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 …
The embattled National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) today displayed signs of flexibility to help resolve the crisis plaguing the 2,000MW Lower Subansiri hydel project at Gerukamukh in Dhemaji district on the Assam- Arunachal Pradesh border. After back-to-back meetings with Assam power minister Pradyut Bordoloi-headed group of ministers (GoM) and then …
Guwahati: NHPC on Thursday hinted at adopting a more flexible approach to accommodate concerns raised by anti-big dam activists in Assam. This development came after NHPC maintained an almost rigid stand on not incorporating any change in its 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydel Power Project at Gerukamukh in Assam-Arunachal Pradesh …
GUWAHATI: The much-hyped parleys between the Group of Ministers (GoM) and officials of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) on Thursday on the Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Power Project remained pretty inconclusive, with the NHPC tactfully pushing the onus onto the CD Thatte Committee. NHPC officials asserted that the final decision …
The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday set the stage to formally buy back hydro electric power projects, including Uri-I, Salal and Dulhasti from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The State Cabinet, which met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, accepted the report of the Cabinet …
Itanagar: With the resistance against the transportation of construction materials and other essential items to the hydro electric project at Gerukamukh in Arunachal, the All Lower Subansiri Students’ Union (ALSSU) has sought a helping hand from the concerned authorities, executing the project. The anti-dam protestors were opposing construction of Lower …
Jammu: The state Cabinet has accepted the report of the Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) to take over some hydro-electric projects from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The Cabinet directed the Power Development Department (PDD) to take necessary action for implementing the report in consultation with the Law Department in a …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday cleared the decks for a huge fund outlay which is set to bolster Bihar's rural infrastructure. Speaking to journalists here, Mr. Ramesh said the Union Rural Ministry would pump in Rs. 2,500 crore for laying of over 6,500 km of rural roads …
14 technical services officers being appointed to KAS JAMMU: State Cabinet, which is meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah tomorrow morning, will discuss the report of Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) on the return of the power projects to the State and future strategy to be adopted to ensure …
NHPC officials claimed that today’s discussion was an informal one. How can they say that a burning issue like the Lower Subansiri project can be informally discussed? The outcomes of talks on this issue should always be made public. The NHPC must change its attitude. Otherwise, we’ll intensify our current …
GUWAHATI, Feb 12 – The protestors of the mega dams would sit for a discussion with the NHPC authorities tomorrow at 9.30 am in Guwahati. In a statement, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), said that the NHPC authorities offered to hold discussion due to the ongoing protest against the …
The throb of the Subansiri valley will stop on the day when practically no water will be released by NHPC except in the peak period of the evening, and for all the winter months to come, the river, which is entwined in the lives of the people, which gives them …
Guwahati, Feb. 5: The Union power ministry has called a meeting on Wednesday in Delhi to break the impasse over the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project. There has been no work at the project site since December 16 — the longest halt to the project — thanks to the continuing …
Arunachal Pradesh has informed the Centre that downstream impacts can be studied during construction of the 1,750MW Lower Demwe project which should be cleared as it will not affect Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Dibrugarh district of Assam. “The downstream impacts are limited to a few months of the lean season …
Water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen on Sunday told the parliament that the government was selecting experts to constitute the Bangladesh side on the joint survey team for studying the impacts of the proposed construction of Tipaimukh Dam across the Barak River in the Indian state of Manipur. ‘Bangladesh has …
SILCHAR: Foundation stone for the much-hyped and politically as well as from ecological angle, the most debated multi-purpose hydel project at Tipaimukh in Manipur, popularly known as Barak Dam, was laid down on December 16, 2006 by the then Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. Union Minister of State Prithviraj …
The Assam Government has failed to pursue the Lower Subansiri project issue honestly. This is clear from the fact that while discussions are going on and the Group of Ministers gives an impression of its goodwill to examine the problem, it is repeatedly reiterating its commitment to build the dam …
GUWAHATI: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has alleged that the Assam Government is giving preference to the interest of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) instead of to that of the people of the State on the issue of the Lower Subansiri project. AGP spokesperson Apurba Kumar Bhattacharya said on …
GUWAHATI: The Group of Ministers (GoM) which has been holding talks with all the organizations which are opposed to the construction of the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project at Gerukamukh will submit its report to the Chief Minister on or before February 15. This decision was taken at a meeting …
GUWAHATI, The talks among the members of the Group of Ministers (GoM) of the Assam Government, members of the expert group and the representatives of the civil society organizations (CSOs) on the Lower Subansiri Dam held here today stressed the need to address and remove the doubts surrounding the construction …
Guwahati: Reeling under unrelenting blockade of goods, fuels and machinery to its dam site at Gerukamukh along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh boundary by anti-dam protestors in Assam since December 16, the authorities of National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited have urged both the Central and State government of Assam to resolve the …
