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 …
A team of officials from Sikkim’s East District Administration and the NHPC has found that 16 houses downstream of the Teesta Stage-V hydel project in Jang village in Lower Rakdong Tintek are at high risk. The team under SDM Gangtok, Karma Lodey Lepcha, inspected the site on Tuesday, according to …
The Assam Public Works (APW) made it clear on Monday that it would never compromise with the safety and security of the people of Assam in connection with the construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydel Power Project. The project along the Assam–Arunachal Pradesh border is undertaken by the NHPC. Talking …
Project developers to meet power minister on Friday on the issue as the fate of two UMPPs in Tamil Nadu and Odisha, entailing an investment of Rs 40,000 cr, hangs in balance Power project developers say they won't be able to pitch for two proposed ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) today agreed to explore the scope of reducing the height of the dam of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP), considering the hydroelectric and economic constraints. The NHPC will submit a report on the scope of reducing the dam height to the Central …
The Narendra Modi government is set to give a big push to India's power capacity addition programme by putting four 4,000 MW ultra-mega projects (UMPPs) up for bidding in its first year in office. Apart from the UMPPs at Bedabahal in Odisha and Cheyyur in Tamil Nadu, where the Power …
50 MW project to be set up in West Kallada The first grid-linked 50 MW solar power project will be set up at West Kallada panchayat in Kollam district. The Kerala State Electricity Board will procure the power generated from this project according to a tariff fixed by the Kerala …
The projects are being developed by the central and state governments and also by the private sector Over 14,000 MW of hydro power capacity is under execution in the country and would be commissioned in the next four years, according to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). As many as 40 …
Public sector hydro-power companies NHPC, SJVN and THDC will ink deals with Bhutan government-owned power companies for implementation of four hydel projects, including 770-MW Chamkharchhu-I under a joint-venture ( JV) route, on April 22. Sources say power secretary PK Sinha will lead the Indian delegation which would include joint secretary …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the ministry of power have yet again failed to file their replies before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday on NHPC's Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Power (LSHEP) dam project. In the last hearing, the tribunal asked all respondents - state governments …
New Delhi, March 25: Term it a lackluster attitude being adopted by the two central ministries (Ministry of Environment and Forests, and Ministry of Power), their inability to submit report on the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project have once again compelled the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to further …
ITANAGAR, March 25: The Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project under its Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Scheme has partnered with Operation Smile, an International NGO for cleft lip and palate treatment through plastic surgery for patients of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. This facility would initially be made available to …
India’s PSU hydropower companies are setting up projects entailing combined investments of R20,000-25,000 crore in Bhutan, report Noor Mohammad & Huma Siddiqui in New Delhi. The Himalayan kingdom has allocated four projects to NHPC, SJVN and THDC for implementation in joint ventures with Bhutan’s state-owned companies. Indian banks and financial …
Guwahati: The total cost of NHPC’S Subansiri project in Assam has gone up by about Rs 1,200 crore due to forced suspension of work since December 2011, following agitation by a section of stakeholders on grounds of safety related aspects and downstream impact. NHPC has already spent about Rs 6,600 …
The total cost of NHPC’S Subansiri project has gone up by about Rs 1,200 crore due to forced suspension of work since December 2011, following agitation by a section of stakeholders on grounds of safety-related aspects and downstream impact. NHPC has already spent about Rs 6,600 crore, but due to …
In a move to fast-track green nods, the government will digitise environment and forest clearances (EC and FC) at both the central and state levels. The new system will help companies file their applications online, track the status and get clearances within the stipulated time period. “While there will be …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday decried the Assam government after the latter failed to submit report on the 2000MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project. The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Power also failed to submit their reports when the tribunal took up the case …
Decision-making at the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) quickened after January 2013, when a freshly-formed Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) started inducing vigour to the process, reports Kirtika Suneja in New Delhi. This drastically reduced the pendency of projects awaiting crucial environment clearances (ECs) from 130 at end-2012 to …
State-run NHPC on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement for executing 1,320 MW thermal power project at Bhagalpur in Bihar. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed amongst Bihar State Power Generation Company, NHPC and Pirpainti Bijlee Company for development of 1,320 MW ((2x660 MW) Pirpainti Supercritical Thermal Power …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has deferred the grant of environmental clearance to the 4,000-MW ultra mega power project (UMPP) at Bhedabahal in Odisha. The delay in environmental nod would delay the commissioning of the power plant and development of the attached mine to source coal. Nine power developers …
Taking up the much controversial National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC)’s 2,000MW Lower Subansiri Project case, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked the corporation, the governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Power to submit reply within the next three …
