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 …
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 …
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh, who reviewed the work of the expert group on Jammu and Kashmir set up by him under the chairmanship of former RBI governor C Rangarajan, has directed the panel to ensure that the job opportunities generated are sustainable.
Alarmed by the hue-and-cry over the 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Power Project (SLHEPP), Assam Government has delayed signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC). According to highly placed sources, Government of Assam
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today decided to continue the movement against the construction of mega dams, while, the party will finalize its election strategy in the meeting of its general house tomorrow. AGP sources said that the executive committee of the party, which met today, strongly reacted to the …
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday suggested to the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to initiate steps to ensure that 2000 mega watt Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh did not pose any threat to the environment including rich bio-diversity in Assam. He also suggested to the NHPC …
Guwahati, Sept. 9: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) will incorporate several additional technical features in the construction of the Lower Subansiri hydropower project. The decision has come at a time when many organisations, including the All Assam Students Union, are demanding to shelve the project following publication of a …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh perhaps said nothing new when he stated that India had environmental concerns. But he echoed the sentiments of Indira Gandhi expressed at the Stockholm conference in 1972 when he added that the environment could not be protected by perpetuating poverty. There was need for a right …
GERUKAMUKH (Dhemaji), Sept 2: Thousands of people, including AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary and former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, today took part in a procession organized by the AGP in protest against the mega dam being constructed by the NHPC at the site of the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric power …
By Sanjeev Pargal JAMMU, Aug 20: The State Government has sought a 13 per cent increase in free power to Jammu and Kashmir from the power projects being manned by the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) as a part of compensation for huge losses suffered by the State on account …
AN EIGHT-MEMBER expert committee has recommended a thorough review and redesign of the 115-metre high dam on the Subansiri river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra. The National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) is developing the 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project in Dhemaji district of Assam. In its final report …
New Delhi: NHPC said on Monday it has commissioned its 120-mw Sewa-II hydroelectric project in Jammu &Kashmir;, taking its installed capacity to 5,295 mw. The plant will generate 534 million units of energy in a 90% dependable year. States like Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan …
Darjeeling, July 19: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to withdraw its 70-day-old strike at two NHPC project sites from tomorrow following an assurance from the central power agency that it will set up an engineering college in the hills. The Teesta Low Dam Project Stage III (worth Rs 768.92 …
AGP legislators Brindaban Goswami and Girindra Kumar Baruah today demanded that the Government should force the NHPC to stop construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project. Raising the issue immediately after the Question Hour, Goswami said that though the expert committee formed by the Government suggested that the construction …
