies for Recruitment, Resettlement and Rehabilitation(R&R;) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of its ongoing Power projects in Arunachal Pradesh. Of late, NHPC has been into troubled waters with resistance emanating from …
The West Bengal Government has sought the termination of NHPC (formerly known as the National Hydro Power Corporation) as an implementing agency for the rural electrification project at the Purilia district of the State. The rural electrification work in the area was being carried out under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin …
Tata Power has urged the Central Government to formulate a policy that allows a private company like it to undertake large capacity hydro electric projects in Bhutan and sell power generated in that country to India. Tata Power has recently had discussions with Bhutan Government officials for development of larger …
Power situation in the city is likely to improve soon with Reliance Industries Ltd. agreeing to supply gas to the Bawana power plant, built at a cost of Rs.4,500 crore, to facilitate generation of 750 MW of power. “Reliance Industries Ltd. has agreed to supply the gas to the plant. …
The erratic power supply that has been troubling the city this summer will improve as gas to feed the new Bawana power plant could be available soon, said Power officials. The Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has finally agreed to feed the plant that was built at a cost of nearly …
Recent govt study proposed exclusion of about 2,900 MW of hydel projects in Uttarakhand as they may impact ecology of the state Over Rs 17,000 crore worth of investments in Uttarakhand would be impacted if the proposals of a government study to stop work on various hydel projects in the …
2-day National Hydro Power Convention concludes SRINAGAR: Saying that Hydro Power is a renewable, economic and eco-friendly benign source of energy, the Minister of State for Power Shabir Ahmad Khan reiterated State Government's commitment to make the J&K; self-reliant in electricity and to provide hydro energy to other States in …
Over Rs 17,000 crore worth of investments in Uttarakhand would be impacted, if the proposals of a Government study to stop work on various hydel projects in the State are implemented. A recent Government study has proposed exclusion of about 2,900 MW of hydel projects in Uttarakhand as they may …
