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 …
GUWAHATI: North East Girl Students’ Association (NEGSA) is organizing a symposium on “Problem and Prospect of Big River Dam in North East India” on January 13 at State Museum Auditorium in Guwahati. NEGSA president Munmi Dutta said, “The seminar is organized to discuss various aspects of big river dams in …
Power distribution utilities fear financial disaster as a recent government directive allowing industrial consumers to buy electricity directly from generators and traders will wipe out a third of their revenue, leaving no room for cheap supplies to farmers and retail consumers. The law ministry’s decree, in step with international practices, …
GUWAHATI: After they had succeeded in bringing the construction at the NHPC’s 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project at Gerukamukh in Dhemaji district of Assam, the anti-dam brigade comprising several organisations were on Thursday called for negotiation by Assam government in Guwahati. The anti-dam agitation has brought the construction to …
Estimates revised as delay, complications lead to cost escalation JAMMU: As delay in completion of the project due to re-alignment and other complications besides problems in two vital tunnels has led to cost escalation, the entire Udhampur-Baramulla Railway Project would now be completed at a cost of ` 19,000 crore …
Jalpaiguri, Dec. 26: An IIT Madras team of experts has pointed out a series of lapses in various quarters that multiplied the extent of damage to buildings, roads and monasteries in Sikkim during the September earthquake. The experts laid stress on immediate rectification of such faults in case there are …
MUMBAI: The high level of radiation emitted by three unauthorized mobile towers atop Victor Shelter building poses a health hazard for neighbouring Nilesh society residents at Kandarpada in Dahisar (W), says IIT-Bombay professor Dr Girish Kumar. The radiation level in the New Nilesh society flat was measured by Wilcom Technologies …
Says it amounts to “succumbing to subterfuge” of Kerala government Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has expressed shock over the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)'s action of forming a team of experts to formulate a contingency response plan for the Mullaperiyar dam and the downstream areas. Describing the move as nothing but …
Leading ecologists, wildlife biologists, conservation experts and research scholars of the country on Thursday came up with a number of workable strategies to meet conservation challenges in the northeast at the conclusion of the three-day Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI), 2011, held at the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati. Initiating …
Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI), the largest student-organised academic conference on ecology and conservation, brought together over 300 students and researchers of ecology on a single platform at IIT-Guwahati here on Tuesday for a three-day-long deliberations on latest biodiversity and conservation issues. The conference kick started with Professor S.K. …
A draft plan listing out the measures required to improve the air quality in the city, including the equipment need, has been prepared by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). From regular cleaning of roads to preventing burning of garbage and garden waste, the measures suggested are many. The …
MUMBAI: The Mithi River Development Project Phase 2 is set to get a little more expensive. The civic administration has floated a Rs 1.15 crore proposal to allow the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) to check for the presence of rocks on the riverbed. The proposal will be tabled …
In the shadow of fear Vallakkadavu, Idukki district, Kerala, Population: 4,000; Families: 1,100 In Kerala’s Idukki district, a banner fluttering in the wind greets you at the village of Vallakkadavu. “Welcome to the face of death,’’ it reads. As the first inhabited region along downstream Mullaperiyar, media reports and panic …
Ahead of a crucial meeting of an Empowered Committee here on December 5, Kerala has filed an application before the panel, reiterating its demand for the construction of a new dam and arguing that “it is a bona fide proposal.” The committee is headed by the former Chief Justice of …
Unmoved by the blitzkrieg from Kerala about the “imminent collapse” of the Mullaperiyar dam, those in support of Tamil Nadu’s stand on the dispute argue that their neighbour’s catchy slogan ‘safety for Kerala, water for Tamil Nadu’ does not capture the devil that is in the detail. While Kerala has …
ThiruvananthapuramAs tensions between Kerala and Tamil Nadu escalate over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to don the mantle of a troubleshooter. The PM is likely to convene a meeting of the MPs from the two states soon. The immediate trigger for public anxiety over the …
Experts at a day-long workshop on cellphone and cell tower radiation, hazards and solutions organised by IIT Bombay took on each other, with one group claiming that radiation from such towers had been found to be way below dangerous levels and another claiming the opposite. A report on electromagnetic radiation …
Experts are conflicted over the health hazards and the permissible limit of cell phone tower radiation, and the findings of a survey in Mumbai may only fuel the debate. Conducted jointly by Indian Institute of Technology-Madras and Thiagarajar College of Engineering in Madurai, the survey reveals that radiation from cell …
One thousand and nine hundred mini-solar photovoltaic (SPV) plants of 500 Watt each will be established in various village panchayats during the current financial year under the State government's scheme of energisation of street lights with solar power. These mini-SPV plants are meant for 19,000 street lights, new and the …
The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), appointed by the Supreme Court to conduct a macro-level environment impact assessment study report of Bellary district in Karnataka in view of widespread illegal iron ore mining, has recommended measures with far-reaching implications. The study has found large-scale damage to the …
After some major road infrastructure projects in the city, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is in the process of setting up monitoring stations at three locations to keep a tab on air quality. The MMRDA is likely to establish the first monitoring station on the campus of Indian …
