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 …
To mitigate this, the government has taken a decision to set up pipelines which would deliver upto 20 TMC water from the dam for the city and its periphery in rural areas. State-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will use the waste water for power plants with Union power minister …
Agra: A day after police allegedly thrashed farmers who were staging a "peaceful" protest outside National Thermal Power Corporation Limited office in the city, residents of more than a dozen villages held a mahapanchyat on Tuesday and announced they would stage a massive demonstration against the country's largest power utility …
India has closed bids for a third of its target of tendering 15,000 megawatts (MW) of solar projects this fiscal year, a government official said, and is expecting interest from investors such as SoftBank to lift the industry. The tenders are part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plans to …
More than 50 predominantly polluting units have been identified in Ghaziabad against which "priority" action will be taken, the Environment Ministry today said. "There are 333 polluting industries in Ghaziabad and 57 predominantly polluting units have been identified for priority action. During April 2014 to March 2015, show cause notices …
Left parties opposed the project saying it would affect livelihood of fishermen and farm workers in the area due to discharge of ash contaminating groundwater and causing ocean pollution. Environmental public hearing by Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) on NTPC's 4,000 MW coal-fired power plant began amid protests by …
People of Pittavanipalem complain of health problems In summer it is usual for residents in some parts of the city queuing up for water at tankers. But at Pittavanipalem every alternate day villagers jostle with one another to stock water in drums from a GVMC tanker. This is not in …
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, and NTPC have decided in-principle to form a joint venture to set up a Greenfield coal-fired power plant. “The discussions are in progress. We are yet to work out nitty-gritty of our understanding though both the companies are in …
ALLAHABAD: The black buck conservation project launched in 2010 in forest around upcoming Meja Thermal Power Plant has failed to take off. Despite availability of funds, the project is still confined to only 35 hectares against proposed 200 hectares in three villages. While the forest department has failed to acquire …
With cooperation and support of Centre, the Andhra Pradesh government is going to establish an 'Energy University' with focus on research orientation and development of energy efficiency, energy conservation, renewable sources. Initially, the 'Energy University' will offer post graduate, PhD and research application courses, an official release said today. The …
Public sector undertakings, corporates and even residential property developers are opting increasingly for environment-friendly buildings. On May 15, Piyush Goyal, Union minister for power, coal and new and renewable energy, was in Kolkata to inaugurate the new headquarters of Coal India Limited. He arrived well before the scheduled time to …
JAIPUR: Gujarat, which remained the undisputed leader in solar energy generation till recently in the country, has finally been left behind by its close rival Rajasthan, and given the number of projects in the pipeline, the desert state is likely to retain the honour for quite some time to come. …
The projects have to be implemented by 2017 and the PSUs and ministries would be free to use the power so generated for either self-use or sell it to third party or discoms. To boost the country’s energy security, the government has decided to give a push to solar power …
The National Air Quality Index (NAQI), one of the few major achievements of the environment ministry in NDA's first year, has received a timely financial boost, at a time when questions were raised about how the ministry would sustain the Rs500 crore project. The NAQI, launched by Prime Minister Narendra …
State-run generation utility NTPC is taking over the Raghunathpur project of DVC, once the powerhouse of the east with a capacity of 5,800 MW ,which has fallen into hard times and staring at financial dead-end due to years of bad management. Government sources told TOI power ministry has scheduled a …
The Union Environment Ministry has roped in PSUs like NTPC, Coal India and NMDC to fund the setting up of over 60 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations across 12 cities by this year-end. The project, requiring an investment of between Rs 400-500 crore, will see new stations being set up …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has not conducted any specific assessment of pollution caused by thermal power plants around their sites, but has so far asked 20 of them to comply with environment standards, Lok Sabha was informed today. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Environment Minister Prakash …
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government has decided to implement a comprehensive action plan to make the state a renewable energy hub in the next four years. As part of this plan, the government has contemplated to achieve 5,000 MW solar power and 4,000 MW wind power by 2019 to meet the …
Union Minister Piyush Goyal today said the Narendra Modi government has developed additional 22,500 MW power within its first year of governance. The Minister of State for Energy, Renewable Energy and Coal (Independent charge) told reporters here that in its first year, Modi government has developed 22,500 MW additional power …
Tenders for 10,000 Mw to be awarded in 3 months; NTPC and MP govt to take the lead The Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre is considering starting its plan to build a 100,000-Mw solar energy capacity by 2022 through award of 10,000-Mw projects in the coming three months. The …
The Supreme Court today granted two more weeks to the Centre for filing "comprehensive" environment and ecological impact report of 18, out of total 24 hydroelectric power projects, to be set up on Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basins in Uttarakhand. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit, …
