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 …
Chief minister Arjun Munda has strongly objected to possible de-allocation of three coal blocks allocated to state power entities by the Union coal ministry. Munda today wrote a letter to Union coal minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal listing steps taken by the state government in respect to three coal blocks — …
Coimbatore Corporation has lined up a couple of projects to improve water supply for not only the city but also for areas to be annexed. And thereby ensure parity in supply. Official sources say that as per the Government of India norms the Corporation has to supply 135 litres per …
Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Limited (NOCL) is aiming to ready its petroleum refinery project in northeastern Tamil Nadu by this year-end, with an additional investment of Rs 12,000 crore. NOCL, along with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, is setting up the Rs 7,160-crore project with an annual capacity of six million …
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to encourage the private sector to set up units in the state to address the acute power shortage and as part of this, five private companies have “cleared formalities” to establish thermal power plants. Electricity Minister R Viswanathan had recently announced that the private …
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission proposes to lower the trading prices for renewable energy certificates (REC). Industry people in a hearing on July 19 lamented the move would affect renewable energy capacity addition in the country. As per the REC scheme, state electricity distribution companies (discoms) unable to meet their …
A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today took several important decisions. The cabinet has decided to return to farmers 885 hectare of land acquired for the submergence area of Tons Hydel Project implemented in 1990 by Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board. This land is situated in …
A high-level conference convened by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday to discuss the tremors occurring in Idukki district decided to entrust the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, with a dam-break analysis of the Mullaperiyar dam. The IIT would find out the areas that could be inundated in the …
Burgeoning raw material costs and a mismatch between generation cost and pricing have led biomass power plants to function well below their capacity and, in some cases, end operations. Against an estimated potential of 18,000 Mw, the installed capacity of biomass plants in India is 2,664 Mw. These plants are …
Six years of investigations into irregularities in connection with the Larji hydel project have ended with a whimper. The 126 MW Larji hydel project — taunted as the country’s costliest hydro-power project — will not see any head rolling for its cost shooting up to Rs 1461.33 crore, instead of …
Power generation major and a Maharatna company NTPC and the State Government has entered into a pact for setting up windmills at potential locations in Kerala to generate an estimated 200 MW. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed here on Monday by Mr Inderjit Kapoor, Director-Commercial, NTPC, …
Though the Government has decided to revive the Chandrapur Thermal Power Station (CTPS) by converting the project into a coal based power station, the delay in receiving the coal linkage delayed the implementation of the project. Meanwhile, the clearance from the Environment and Forest Ministry is yet to be received …
Indicating hurdles in the path of achieving the 75,000 MW power capacity addition target by 2017, NTPC on Wednesday said continued shortage of coal supplies and environmental issues could force it to scale down the target by 5,000 MW. “We would be able to do about 70,000 MW by 2017, …
- Deputy commissioner issues warning against power misuse to employees of collectorate The next time you leave fans, lights and computers switched on at the district collectorate, you might as well get ready to part with some cash. For, the administration has decided to slap fines on employees found misusing …
Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala government has mooted a business-model with tribals of Palakkad to rev up its green energy production with an 80-mw wind power plan. The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will join hands with National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for the proposal. According to the business plan, KSEB and …
Thiruvananthapuram: Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed on Monday announced a slew of projects to be implemented during Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's 100-day programme, focussing on improving efficiency of the Kerala State Electricity Board. Addressing a meet-the-press programme organised by the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club, Mr. Mohammed said the board would go for …
Theni district will soon find one of the top places in the national map of wind energy, thanks to strong wind with high velocity and massive enthusiasm shown by multinational and national companies. The Electricity Board officials believe that number of units would be doubled by the year end. At …
The coal ministry on Thursday issued orders to revoke mining licences of five blocks of NTPC, Damodar Valley Corp and Jharkhand State Electricity Board with combined reserves of 1,000 million tonnes. The power ministry would take up the issue with coal ministry and higher authorities, a senior official said. Three …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said she had sought 1,000 MW power for the State as a temporary allocation from June to May 2012 from the Centre to tide over the power crisis. Talking to journalists, she said:
Union Minister finds no progress in power generation State will need 3,740 MW of power by the year 2017 Call to continue focus on hydel power projects Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister of State for Power K.C. Venugopal has expressed concern over the delay on the part of the State to push …
