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 work on 690 Mega Watts Ratle Hydroelectric Project in Kishtwar district will begin early next year as the M/s G V K Hydro Electric Project Pvt Ltd, which was allotted the project in tariff based bidding, has geared up the process of seeking clearances from different agencies. Official sources …
Udhampur: As many as 47 hamlets of Udhampur district are yet to be electrified. This fact came to light during a meeting convened by the District Development Commissioner (DDC), Udhampur, Baseer Ahmed Khan, yesterday to review the implementation of the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidhutikaran Yojana. Even as the National Hydro …
Guwahati, Dec. 13: The expert committee to study adverse downstream impacts of the proposed Lower Subansiri hydroelectric power project today accused the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation of trying to mislead the Centre by giving false and unscientific explanations about impacts of the power project. The committee, which includes experts from …
The expert group that studied the downstream impact of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) today called for holding the proposed January 7 meeting of the Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC) on River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects of the Ministry of Environment and Forests on seismological aspects of the LSHEP …
In the last four years, the Arunachal Pradesh Government has signed over 150 Memorandums of Agreement (MoA) with hydro power developers to generate more than 63,000 MW of power over the next 10 years. But of the 121 MoAs signed till December 2009, only 14 have been allotted through competitive …
ROING, Dec 6: 50 students belonging to economically weak families, coming from areas affected by the Dibang Multipurpose Project were awarded with scholarships by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) at a function held here recently with an objective to educationally empower the indigenous people. The students who are pursuing …
J&K; GOVERNMENT has finally issued notices to all the power producers in private and public sector asking them to seek fresh licences within six months. This is prelude to imposing tax on usage of water for power generation, a dubious distinction that J&K; acquired by managing a new law in …
A panel of experts, most with background in engineering and technology, have come up with recommendations seeking to solve probable problems in Assam arising from dams in Arunachal Pradesh. Following a conference organised by Gauhati University Post Graduate Students Union, Ex General Secretary Forum, in October this year, the expert …
On November 1, Assam Government spokesman and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sprang a surprise when he said that the State Government wanted a detailed discussion on the mega dams issue on the floor of the State Assembly in the Winter Session slated from November 8 so that the House …
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the Centre or the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) set up a technical team, consisting of internationally acclaimed seismologists, to examine the safety of the dam of the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric project. Such a technical …
ON SEPTEMBER 17, the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) cancelled two environmental clearances: Vedanta’s bauxite mining in Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha and the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC’s)Kotli-Behl 1B dam on the Alakananda river in Uttarakhand. A few days earlier, it had cancelled the environmental clearance for the integrated cement …
SRINAGAR, Oct 11: Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir was not receiving any royalty from the NHPC power projects in the state, Public Health Engineering Minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din today said the state Government had initiated steps to frame modalities for return of the projects which were handed over to the central …
Shujaat Bukhari SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government is expected to generate revenue of Rs.850 crore a year from taxes on water used for power generation. The State Assembly on Saturday passed a Bill empowering it to do so. The State has the capacity to produce 22,000 MW of power …
Aizawl, Sept 28: A massive procession was taken out here today in protest against hydro electric power projects in the north eastern parts of Mizoram mainly inhabited by the Hmar community. The Mizoram Government should withdraw from pursuing the projects and ensure the protection of the constitutional rights of the …