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 …
Sustainable power supply is a major precondition for the socio-economic development of Bangladesh. The Government has given top priority to the development of power sector considering its importance in overall development of the country. To this end, the government has set the goal of providing electricity to all citizens by …
With the conventional energy projects unable to address the power crisis, 2012 saw the emergence of renewable energy in a big way. The state government announced a new solar policy with a target to set up 3,000 Mw of solar power in three years. Severe power shortage made chief minister …
Take less than 2 mt of the 30 mt offered by CIL Even as power companies have been complaining about a severe fuel shortage, they have failed to lift the extra coal offered to them by Coal India Ltd (CIL) from its stocks as emergency relief on the government’s instruction. …
She also wants entire power from Kudankulam project to be dedicated to Tamil Nadu Foreseeing a worsening of power crisis, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday wrote to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking allocation of 2,830 MW of power from Central generating stations to the State as an interim arrangement …
In a deft move which could put an already beleaguered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the defensive, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has demanded the entire 2830 MW power generated by Central installations to be allocated to the State which faces a peak time deficit of 4,000 MW. This …
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the country’s biggest power generation utility, is expected to offer consultancy support to state owned Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL) for its 2,400 MW coal-fired power plant. Since OTPCL, a 50:50 joint venture between Odisha Mining Corporation and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC), is …
With the Centre citing transmission constraints, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday demanded that the entire power generated by Central generating stations totalling 2,830 MW in the state be allocated to it as an interim measure to tide over the power crisis. Facing a power deficit of 4,000 MW by Tamil Nadu, …
CM Mamata Banerjee's emphasis on rigid land policy has pleased farming community, not industry After a historical victory on the plank of Maa-Maati-Manush (mother-land-people), the Trinamool Congress government grappled with major economic issues during the year, which experts say, would warrant dramatic reversal of policies on issues such as land …
For the past 29 months, the court case between NTPC and Reliance Industries (RIL) on two gas-based power plants in Gujarat has not come for hearing at the high court here. NTPC took RIL to court in December 2005, after the latter would not sign a gas sale and purchase …
Meet this week to discuss proposal to increase 2013-14 wheat MSP by Rs 100 Riding high on NMDC stake sale garnering Rs 6,000 crore, the Cabinet is expected to discuss on Saturday a proposal to sell 12.5 per cent of its 92.5-per cent stake in state-run Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers …
Merchant power plants based on captive coal might soon feel the pressure to enter into power purchase agreements (PPAs) for selling electricity as states return to market for power procurement through the tariff bidding route. Companies such as Jindal Power, which are selling cheaper power generated from captive coal in …
The first of the (2x600-MW) thermal power plants of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) at Raghunathpur in the State’s Purulia district, which was delayed by over 18 months due to land acquisition problems, will be commissioned by March 2013, senior officials of the company said here on Sunday. The second …
New Delhi: Seeks halting of work on 1,980-MW plant in coal-bearing area of Jharkhand The coal ministry has contested the suggestion made by a group of ministers (GoM) to allow NTPC to set up a 1,980-MW power plant in the coal-bearing area of North Karanpura in Jharkhand. Moving a Cabinet …
The Supreme Court has refused to grant a stay on a Calcutta High Court order that bars the electricity regulator from fixing provisional tariffs for new power units. A senior official of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) said the Supreme Court on Friday refused a stay on the high …
The 800-MW Kol Dam hydro power project on the Sutlej being executed by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) here is running behind schedule by five years, that has shot up its cost by about Rs 400 crore. The project has now been scheduled for completion in March 2014. The …
Power plants producing 50,000 mw, or nearly a quarter of India’s total capacity, will have to cut tariffs as the Calcutta High Court has said regulators cannot fix provisional tariffs for new units, which consumers say are abnormally high. The court has quashed the regulation that empowers the Central Electricity …
Though the work at 5-MTPA Kochi terminal is likely to be completed in the current fiscal (FY13), the non-availability of pipeline infrastructure will limit the benefits Petronet LNG has gained more than 32 per cent since the closing lows of Rs 122.77 in May 2012. The rise comes on the …
The Brahmani river here is facing pollution threat. Release of ash water and other wastes from the 460-mw Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) here into the Brahmani has ended up severely polluting the river. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board and the State Government have allegedly remained a mute spectator …
State-run NTPC has decided to sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with Coal India in a month, without any major change in the norms of draft FSAs. Both firms decided to bury differences at a meeting in Kolkata on Monday between the chiefs of the public sector undertakings, S Narsing Rao …
The Union cabinet is likely to allow work on the 1,980MW NTPC power plant at North Karanpura to proceed after years of uncertainty over its fate. Work on the project in Hazaribagh district, first envisaged in 1998, began in 2003 but stalled in mid-2009 as the 1,500 acres it was …
