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 Ministry of Environment and Forest has for the first admitted, in the High Court, that nearly Rs 816.08 crore of compensatory afforestation fund deposited by the Private Power Producers and companies engaged in the hydro-power generation was lying idle stashed in different banks for the past 15 years. In …
National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) has planned to set up two hydro power projects of total 400 mw capacity in Uttarakhand. ‘‘We are hopeful of setting up two projects with an aggregate capacity of 400 mw in Uttarakhand and are yet to sign a preliminary agreement with the state government,’’ …
Reacting to the reported statements made by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) before the media on the issue of Lower Subansiri Hydel Project, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) today said that the uttering smacked of a colonial mindset and was meant to mislead the people of Assam on a …
Guwahati, Aug. 5: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation today said the memorandum of agreement with Assam would be signed once the power allocation is finally agreed upon as the state is asking for more from the Lower Subansiri project. “The memorandum of agreement will be signed once the power allocation …
GUWAHATI, July 26 – Amidst widespread protests against the construction of big dams, top officials of the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) today rubbished all the apprehensions about the negative downstream impact of the Lower Subansiri project opining that the project has been constructed keeping all the possible hazards in …
LEH: The Union Minister for Power KC Venugopal along with the Minister of State for Power and CAPD Shabir Ahmad Khan today visited 45 MW Alchi hydel project to carry out on the spot inspection of the prestigious power project. Mr. Venugopal said that Alchi Hydel Station will have a …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Thursday signed an MoU with the NHPC for setting up three hydropower projects down Hirakud reservoir on the Mahanadi. The next step would be setting up a joint venture company (JVC) between the Stateowned Orissa Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) and NHPC for implementation of Sindol1 …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday signed a MoU with state-owned National Hydro-Power Corporation (NHPC) for setting up three hydel units down Hirakud reservoir at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore. The MoU signified formation of a joint venture company (JVC) between the state-owned Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) and …
Guwahati, July 21: Assam power minister Pradyut Bordoloi today categorically said the state government would not concede to the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) demand to halt construction of the 2,000MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project. He said the Assam government was not in favour of halting construction of the project …
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved Hydroelectric Project Development Policy 2011 to harness State's huge hydle potential of 20,000 MW said Minister of State for Power, Shabir Ahmad Khan in his address during State Power Ministers conference held here today. The conference was chaired by Union Power Minister, Sushil …
GUWAHATI: The issue of mega dams has been raised in the Assam Assembly by former Chief Minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. On the issue, the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samti (KMSS) and other organizations like the All Assam Students
Power utility NHPC today said it will invest Rs 2,400 crore on setting up three projects in J&K; under a joint venture with Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation and PTC India. The joint venture entity
NTPC has formed a joint venture company, National Power Exchange Ltd (NPEX), to set up a power exchange. It will be a third exchange after Power Exchange India Ltd (PXIL) and India Energy Exchange and is expected to be operational within a year, officials said. The joint venture with NHPC, …
There will be no more public hearings on Loktak Downstream project as villagers have expressed their opinion in its favour after the first and the only hearing was held at Thangal village of Tamenglong yesterday. A statement was signed jointly by Tamenglong deputy commissioner K. Panmei and member secretary of …
Jammu and Kashmir Irrigation Minister and Congress leader Taj Mohidin on Sunday equated the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) with the East India Company, saying it was
Itanagar, May 6: The newly appointed chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Jarbom Gamlin, today said he would go by the report of the study being conducted on the state
The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) is a flagship programme of the government of India which began in April 2005 and aimed to accelerate the pace of rural electrification programme in the country. The Ministry of Power is the nodal agency implementing the scheme with a mandate to attain …
Deadline approaching; Govt, NHPC still at loggerheads JAMMU, Apr 21: The State Government and National Hydroelectric Project Corporation (NHPC) are at loggerheads, as the Corporation has not registered any of its projects under the Jammu and Kashmir State Water Resources Management Act despite the fact that only three weeks time-frame …
