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: The protest against the big dam in the State started by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) would continue in the days to some. This was stated by the KMSS. Secretary of the peasant body Bedanta Laskar said that the protest of the KMSS against the Lower Subansiri Project …
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday asked how energy-short India could solve its power problems with so many agitations against nuclear and hydel projects. “Almost every state which earlier showed interest for nuclear power has agitation against land acquisition because some accident happened in some part of the world.... In …
Harsh for development of Mansar lake JAMMU: Increasing man-animal conflict was the serious concern of almost all members in State Assembly today during the discussion of grants on Forest and allied departments during second sitting today. Right from Ch Zulfkar to Engineer Rashid all members showed concern over growing man …
Guwahati, March 22: The report on the downstream impact of Lower Subansiri project, being prepared by a two-member technical committee constituted by the Centre, has been delayed. Chandrakant Damodar Thatte, former secretary of water resource ministry who heads the committee, told The Telegraph over phone from Pune that the report …
DIMAPUR, March 18 – The Naga Youth Organization-Burma (NYO-B) erstwhile Eastern Naga Youth Organisation (ENYO) today formed a forum called “People’s Forum against Tamanthi Dam-Delhi” at a seminar organized at Nagaland House, New Delhi. The main objective of the forum is to campaign against the construction of the Tamanthi Dam …
JAMMU: Minister of State for Power, Shabir Ahmad Khan today said that the work on 37.5 MW Parnai Hydro Electric Project on Suran river is expected to start during the current year after completion of bidding process by May, 2012. Mr Khan further said that project will be completed at …
In a move which should caution power developers to avoid illegal dumping of waste like excavated debris, the Department of Forests, Environment and Wildlife in Sikkim has fined NHPC Rs 75 lakh for violation of forest laws and unauthorised dumping of muck at Elaichi Khola and the area downstream of …
State-owned power companies including hydropower giant NHPC have snapped supplies to defaulting utilities — BSES Delhi and a distribution firm in Uttar Pradesh — and have started trading the electricity profitably in open market, top executives told. NHPC chairman and managing director ABL Srivastava told ET that the company began …
GUWAHATI: The two-day ‘State Convention against Big Dam’ concluded here on Monday. The Monday session of the convention witnessed several speakers delving deep into the implications of the big dams including the controversial Lower Subansiri project on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. Addressing the gathering at the convention, Ramaswamy R Iyer, …
Noted environmentalist Medha Patkar today declared that the water of river Subansiri belonged to the people living in its catchment areas and not to the corporate players and added that the movement against the dam on the Subansiri river was same as the Narmada Bachao Movement. She made these comments …
Even as there has been uproars on the safety aspects of the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) and the State Government is also maintaining a firm stand on the issue of continuing with the construction of the project, according to a Union Ministry of Power notification, the share …
DHEMAJI: The anti-dam movement in Assam received a shot in the arm when Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Thursday said that construction of big dams in the region must be stopped “at any cost”. The firebrand activist was addressing a public rally at Sauldhuaghat in Lakhimpur district. …
A cycle rally was taken out by activists in the Indian state of Manipur against the proposed Tipaimukh dam, which they alleged would damage the environment. The protesters on Saturday also submitted a memorandum addressed to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, requesting him to revoke the Memorandum of Understanding reached …
A cycle rally was taken out by activists at Kakching Khunnou in Thoubal district of Manipur against the proposed Tipaimukh dam. They submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, requesting him to revoke the Memorandum of Understanding reached among the State government, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited, (NHPC) Ltd. …
Imphal, Feb. 19: The campaign against Tipaimukh hydroelectric project is gaining momentum in Manipur with various local organisations joining the anti-dam cry and demanding scrapping of the project. Today, students and villagers from 10 villages of Imphal West took out a bicycle rally in the district. The campaign was kicked …
People of north-eastern Indian state Manipur and Assam have been raising their voice continuously against construction of 500 meter high Tipaimukh dam that will severely damage life and bio-diversity in that area as well as Sylhet region in Bangladesh. On Sunday, Manipuri Students and club members of Kakching Khunou and …
NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Feb 17 – The Krishak Mukti Sangaram Samiti (KMSS) today accused the Group of Ministers of betraying the wishes of the people of Assam by agreeing to continue the construction of the mega dam over Subansiri river in Gerukamukh as demanded by the National Hydro-electrical Power Corporation (NHPC). …
GUWAHATI, Feb 17 – Reiterating its demand for engaging experts in a dialogue over the feasibility or otherwise of big dams on the geologically and environmentally fragile Eastern Himalayas, the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today said there was little in the National Hydro Power Corporation’s (NHPC) assertion that could …
Guwahati: Anti-big dam leader Akhil Gogoi on Friday alleged that Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi was selling the interests of the state and its people in his greed for the chief minister’s chair. Gogoi’s charge came a day after the Assam government’s Group of Ministers (GoM), led by Mr Bordoloi, …
The Assam government on Thursday sought an assurance from the public sector NHPC that the dam that it was constructing for the the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri hydro-electric project was safe. Work on the project has remained in a standstill due to an agitation in Assam. Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi …
