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 …
RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS Sunil Jain / New Delhi August 25, 2008, 1:01 IST While the battle between Mukesh and Anil Ambani over the supply of 28 mmscmd (million metric standard cubic metres a day) of natural gas from Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL's) Krishna-Godavri Basin gas continues in the Bombay High Court, …
BHUBANESWAR: Energy Minister Surya Narayan Patro on Thursday announced in the Assembly that electrification of all villages and hamlets in the State will be completed by the Eleventh Five- Year Plan. To a question from Arun Kumar Sahu of BJD, the Minister said 18,017 villages and 48,172 hamlets are without …
Yet power sector does not have prescribed coal stock: Junior coal minister New Delhi, August 12: Maintaining that public sector behemoth Coal India Limited (CIL) has been supplying coal adequately to state-run thermal power units and the power sector crying foul on coal shortage was uncalled for, the coal ministry …
The future of two hydel power plants is stalled in the wake of a stand off between two different NGOs contesting over its religious and developmental implications in the state. Supreme Court verdict on a PIL will decide the victor in the battle over power generation versus religious sentiments till …
Varinder Singh Tribune News Service Patiala, July 24 Prolonged power cuts have made life of urban and rural people miserable and the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has been blaming shutting down of three National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plants for bad power position in the state. The PSEB has …
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has directed the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to expedite work on the 800 MW Kol Dam project and ensure that it was commissioned by the target date. He also urged to adopt Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Engineering College, Sundernagar, so that it could come …
It is difficult not to miss the irony. At a time when the upa government appears to be straining its nerve to push the India-US nuclear co-operation agreement, on the ground that it would help in augmenting the country's energy requirements, there appears to be a total lack of inter-ministerial …
Retired IIT Kanpur professor G D Agarwal is currently on a hunger strike against the proposed construction of more dams on the Bhagirathi-Ganga. Sunday Times reports on his struggle
Uttar Pradesh government has given its nod to the proposal of NTPC to set up a 4,000 mw power plant in Lalitpur district of the state. The state government would hold 30% equity in the plant and 75% of power generated would be used in Uttar Pradesh, Cabinet secretary Shashank …
Environmentalists and social activists led by G D Aggarwal are headed for Delhi to continue with their campaign against construction of power projects between Gangotri and Uttarkashi. After the Uttarakhand Government decided to halt work on the Pala Maneri and Bhiron Ghati projects, the campaigners are now targeting the 600-mw …
The decision of Prof G.D. Agarwal, who has been on a 'fast unto death' for the past week against power projects on the Ganga, to direct his agitation against the Central government following the shelving of two power projects by the BJP state government has politicised the issue. While Agarwal …
NTPC, which generates nearly 30,000 Mw, is aiming at a capacity of 50,000 Mw by 2012. In its biggest-ever credit line, the Power Finance Corporation (PFC) will lend Rs 10,000 crore to the country's largest power producer, NTPC, for various projects to be completed in the current 11th Five-Year Plan. …
The state-run NTPC, which has launched the capacity addition programme of 25,000 mw, for the 11th Plan, has already started preparations to add nearly 7,000 mw in the hydro sector by the end of the 12th Plan (2016-17). NTPC's investment in the eight upcoming hydro projects would be around Rs …
Paving the way for Reliance Power, NTPC and three other companies to rebid for projects, the Uttar Pradesh power regulator has allowed the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) to seek fresh financial bids for proposed power plants at Bara and Karchhana in Allahabad district. Jindal Steel and Power, JSW Energy …
The first unit of the 500 MW Sipat stage II power project run by the National Thermal power Corporation (NTPC) in Bilaspur district of Chattisgarh went on full load in the presence of Minister of State for Power Jairam Ramesh. The second 500 MW unit is expected to go fully …
HIGH ON ASH: NTPC's coal-fired plants produce 40,000 MT of fly ash a day, all of which is recycled as building materal (Pic by Tribhuwan Sharma) Our village, Rani Bari, was relocated twice to make way for two different phases of NTPC's power projects,' says Tej Pratap Mishra, a 45-year-old …
The new projects will produce power only after 2010 One of the biggest challenges UP Chief Minister Mayawati has faced in her first year at the helm is the huge demand-supply gap in power. Understandably, reforms in the power sector top industry's demand. The total generation capacity in the state …
Seeking to secure supply of coal for its upcoming future projects to meet the energy targets, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), has decided to hunt for coal blocks in South Africa, Mozambique and Indonesia. NTPC's aggressive posture for securing fuel supplies comes close on the heels of its competitors in …
