Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aabhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/07/2019. The applications seek reconstitution of the Committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in pursuance of order of the Tribunal dated 16.10.2017 for Subansiri Lower …
GERUKAMUKH, Sept 12: Labourers of Larsen and Tubro (L&T;) engaged at Lower Subansiri Hydel Project of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border have been agitating since September 7 in support of their various demands like reasonable wage, insurance cover, medical allowance, payment for over …
Guwahati, Sept. 9: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) will incorporate several additional technical features in the construction of the Lower Subansiri hydropower project. The decision has come at a time when many organisations, including the All Assam Students Union, are demanding to shelve the project following publication of a …
- Delhi bid to save forests from submergence in Arunachal ROOPAK GOSWAMI File picture of AASU protest against the Subansiri dam project Guwahati, Sept. 9: The ministry of environment and forests has asked Jindal Power Ltd to lower the height of the 460-metre Subansiri Middle Hydro Electric Project in Arunachal …
ITANAGAR, Sept 7: Expectations are running high over the proposed public hearing on hyro power projects in the north east especially amongst anti-dam protagonists like the All Assam Students
A joint statement on the Government's decision regarding Vedanta. A recent decision by Mr. Jairam Ramesh, [Union] Minister [of State] for Environment and Forests banning the mining of Bauxite in the Niyamgiri hill of Kalahandi district in Orissa (which is home to Tribal communities) by Vedanta Resources is a matter …
GERUKAMUKH (Dhemaji), Sept 2: Thousands of people, including AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary and former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, today took part in a procession organized by the AGP in protest against the mega dam being constructed by the NHPC at the site of the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric power …
Notwithstanding the controversy surrounding Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project being executed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), a scramble has begun among power hungry States for allocation of power from the proposed project, even as the Union Power Ministry allocated power to Northern, Western and North Eastern Region from …
Ramesh does a U-turn New Delhi, Aug 12: The controversial mega dam issue in Assam today found its echo in the Rajya Sabha where Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said there was no proposal for scrapping the Lower Subansiri hydroelectric power project in Assam. He, …
This paper explores reforms in environmental and resettlement policies in India and the influence of domestic and external actors on the reform process. It also analyses the ways in which environment and resettlement policies have been implemented in a number of hydropower projects. At project level the analysis focuses on …
AN EIGHT-MEMBER expert committee has recommended a thorough review and redesign of the 115-metre high dam on the Subansiri river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra. The National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) is developing the 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project in Dhemaji district of Assam. In its final report …
GUWAHATI, July 28: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) today said that works of the Lower Subansiri Hydel Project should be put on hold till the government got a clear picture of the exact downstream effects of the mega dam. Talking to newsmen at Rajiv Bhavan here today, APCC spokesman …
ITANAGAR, July 19: Uncertainty looms large over the ongoing construction of the 2000 MW Lower Subnsiri Hydro Project at Gerukhamukh on the Lower Subansiri-Dhemaji districts of Arunachal and Assam respectively. A strong anti-dam lobby headed by AASU, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) of Assam …
Sushanta Talukdar Such projects in upper reaches of Arunachal rivers may hit areas downstream in Assam GUWAHATI:The Assam Assembly's House Committee, which studied the impact of the construction of big hydro-electric dams in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh on the areas downstream in Assam, has recommended …
