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 …
Guwahati: Reiterating that the Centre was committed to resolving the impasse over the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri hydro-electric project in Arunachal Pradesh through dialogue, Union minister of state for coal, power and renewable energy Piyush Goyal said he would have a meeting anti-dam groups, experts and other stakeholders soon. Interacting …
NEW DELHI, Aug 7 – Declining to restrain the NHPC from resuming construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP), the Kolkata Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that the case would be heard on a day-to-day basis from September 2. The Assam Public Works (APW) has …
The power ministry plans to create a fund to provide long-term finances to hydropower developers, and aims to play an active role in resolving state level sues that are blocking such projects. “Hydropower did not get the desired attention as concerned ministries and departments were working in silos, and problems …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Abhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Ors dated 06/08/2014 regarding stay of construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP)
A consultant engineer, JN Khatoniar, said on Tuesday that the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project being set up at Gerukamukh along the Assam–Arunachal Pradesh border had many technical faults. Talking to newsmen in Guwahati on Tuesday, Khatoniar said: “The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) can never reduce the height of the …
Triggering a massive hue and cry over the Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project in Assam, the Centre on Thursday hinted that it would go ahead the 2000 MW national hydro power project. Union Power Minister Piyush Goel said that the project, if completed, would end the power crisis in Assam …
The Centre announced that the construction of the 2,000-MW project would resume within a week Several anti-mega dam organisations in Assam have vowed to resist any move by the Centre to resume construction of 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation at Gerukamukh along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh …
The Assam Public Works (APW) made it clear on Monday that it would never compromise with the safety and security of the people of Assam in connection with the construction of the Lower Subansiri Hydel Power Project. The project along the Assam–Arunachal Pradesh border is undertaken by the NHPC. Talking …
GUWAHATI, June 25: The Assam government seems to be laying no stress at all on increasing electricity generation in the State by way of setting up mini–hydel projects only because of its interest in mega dams like the project in Lower Subansiri despite stiff opposition to these projects by the …
While the debate over the building of big dams continues to rage over the region over the Lower Subansiri Project, it may recalled here that a recent study by the Oxford University has completely trashed the economic viability of constructing such large structures at such massive costs. During the last …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) today agreed to explore the scope of reducing the height of the dam of the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP), considering the hydroelectric and economic constraints. The NHPC will submit a report on the scope of reducing the dam height to the Central …
The projects are being developed by the central and state governments and also by the private sector Over 14,000 MW of hydro power capacity is under execution in the country and would be commissioned in the next four years, according to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). As many as 40 …
New Delhi, March 25: Term it a lackluster attitude being adopted by the two central ministries (Ministry of Environment and Forests, and Ministry of Power), their inability to submit report on the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power project have once again compelled the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to further …
ITANAGAR, March 25: The Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project under its Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Scheme has partnered with Operation Smile, an International NGO for cleft lip and palate treatment through plastic surgery for patients of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. This facility would initially be made available to …
THE empowered group of ministers (EGoM) for hydel power projects in Arunachal Pradesh will find it tough to get the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on board for the proposed all-at-a-time clearance mechanism for supporting infrastructure projects. According to sources, at the upcoming EGoM meeting the power ministry will …
Guwahati: The total cost of NHPC’S Subansiri project in Assam has gone up by about Rs 1,200 crore due to forced suspension of work since December 2011, following agitation by a section of stakeholders on grounds of safety related aspects and downstream impact. NHPC has already spent about Rs 6,600 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday decried the Assam government after the latter failed to submit report on the 2000MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project. The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Power also failed to submit their reports when the tribunal took up the case …
Taking up the much controversial National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC)’s 2,000MW Lower Subansiri Project case, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked the corporation, the governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Power to submit reply within the next three …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday admitted a case pertaining to the ecological issues related to the downstream of the Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project dam by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited. Filed by NGO Assam Public Works and admitted by Justice Swatantar Kumar, who issued notices to …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday accepted the petition filed by the Assam Public Works (APW), an NGO, on the 2000MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Power Project. Giving a deadline of January 29, NGT Chairman Justice Swatantra Kumar asked the NHPC, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), the Ministry …
