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 Cabinet Committee on Investment has cleared three hydro power projects, which were stuck due to environmental bottlenecks. According to a power ministry official, the three hydel projects — Tawang (800 MW), Tato (700 MW) and Teesta (520 MW) — which were awaiting approvals for a long time, have been …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), ministry of power, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and the state governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on the issue of releasing minimum sustenance water at the rate of 450 cumecs from the Lower …
The Kerala government on Monday inked a memorandum of understanding with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) for setting up an 82MW wind farm at Mannarcaud taluk in Palakkad district. As per the agreement, NHPC would set up wind power generating units on 500 acres of land at Mannarcaud on ‘build …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday admitted a case pertaining to the ecological issues related to the downstream of the Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project dam by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited. Filed by NGO Assam Public Works and admitted by Justice Swatantar Kumar, who issued notices to …
Kerala signed an agreement with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd. on Monday to set up a wind farm in Palakkad district. The project will mark the corporation’s foray into the wind power sector. After the agreement was signed, Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed told presspersons that the plan was to …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday accepted the petition filed by the Assam Public Works (APW), an NGO, on the 2000MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project. Giving a deadline of January 29, NGT Chairman Justice Swatantra Kumar asked the NHPC, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), the Ministry …
The target of adding 10,800 MW of hydro power capacity in the 12th Plan may fall short by about 30 per cent, according to analysts. Currently, around 11,400 MW of projects are reeling under time and cost overruns. Poor geology, delays from contractors, local resistance and adverse weather conditions affecting …
The Assam Assembly’s house committee on downstream impact of mega dam projects, in one of its recommendations, stated that the government concerned and agencies associated with hydroelectricity generation should desist from constructing mega dams, which might pose threat to lives and property of people in downstream areas of Assam. The …
Guwahati: A House Committee of Assam Assembly on downstream impacts of mega dam projects, in one of its recommendation stated that mega dams which might pose threat to lives and property of people in downstream areas of Assam, should not be constructed by government and agencies concerned The committee was …
The government is set to give a big push to the development of hydro power plants in border areas by giving fast-track clearances to projects that are delayed for the last several years due to a complex approval mechanism. An empowered group of ministers (EGoM), headed by finance minister P …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has sought the assistance of the project monitoring group under the cabinet secretariat to fast-track the Rs 7,500-crore Tawang-II project in Arunachal Pradesh. In February, India hastened plans to construct 2,500 MW of hydro projects, including one in Tawang and another in Teestha in Sikkim …
Power producers have sought more representation of the industry in the committee set up by the government to assess the impact of Uttarakhand’s two dozen hydropower projects on the ecology of the hill state that witnessed devastating flash floods in June. The Association of Power Producers (APP) and Indian National …
New Delhi : The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation's 3,000-MW Dibang project in Arunachal Pradesh will soon be taken up for faster clearance by the Prime Minister-headed Cabinet Committee on Investment. The R16,000-crore project, billed as the country's largest hydropower project till date, has been stuck for over six years due …
The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chattra Parishad (AJYCP) on Monday strictly warned the NHPC and asked them not to restart the construction work of the lower Subansiri hydel project. “Several organisations including the AJYCP have been demanding for the closure of construction work of the hydel project. By calling for a …
Stalled Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said a Centre-appointed expert panel has suggested additional safety measures in the construction of the stalled Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project by NHPC. The central decision was conveyed in a letter by the Union Minister of State for Power …
To take up relief and restoration works in the affected areas of Odisha. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has sought an advance of Rs 1,000 crore from the government of India to take up relief and restoration works in the affected areas of Odisha. “I would request you to release an …
The state Cabinet, which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, accorded sanction to the implementation of the 37.5 MW Parnai hydroelectric project at an estimated cost of Rs 640.41 crore. The Cabinet accorded sanction to the payment of compensation in favour of the occupants, for …
With the China factor looming large, the Centre is belatedly trying to make up for lost time in setting up hydroelectric projects on the Brahmaputra’s Siang Basin in Arunachal Pradesh. China spikes India's proposal for joint mechanism on Brahmaputra Of the 25 projects totalling over 11,000 MW allotted to developers …
Sikkim could be in for a Goa-like scam of environmental violations with several hydroelectric projects coming up on the Teesta river basin without mandatory wildlife clearance, flouting Supreme Court orders, a team of the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) has warned in a report to the Union Environment and Forests …
The commissioning of two units of 130 MW capacity each of the 520 MW Parbati-III hydropower project, which is already running four years behind schedule, is in trouble. The water discharge in the Sainj river has receded drastically and “is just enough to run one unit”, which is likely to …
