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 …
The Korba District and Sessions court has rejected the bail applications of three Chinese engineers, who were arrested in connection with the chimney collapse in which 40 people lost their lives at the Bharat Aluminum Company (BALCO) power plant on September 23 last year.
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Thursday recommended a moratorium on new units at 43 highly polluted industrial areas in the country.
Nearly one-and-a-half month after the collapse of chimney at a power plant near here, the police on Monday arrested three senior officials of Vedanta Resources-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) in connection with the accident. The accident had claimed at least 41 lives at BALCO Nagar on September 23. BALCO …
What is BALCO? Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), which was a public sector undertaking in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, was disinvested in 2001. Sterlite Industries India Limited had bought 51 per cent stake for Rs 551 crore and took management control of BALCO. It also had the option to buy …
Joseph John Rescue workers waited with masks, stretchers and sheets for bodies as heavy earth moving equipment tried to clear debris of a giant chimney that collapsed Wednesday at the Korba power plant site of the Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), killing at least 25 people and trapping many others. Hopes …
TRAGEDY: People gather at the accident site in Korba, some 200 km from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday. KORBA (CHHATTISGARH): At least 20 labourers were killed and nearly 70 are feared trapped under debris after a chimney at an under-construction thermal power plant of the Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) caved …
At least 25 people were crushed to death when an under-construction chimney at a new power plant being constructed at Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) in Korba, 230 km from here, collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. Another 40 people are feared trapped in the debris. Unconfirmed reports said angry workers then thrashed …
Mumbai: The beleaguered Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC), which has seen its scrip fall sharply in September, is facing the dark shadow of Lehman Brothers over its power project in Chattisgarh. GMDC has a joint venture with KSK Energy to set up a 1800 MW coal-based power project at Korba. …
This study is an analysis of the social impacts and community engagement process for an IFC-supported project in Chhattisgarh, India. It also provides an assessment of the application of IFC Performance Standard 7 (Indigenous Peoples) and related IFC standards and requirements
Resettlement row over Sipat project continues Protests are continuing at the national thermal power commission's (NTPC's) power project in Sipat, Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district. Work on the 12,000 crore, 2,980 megawatt project, expected to solve power problems in the region, has come to a virtual halt due to protests by the …
Residents of around 25 villages recently stopped the public hearing for a proposed methane extraction project. The 500-odd people from Gharghonda tehsil in Raigarh, armed with the Centre for Science and Environment's report on the project's environment impact assessment (eia), said the eia was weak and proceedings were not transparent. …
