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 …
Road Fund Board to take loans for work A Rs.10,000-crore project for the development of 22 roads, including the hill highway, in the State to overcome traffic problems was cleared by the Cabinet on Wednesday. Briefing mediapersons after the Cabinet, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the Kerala Road Fund Board …
Kasturirangan panel member Sunita Narain says the proposed dam will affect downstream flow Athirappilly hydel power project proposed across Chalakudy River cannot be implemented in its present form, environmental activist Sunita Narain, who heads the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has said. She is a member of the High …
The fertiliser ministry, in a note to the EGoM on domestic natural gas pricing, suggested that gas should not be priced more than $6 mmBtu. If the price is worked out as per the Rangarajan formula, doubling the price from $4.2 now to over $8, the fertiliser subsidy burden would …
When fully completed, the state is expected to become power-surplus from a deficit of 4,000 Mw a day at present Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday clarified the state government had proposed to implement new power projects totaling Rs 16,350 crore in the coming years. Under the proposed …
The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has directed the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to provide an environment that will help promote generation of solar power in the State. The board and other licensees should support individual initiatives for development of solar energy, the commission said in an order …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday unveiled a slew of power and infrastructure projects, including a Rs. 7,000-crore underground power station with a capacity of 2,000 MW at Sillahalla in the Nilgiris district. Making a suo motu statement in the Assembly, she said objective of unveiling these projects, totally …
Govt planning Rs 7,000 crore underground hydel project The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday said the Japanese government had come forward to fund the upcoming power sector infrastructure in the state to the tune of Rs 7,000 crore. These will be taken up by the subsidiaries of the ailing Tamil …
Power situation likely to ease after six months: Annadurai At a time when the State is reeling under acute power crisis, industrial units can make use of solar energy wherever possible for their electricity requirements that would not only help in cutting down their power tariff bills but also help …
To Appoint An Agency To Prepare Detailed Project Report The cash-strapped Kochi corporation is planning to appoint an agency for preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for executing the solar city project. With the local body paying an annual electricity bill of about Rs 9 crore to KSEB, it is …
For most tourists, a visit to the hill station at Munnar is not complete without a boat safari on the scenic Mattupetty reservoir. But very few of them are aware of the impact of boating on the environment and wildlife. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board and the Forest department have …
The Corporation will soon entrust ICLEI South Asia, a consultancy agency, to prepare the detailed project report (DPR) for the proposed Solar City project. The proposal to award the DPR preparation to ICLEI will be presented at the first Council meeting after the Corporation Budget session on Saturday. Once the …
Kudumbasree plans extensive campaign across the State In a move to spread the message of energy conservation among the people, the Kudumbasree Mission has planned an extensive publicity campaign across the State. In the district, the programme will be undertaken by selected Kudumbasree workers through community development societies (CDS). As …
State PSU to challenge de-allocation of Baitarani west coal block The Odisha Hydro Power Corporation ( OHPC) is set to file a petition in the Odisha High Court, challenging the order of the Ministry of Coal on de-allocation and invocation of 50 per cent bank guarantee in respect of Baitarani …
The Congress-led UDF government in Kerala has opposed the Centre's suggestion to privatise the power distribution system under the Financial Power Restructuring Package. Replying to an adjournment notice by AK Balan (CPI-M) in the Assembly on the reported move to privatise Kerala State Electricity Board, power minister Aryadan Muhammed said …
First unit of 500 MW likely to go on stream in December 2013 A consortium of banks has agreed to lend Rs. 937 crore for the 1,000-MW NTPL power project, a joint venture of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation and the Tamil Nadu Power Generation and Distribution Corporation. The project is …
K. Radhakrishnan, former KSEB Member (Generation), has said that given the peculiarities of the Kerala power system, any decision on large-scale grid connection to seasonal resources such as solar and wind power plants should be taken cautiously to maintain the power system security. He said this while inaugurating a technical …
If you are consuming power beyond the approved connected load, you may soon be held responsible for power theft. The Kerala State Electricity Board has plans to conduct surprise checks on residences and commercial establishments to ensure that power consumption is within the approved limit. Though these inspections are already …
The Kochi Corporation will soon entrust an agency with the preparation of the detailed project report (DPR) for the Solar City project which aims at making Kochi the first solar city in the state. The civic body had already invited an Expression of Interest (EoI) from the agencies that will …
Kochi: The workshop organised by SmartCity authorities for incorporating the views of various government departments and agencies, including Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) and Kerala Water Authority (KWA), came a cropper on Wednesday as they remained clueless about the master plan. Though the authorities of the IT project invited representatives …
With Punjab power corporation scripting a success story for drastically bringing down the Aggregate Transmission and Commercial (AT&C;) losses in the past five years, Haryana has also decided to adopt the Punjab model to bring down its AT&C; losses. A team of experts today visited Patiala to see the systems …
