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 …
'Public hearing organized by the Manipur Pollution Control Board to gauge the opinion of the people was a dismal show' IMPHAL: The attempt of Indian government to explore oil at Jiribam sub-division of Imphal East district has started facing rough weather with all sections of people objecting to it. It …
Houston BP and Transocean lacked clear guidelines for key tests to ensure that the ill-fated Macondo well was safely sealed before it ruptured and triggered the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, US safety investigators said. The preliminary report from the US Chemical Safety Board, to be delivered at a public hearing …
Yet another leak has been reported within a month at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) at Rawatbhata near Kota, exposing workers to tritium radiation, and causing concern among the country’s nuclear energy watchers. The senior management at Rawatbhata, a site getting ready for India’s second-biggest Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) …
The Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) is contemplating the introduction of a two-part tariff in electricity for retail supply consumers except agricultural pumpset consumers, temporary supply consumers and public lighting. The proposed move would not only help the state power utility to raise additional revenue, which has already invested …
SHILLONG: Residents of nine villages have vowed to oppose the Meghalaya Electric Corporation limited (MeCL) plan to construct a (3 by 80 Megawatt) hydroelectricity power dam along the Umngot river. The outright opposition of the villagers in East Khasi Hills district is due to fear that they will lose all …
SHILLONG: The proposed 240 MW Umngot Hydro Electric Project has hit a roadblock with local villagers and opposing the project saying that the compensation for their land was grossly inadequate. Terming the project as anti-people, the residents of several villages (Umsaw, Pashang, Mawsir, Kransngi, Mawdulop and Mynsang) who areas lay …
The public hearing on the proposed nuclear plant to be set up at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district of Haryana which was held by the district administration along with officials and scientists of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on Tuesday amid unprecedented security in the village remained …
A public hearing for environmental clearance to the proposed Gorakhpur nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district of Haryana came to an abrupt end today when members of the Opposition INLD led by Abhay Singh Chautala stormed the venue to protest acquisition of land for the plant. Kuldeep Bishnoi-led members of …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is pushing for two more grade separators, being constructed by the BDA, that will involve felling of 200 more trees. Deccan Herald had reported a month ago that at least 500 trees will be axed for building grade separators near Sadashivanagar Police Station and …
Gorakhpur N-plant: Compensation for acquired land to be announced today Gorakhpur: Amid protests by farmers and heavy deployment of police force, the much-talked about public hearing for environmental clearance to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for its upcoming project in Gorakhpur ended abruptly today. The meeting, which was …
An open forum convened by the Haryana government at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district, the venue of proposed nuclear plant in the state, ended abruptly on Tuesday after leaders of opposition parties joined the farmers in their protest against the venture. The public hearing, which was expected to continue for …
This video shows the public hearing for environmental clearance of the proposed 2800 MW nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on 17 July, 2012 at Sahid-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Stadium in Gorakhpur, Fatehabad, Haryana. See also Environmental impact assessment report …
A nuclear power plant coming up in Haryana, India, conducts a public hearing without making the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report public. The controversial plant is being constructed by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) on fertile agricultural land. A public hearing for granting environmental clearance to the …
The Environment ImpactAssessment (EIA) report on the nuclear power plant coming up in Haryana was leaked a day ahead of a public hearing to be held at the project site on Tuesday. The plant will be constructed at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India …
There appears to be considerable opposition from the local population to the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) proposed to be set up at Rawatbhata near Kota in Rajasthan. The complex, with an envisaged capacity of 500 tonnes fuel a year, is to cater to the four PHWR (Pressurized heavy water reactors) …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on the Centre’s reported plans of using psychiatrists to counsel activists protesting against the 1,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. The NHRC termed it “a check on the freedom of …
New Delhi Environment, public hearing rules may be eased Some relaxation in green norms for coal mining may be on the cards. Keen to step up coal output, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will discuss on Friday options including an easing of environment and forest clearance norms for 13 Coal …
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has convened a meeting of coal and environment ministries to ascertain the reasons for delay in granting green clearances to 18 mines of Coal India Limited (CIL). The PMO is also working out a methodology to allow CIL to carry out 25 per cent capacity …
CORTALIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board's (GSPCB) decision to hold the environmental public hearing for the proposed 7.2 MMTPA Iron-Ore Export Terminal at Mormugao Port has raked up a controversy. The hearing is scheduled on July 24, which happens to be the day on which week-long Shree Damodar Bhajani …
This Executive summary of Bijahan Coal Mine of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. shows the detail of project and their Environment Impact Assessment and Environment Management Plan.
