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 …
India's state-run power generator NTPC will commence the project to build a 500 MW thermal power plant in Sri Lanka after signing the necessary agreements with relevant institutions in Sri Lanka and the government, India's Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Thursday. The NTPC is participating in a joint venture power …
Nod to submergence of cheer pheasant habitat The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has directed the government to initiate action against officials responsible for giving nod to the submergence of the habitat of the endangered cheer pheasant in the Kol Dam water and identify 22 habitats for the …
Indian Railways is planning to enter nuclear power generation to reduce its depenadence on state-owned power distribution companies for its energy requirements. The national transporter is planning to set up a 1,400-MW nuclear power plant on its own or in collaboration with Nuclear Power Corporation. It has formed a joint …
With the 1,000 MWe (mega watt electrical) first unit of the Kudankulam nuclear project scheduled to be commissioned next month, a slugfest has erupted among the power-starved southern states to ensure that new claimants are kept out and their share of electricity from the atomic project is hiked. Andhra Pradesh, …
The movement against the proposed India-Bangladesh joint venture coal-based power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans is getting stronger day by day drawing wide public support. Former MP of Bagerhat-3 constituency Talukdar Abdul Khalek, also immediate past Mayor of Khulna City Corporation, played a vigorous role in implementing the much-hyped …
Pricing, entitlements and allocation need to be looked at carefully in the coal sector if the present mess has to be sorted out. This article proposes certain measures which can break the impasse and argues for a break-up of Coal India into smaller units as a possible solution.
Of 1,274.9 acres private land needed for power project's main plant, state govt has issued possession certificate for 1,205.79 acres NTPC Ltd, the country's biggest power producer, hopes to commission its 1600 (2x800) Mw super thermal power plant at Darlipalli in Odisha's Sundergarh district by 2018. "We hope to complete …
AK Jha, director (technical) of state-run generation utility NTPC,on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a 5 MW solar photo-voltaic plant at Village Jhajru near NTPCFaridabad. The project is being constructed on approximately 20 acres of land. The work for this project has been awarded to Eversun Energy Pvt. Ltd. …
With land acquisition for large-sized infrastructure projects increasingly becoming difficult, the country's largest power producer, NTPC, has embarked on a novel expansion drive of creating additional space in it existing projects to squeeze in more power-generating units. The company has started identifying spare land at all its plants to ramp …
Panel recommends only one new block for OTPCL The inter-ministerial committee (IMC) on coal has meted out a raw deal to Odisha, recommending only one out of four new coal blocks in the state in favour of its PSU, Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL). Of the four new coal …
Talcher: AK Jha, director (technical) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) laid the foundation-stone of a 10-MW photovoltaic solar plant of NTPC Talcher Kaniha on Wednesday. The solar project is being constructed in the NTPC Talcher Kaniha premises at two locations, Patharmunda (2 MW) and Stage II Township (8 MW) …
The construction work of the solar plant has been awarded to BHEL Maharatna power utility NTPC Ltd on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of 10 Mw photo voltaic (PV) solar plant at Kaniha, the site of its 3,000 Mw super thermal power station. The solar project, spread over 45 acres …
Allocation would lead to an investment of Rs 1.6 lakh crore in the power sector More than a year after gross irregularities in coal allocation surfaced, raising a storm of controversy, the coal ministry on Wednesday allocated 14 coal blocks with reserves exceeding 8,311 million tonne (mt) to power sector …
Electricity to cost more as power cos to pass on fuel price hike to consumers While Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will be the biggest gainers from the gas price hike announced by the Indian government today, power and fertiliser companies will see their …
The Coal India board on Wednesday cleared the conditions for signing the fuel supply agreement (FSA) with NTPC, which was pending for more than a year. Both the PSUs have agreed to bury the supply dispute, which was holding the back the FSAs. CIL chairman S Narsing Rao said, "We …
The Rs 11,640-cr project may get further delayed if coal is not made available. In what could delay National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)'s Rs 11640 crore Gadarwara project, the public sector power major is yet to receive coal, though other clearances have been obtained. The project which was scheduled to …
Year-long row over quality & payment terms ends; other cos too may ink pacts Leading power generator NTPC has resolved its public spat with Coal India over quality and payment terms, and agreed to sign fuel-supply agreements with the state monopoly a year after the deal was first offered. NTPC’s …
Small hydro power projects totalling 6,000 Mw in Ganga river basin in Uttarakhand have been affected by Chaturvedi panel proposals Following the declaration of a 130-km stretch of the Bhagirarthi River Valley between Gomukh and Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in December …
The Coal Ministry has informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that out of the 69 power plants which are yet to enter into fuel supply pacts with state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), 29 cases belong to NTPC and its joint ventures. “There are 131 cases of power plants/units which are...for …
Dependency on hydro-electric and thermal power less now After reeling under eight-hour power cuts through April and May, people in the city have reason to rejoice now. The last 10 days have had very rare instances of power cuts, bringing cheer to residents and industries alike. “The southwest monsoon has …
