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 …
Vehemently opposing the construction of Stage I and II Mega dams by NHPC and NEEPCO over Siang river, the Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum (SIFF) has threatened to launch a massive agitation if these projects were not scrapped immediately. These dams are estimated to be 6000 MW and 3750 MW respectively …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation’s (NHPC) Chamera Power Station (stage-I) has so far supplied 5339.91 million units (MUs) as free power to the state government as its 12 per cent free share of the total power generated from the project since its commissioning in 1994. In an official communiqué issued …
The 24 government-run companies that have promised to generate 18,819 MW of green energy capacity in five years include NTPC Ltd., Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd., Coal India Ltd., National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. and SAIL (India) Ltd. Other than power generation, Green Brilliance Energy Pvt. Ltd. and CVC India …
Hydropower plants in Uttarakhand are likely to get the backing of the environment ministry , which appears to have softened its stance after a meeting chaired by a top bureaucrat in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in January , having previously been reluctant to do so following the catastrophic 2013 …
More than three years since the construction of the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) of NHPC came to a halt, Arunachal Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today told the State Assembly that all-out efforts were on for early resumption of construction works of the mega power project. Construction …
The Supreme Court today granted four more weeks to the Centre for filing "comprehensive" environment and ecological impact report of 24 hydroelectric power projects to be established on Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basins in Uttarakhand. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit said the Ministry of Environment …
The 3,000-Mw project got the panel's nod by allowing the NHPC to reduce the dam height by only 10 metres - a proposal which had been rejected only a month ago by environment ministry Dibang, India's largest hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh that got the green nod from the Union …
State-run NHPC has signed an agreement with Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency for setting up its first solar power project in the state at a cost of Rs 400 crore. "Promoters' Agreement has been signed between Uttar Pradesh New & Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) and NHPC …
NHPC is in the process of diversification with new solar power projects in various states. Promoters’ Agreement has been signed on 17th Oct 2014 at Lucknow between Uttar Pradesh New & Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) and NHPC Limited for setting up a Joint Venture Company for implementation of Solar …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the ministries of Environment and Forest, Power and the Brahmaputra Board to submit their replies within four weeks on the construction of big dams including the Subansiri (Lower) Hydropower Project. The NGT Kolkata Court of Justice Pratap Kumar Ray and Justice Dr PC …
Guwahati: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Friday said he is “traditionally” against construction of big dams in North East and favoured smaller ones with 300-500 MW capacities. “Traditionally I am not for big hydro power projects in North East. I am not in favour of 4,000 …
Ticking off the Environment ministry for sleeping like 'Kumbhakarna', the Supreme Court today made it clear that it is not going to lift the stay for setting up of new hydroelectric power projects on Alaknanda and Bhagirath river basins in Uttarakhand unless the Centre comes out with a detailed environment …
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects has accorded environment clearance to the 3000-MW Dibang Multipurpose Project in its 77 th meeting recently under alleged pressure from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Subsequent to the EAC approval to the project, discussion on the project was …
The environment ministry is all set to give the Dibang Hydropower Project in Arunachal Pradesh the green light, resulting in the diversion of more than 4,500 hectares of bio-diversity rich forest. This despite the proposal for the 3,000 MW project having been rejected by the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), on …
In a major boost to the power generation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre today gave its consent for the construction of the 1000 MW Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Project at an estimated cost of Rs 8112.12 crore in the state. The approval for the construction of the hydroelectric plant in …
With many projects stuck, state- owned NHPC has said stringent norms as well as cumbersome procedures are leading to delay in getting environmental and forest clearances. Besides the hydel power producer has said that land acquisition process for "infrastructure works as well as for project's components, including submergence is quite …
NEW DELHI, Aug 7 – Declining to restrain the NHPC from resuming construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP), the Kolkata Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that the case would be heard on a day-to-day basis from September 2. The Assam Public Works (APW) has …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Abhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Ors dated 06/08/2014 regarding stay of construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP)
A consultant engineer, JN Khatoniar, said on Tuesday that the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project being set up at Gerukamukh along the Assam–Arunachal Pradesh border had many technical faults. Talking to newsmen in Guwahati on Tuesday, Khatoniar said: “The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) can never reduce the height of the …
