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 authorities in Fatehabad have set a target of constructing toilets in 4,964 house under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. Speaking to mediapersons after reviewing the progress of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in the district, Deputy Commissioner DK Bahera said the authorities had already achieved the 73 per cent of the target …
Change of guard also sparks debate over future of Fatehabad project The change of guard at the Centre and Assembly elections due later this year have triggered a debate over the future of the upcoming nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. Though the NDA government’s stand on the project …
General category patients to get Peginterferon on government rate contract There’s some respite for Hepatitis-C patients belonging to general category in Haryana, particularly Ratia (Fatehabad), where an unusually high incidence of the infection has been detected. The Health Department today said it would soon start providing the injection Peginterferon for …
Several organisations from Ratia in Fatehabad have decided to launch a renewed agitation against the reported indifference of the authorities to pollution of the Ghaggar flowing near the town. The Jat Samaj Sabha, which is leading the drive against the pollution of the Ghaggar, has started mobilising support from other …
The forecast of inclement weather for the next couple of days is sending shivers down the spine of farmers who are in the process of harvesting their wheat crop. Partly cloudy weather with light rain or thundershowers is expected in the western zone of Haryana due to western disturbances. This …
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has no immediate plan to start construction activities for its proposed nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. This is what the NPCIL has submitted before the National Green Tribunal while appearing in an appeal filed by Akhil Bhartiya Jeev Raksha Bishnoi …
The CPM will raise the issue of the upcoming nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in the state during its campaign for the parliamentary elections. The party has fielded Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria as its candidate from the Sirsa parliamentary seat. “The CPM has been consistently opposing the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut …
The Ministry of Forest and Environment's (MoEF) decision granting green clearance to the upcoming nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad has been challenged in the National Green Tribunal (NGT). On an appeal filed by the Akhil Bhartiya Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha, the Principal Bench of the NGT has issued …
The water table in several districts of Punjab and Haryana has been showing a continuous declining trend in the last four decades. Alarmed over the fall in groundwater, many district administrations have put restrictions on the exploitation of groundwater and made the registration of new tubewells mandatory. The report of …
Notwithstanding repeated representations by farmers, villagers and Left parties, the authorities have failed to take steps to check heavy pollution in the Ghaggar, which continues to be a bane for the people living along it. Residents allege that the flow of hazardous chemicals and other effluents has reached alarming proportions, …
PM sets ball rolling for 2,800 MW Fatehabad nuclear project Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday set the ball rolling for the 2800 MW Fatehabad nuclear power project that promises to boost growth and provide job avenues to the people in the state. The Prime Minister, who laid the foundation …
Lays foundation stone for 2,800-MWe project in Haryana Reiterating the government’s commitment to ensure full safety of nuclear power plants, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday expressed confidence that the country would meet the target of raising its nuclear power capacity to 27,000 MWe over the next 10 years. Laying …
Ex-environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan may have dismissed speculation that delays in green clearances for several highvalue projects led to her ouster, but environmental nods to over 70 projects worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in the past three weeks after her exit contradict her contentions. The projects cleared after she left …
Officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said here today that the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Project (GHAVP) was completely safe and the apprehensions on its safety were false. The Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of the anti-nuclear energy associations, has announced a protest against the launch of …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone on Monday for a nuclear power project near Gorakhpur village in Fatehbad district of Haryana. The project will comprise two reactors of 700 MWe each. They are Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) that will use natural uranium as fuel and heavy …
Gorakhpur nuclear plant inauguration on Jan 13 When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Gorakhpur of Fatehabad district to inaugurate Haryana’s first nuclear power station, he is likely to be greeted by determined environmentalists opposed to the plant. Activists of the Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of anti-nuclear energy NGOs, …
About an hour's drive from the industrial city of Hisar, a village with rich fertile land spread across hundreds of acres is awaiting a rebirth. Ask anyone in Gorakhpur about their future, most will reply with a hint of what is predestined: "parmanu yug (nuclear age) has come." Yet there …
NPCIL already awaits important clearances from Centre Even as the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) awaits some important clearances from the Centre prior to the formal launch of Haryana's first nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad, anti-nuclear power forces have also started mobilising against the project. Sources …
Demand redressal of wildlife conservation issue Animal rights activists belonging to the Bishnoi community are up in arms against the government’s proposal to lay the foundation stone of the proposed nuclear power project at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad before implementing any conservation plan for hundreds of wildlife, particularly blackbucks living …
Top forest official asks State to challenge MoEF report The Congress government in Haryana is contemplating taking the Centre to court for recommending CBI investigation against officials and politicians named in an Environment Ministry inquiry report on forestry scams highlighted by whistleblower-IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi. The Hindu has accessed an …
