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 …
AGP legislators Brindaban Goswami and Girindra Kumar Baruah today demanded that the Government should force the NHPC to stop construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project. Raising the issue immediately after the Question Hour, Goswami said that though the expert committee formed by the Government suggested that the construction …
GUWAHATI, July 13: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar today came down heavily on the government for going ahead with the construction work of Lower Subansiri Hydel Project at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border even after the expert committee had recommended immediate cancellation of the project. Talking to newsmen …
ITANAGAR, July 8: Alleging the NHPC of failing to act on the recommendation of an expert panel that pointed out perils of ongoing Lower Sunasiri hydropower project, the All Assam Students
The ruling Congress Government in Assam has come under severe criticism for its dithering on the expert panel report that suggested complete halt of all construction works of the ongoing Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project site at Gerukamukh. The 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project, being implemented by the National …
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: The Expert Group constituted to study the downstream impact of the ongoing 2,000-MW Subonsiri Lower hydro-electric power project of the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) at Gerukamukh on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border has recommended that the mega dam not be built at the present site. From the …
GUWAHATI, July 1 ? The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) today demanded immediate steps to thrust aside the under-construction Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP) and also to shelve all the mega-dam hydel projects proposed in the NE region. The demand of the students? body came in the wake of the …
ITANAGAR, May 16: Raising a demand for transparency in the execution of the 1600 MW Subansiri Middle Power Project on Kamla River near Tamen village in the Lower Subansiri district, the Subansiri Middle Power Project Local Implementation Committee (SuMPPLIC) has insisted the State Government to come out with a White …
ITANAGAR, May 13: The All Tam Socio-Economic Welfare Association (ATSEWA) has opposed the hydro project proposed on the Kamla river in Kamporijo circle of Lower Subansiri district claiming that it would submerge the Chumring Talung area upstream in Kurung Kumey district that consists of several important historical places related to …
Two mega hydroelectric power projects of National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) have come under the scanner of a House Committee of Assam Assembly that has recommended a temporary freeze on construction activity. The House panel was constituted to study and examine the downstream …
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who arrived in Itanagar Friday morning after cutting short his four-day maiden visit to Arunachal Pradesh due to inclement weather, failed to make it to Tawang on the China border. Instead, he flew to Gerukamukh, the site where the 2000-MW Subansiri Lower hydel project is …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Arunachal Pradesh Government on sharing power to be generated in the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP). This development has taken place in the background of the recommendation made by an expert committee appointed as per …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu has urged all power developers to execute their projects within the timeframe as per the Memorandum of Understanding. He also affirmed his government
New Delhi: Highways minister Kamal Nath may have been harping upon exceeding the target of laying 20km of new roads in the country every day but his ministry has been dragging its feet since August 2009 over repairing a bridge in Assam, leaving staterun hydel utility NHPC stranded with vital …
