Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
After delinking the environment and forest clearances for highway projects, the environment ministry is mulling over a proposal to relax clearance norms for hydro-power projects. The ministry is considering a proposal that allows hydro-power projects to initiate the forest clearance process without even completing comprehensive river basin study. The relaxation …
Itanagar: Thousands of people led by the Buddhist monks and nuns descended on the streets of Tawang yesterday demanding scrapping of mega hydro projects and to protest against corrupt dealings in the district. This was third and the biggest in the series of protests which started in April last year …
Guwahati: Buddhist monks in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang — which China claims as its own — have risen against construction of dams that they fear may endanger monasteries in the district. One of the shrines under threat is the famed 400-year-old Tawang monastery, considered the largest in India. On Tuesday, hundreds …
Days ahead of the first meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Investment ( CCI), the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), the statutory body for advising on forest clearances, rushed to clear a little over 20 projects, including those in mining and power. The CCI, set up to hasten big-ticket infrastructure projects, …
With China seemingly on a dam–constructing spree over the Brahmaputra, including one near the point where the river enters India, the government has given the go–ahead for a big hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh to mark India’s stake in a river that is in many ways a lifeline of the …
With China seemingly on a dam-constructing spree over the Brahmaputra, including one near the point where the river enters India, the government has given the go-ahead for a big hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh to mark India's stake in a river that is in many ways a lifeline of the …
Within days of China announcing three new hydroelectric projects on the Brahmaputra river and catching India by surprise, the Centre has set the ball rolling to build the strategic Tawang hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh. The 800-MW power project proposed to be built on the Tawang Chu river has got …
ITANAGAR: The situation remained grim at Tawang as thousands of people, mostly monks and villagers led by Save Mon Region Federation (SMRF), defied the 144 CrPC and took out a rally from Tawang Monastery to Old market on Monday in protest against construction of dams. With the voice against construction …
Guwahati, Sept. 25: The forest advisory committee under the ministry of environment and forestry has refused to provide clearances to hydroelectric projects on the Tawang river basin, unless a comprehensive study is undertaken to address various issues. The issue of giving forest clearance for the two plants on the Tawang …
ITANAGAR, Sept 24 – Unusual landslides have threatened the existence of the world famous Tawang Monastery in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, bordering China. Unprecedented heavy rainfall continues to trigger 4-5 metre landslides around the monastery for the past several days causing concern for the district administration, official sources said …
ITANAGAR, Aug 29 – A delegation of legislators from Arunachal Pradesh called on Union Power Minister M Veerappa Moily in New Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum demanding early solution to the current stalemate on the Lower Subansiri dam issue, thereby ensuring speedy commissioning of the 2,000 MW hydro …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jayanti Natarajan in New Delhi on Wednesday. The Chief Minister requested the Union Minister to expedite the pending forest clearance of the Tawang Basin Hydro Power Project of NHPC, stated a release. The …
Till five to six years ago, yak rearing was gradually becoming the last thing that young men from the Monpa community in the Kameng region of western Arunachal Pradesh were interested in. And there were reasons for this. Besides being an expensive activity with diminishing returns, climate change was also …
This document is a working paper of the Nature Conservation Foundation that critically evaluates the Environmental Impact Assessment and the Environmental Management Plan reports that were carried out for the Nyamjang Chuu Hydro-electric power project in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Guwahati, May 16: Buddhist lamas from Tawang have asked Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to put a moratorium on hydroelectric projects in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh as it will damage the ecology and threaten the local culture. The lamas, under the aegis of Save Mon Federation Region, have …
The raging debate over viability of mega dams in the seismologically sensitive North-east notwithstanding, the Centre has clarified that no conclusive study on non-suitability of construction of large dams in Brahmaputra region has come to the notice. Altogether 165 power projects were granted environmental clearance and 143 power projects were …
The birds are found in India, China and Bhutan and breed in high-altitude wetlands of the Tibetan plateau The black-necked crane, a rare bird species found at high altitudes, has been spotted for the first time at Zemithang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh by the Indian chapter of the World Wildlife …
The Asiatic golden cat and marbled cat are popularly called small cat species among the wild felids. Both these cats are found distributed in the South East Asian region and come from a common lineage of bay cats and inhabit moist evergreen forests. They are placed in the ‘Near threatened’ …
With China in mind, India is embarking on a major infrastructure drive in Arunachal Pradesh, with plans for three railway lines in the border state, including one to connect the strategic Tawang plateau with Assam. While the Defence Ministry has traditionally been discreet about its infrastructure projects in the North-East, …
Concerned over the performance of UPA flagship MGNREGA in the northeastern states, the government will review implementation of the rural job plan on April 19 in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. According to data available with the rural development ministry, in 2010-11, the monthly information system (MIS) indicating performance of the rural …
