Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Small dams will not be sustainable in the NE region. Multipurpose projects with very safe designs of medium to big dams on the tributaries of the Brahmaputra will be an unavoidable option in the days to come. This is the opinion of renowned water resources expert Prof Nayan Sarma of …
Sets aside objections of wildlife expert panel; IIT Roorkee to conduct study. Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has set aside objections of a wildlife expert committee and given the go-ahead to the 1,750 MW Demwe Lower Hydroelectric project on the Lohit River in Arunachal Pradesh. The project is a joint enterprise …
Itanagar: With the resistance against the transportation of construction materials and other essential items to the hydro electric project at Gerukamukh in Arunachal, the All Lower Subansiri Students’ Union (ALSSU) has sought a helping hand from the concerned authorities, executing the project. The anti-dam protestors were opposing construction of Lower …
The National Green Tribunal, (NGT) with its landmark pro-environment judgments, is emerging one of the strongest critics of the ministry of environment and forests. In around 30 judgments it has given so far, the National Green Tribunal has been extremely critical of the lack of adequate environment impact assessments conducted …
A year after the Madras High Court directed the closure of over 720 dyeing units in Tirupur, the dyers have submitted fresh proposals with promise of improved technology to achieve zero liquid discharge to be functional again. “The closed dyeing units have submitted proposals for achieving zero discharge with new …
Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad, the apex body of sadhus and saints in the country, has strongly criticised Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand's (also know as Prof GD Aggrawal, who has been sitting on fast under the banner of Save Ganga in the premises of Matra Sadan) recent statement saying that people …
If a research project of the IIT-Madras bears fruit, clean drinking water might just become an affordable commodity for the poor. The project, aimed at coming up with a low-cost, low-maintenance water filtration system to filter water and remove pathogens from it, seems to have achieved just that. What’s more, …
Shimla: In an initiative backed by World Bank, the Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project has tied up with the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, for the standardisation of the silt-monitoring technology to help quantify the impact of watershed treatment interventions. World Bank is keen on developing a scientific model to evaluate …
Effluents and toxic fumes from factories and refineries and high concentration of vehicles on roads, besides the Deonar dumping grounds (now partially closed) contribute to pollution in Chembur, one of the most polluted suburbs in the commercial capital of the country. A joint survey by the Ministry of Environment and …
KOCHI: The disaster management measures to be adopted in the district in case of a Mullaperiyar disaster will be decided based on the impact-assessment report being prepared by IIT Roorkee. A decision to this effect was taken at the District Development Council meeting held in Kochi on Saturday. A high-level …
In an eco-friendly initiative, Delhi's leading power discom BSES has come out with a solar-powered water pumping system, aimed at cutting down on consumption of electricity. The Renewal Energy Assisted Pump (REAP), claimed to be first of its kind in the country, has been developed by BSES Yamuna Power Ltd, …
CHENNAI: A group from IIT-Madras is working towards developing a completely indigenous bio-degradable sanitary napkin, to curb the pollution caused by the burning of regular ‘pads’ that are used today. According to S Gopalakrishnan, project consultant of the Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) attached to the IC&SR; in IIT-M, “These …
1.43 lakh units for economically weaker sections: R.Vaithilingam The State will get an additional 1.85 lakh housing units in the next five years at a cost of Rs.17,230 crore. Of these, 1.43 lakh units would be for the economically weaker sections, R.Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development said on …
Guwahati, Jan. 19: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti has rejected an IIT expert’s proposal to use a certain piano key weir technology for the Lower Subansiri power project, basing it rebuttal on its own research on the technology. Nayan Sarma, head of department of water resources in IIT Roorkee, had …
Minister for Revenue and Vigilance Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said that the State government will not backtrack on its demand for a new dam to replace the existing Mullaperiyar dam. He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a training programme for government officials at the district collectorate here on …
The minister of state for science and technology and earth sciences, Mr. Ashwini Kumar, on Sunday said that the controversial Mullaperiyar dam was ‘safe’ and all steps were being taken to ensure its ‘fullest and most comprehensive security’. The minister’s statement comes in the wake of the submission of preliminary …
GUWAHATI, The talks among the members of the Group of Ministers (GoM) of the Assam Government, members of the expert group and the representatives of the civil society organizations (CSOs) on the Lower Subansiri Dam held here today stressed the need to address and remove the doubts surrounding the construction …
GUWAHATI: In a bid to develop the roads in the State, the National Highway Division of the PWD has taken a slew of initiatives. While addressing the reporters here today, Chief Engineer, PWD, NH Nripendra Nath Deka informed that the PWD had taken a new project to make the Numaligarh …
While exhibits from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) have been a regular at IIT Bombay’s Techfest, for the first time at this year’s festival, NPCIL addressed the students to dispel myths and fears about nuclear energy. In the wake of the Fukushima disaster last year, NPCIL had …
The world’s first hydrogen-powered three-wheeler, ‘HyAlfa’, was showcased at the 11th Auto Expo here on Monday. Part of a development project dubbed ‘DelHy 3w’, a fleet of 15 HyAlfa three-wheelers will run on an experimental basis at Pragati Maidan, where a hydrogen refuelling station has also been set up. India …
