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 Haryana Health Department has issued guidelines and taken steps to prevent the spread of H1N1 swine flu as 31 cases have so far been reported from the state during the current year. A spokesman of the department said here today that nine cases had been reported from Karnal district, …
7 die in Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh y Death toll mounts to 129 Intense cold claimed 22 lives in North India today as temperature plummeted to sub-zero levels at many places in the region. The cold wave continued unabated in Uttar Pradesh as 15 more persons succumbed to the chill …
After taking away cheques for the compensation of their lands acquired for the proposed Gorakhpur Atomic Power Project (GAPP), farmers are now up in arms against the authorities for hike in the payment to almost double the amount they have already received. The authorities, too, have taken a tough stand …
The Fatehabad district administration's announcement to set up a sanctuary for black bucks on the 500 acres reserved for the green belt out of the 1500-odd acres acquired by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for its Gorakhpur Atomic Power Project (GAPP) is likely to prove a stillborn …
To save black bucks from stray dogs and poachers, the authorities in Fatehabad have decided to set up a sanctuary for them at Gorakhpur village in this district with the help of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). The black buck sanctuary will be set up on 500 acres …
Chandigarh: At a time when the nuclear plants in Kudankulam and Jaitapur are facing protests, the Gorakhpur Atomic Power Project, Haryana, in Fatehabad district has crossed its first hurdle without any use of force or violence. Of the 1,503 acres of land acquired for the project in the three villages …
Farmers in Gorakhpur village, protesting against the acquisition of land for a nuclear plant to be set up in the area, have constituted the Parmanoo Sanyantra Virodhi Morcha (Nuclear Plant Protest Front) to carry forward their agitation. This comes in the wake of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti — a body …
Chandigarh: The Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, a group of farmers spearheading protests against the setting up of a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district of Haryana, on Monday withdrew its two-year old agitation. The KSS president Hans Raj Siwach called off the agitation today in the presence of …
New Delhi India may soon set up a new company to acquire uranium mines in foreign countries to ensure fuel supplies to its burgeoning nuclear power programme. The Atomic Energy Commission has recommended setting up of a joint venture company between Nuclear Power Corporation of India and Uranium Corporation of …
Protest initiation of projects without consultation with locals A people’s hearing on nuclear energy held in the Capital on Wednesday criticised the Government’s nuclear energy policy and demanded that repression of people’s movements struggling against nuclear energy projects be stopped with immediate effect. Residents belonging to Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu, …
The Haryana Government has given over Rs.189 crore as compensation to 387 farmers whose land was acquired to set up a nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district. The compensation was given to farmers in Gorakhpur, Baropal and Kajalheri villages in the district, where more than 615 acres of land have …
Former Chief of Army Staff General VK Singh (retd) today raised serious questions on the security aspects, acquisition of fertile land of farmers and the logic of setting up a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. The former Army Chief, who visited farmers sitting on dharna near the land, …
Amid protests in Fatehabad district over the proposed nuclear power plant in Gorakhpur, the Haryana government has awarded a compensation of around Rs 46 lakh to villagers. Further throwing a ‘bait’ to the farmers to discourage them from approaching the court, the government last week included Rs 4 lakh as …
Compensation amount given to farmers of Gorakhpur village The Haryana Government on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs.46 lakh per acre to farmers whose land would be acquired for setting up a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district. An official spokesman said here that the award was …
Fatehabad: Very few farmers turned up to receive their cheques on the first day today after the authorities announced award to compensate farmers whose land has been acquired for the upcoming nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. Out of over 1,505 acres of land acquired for the project, owners …
Fatehabad: Women wielding lathis stood guard throughout the day on their land as the district authorities initiated a survey of crops, trees, tubewells and other structures on the land acquired for nuclear power plant in Gorakhpur today. Hans Raj Siwach, president of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, was also present with …
The public hearing on the proposed nuclear plant to be set up at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district of Haryana which was held by the district administration along with officials and scientists of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on Tuesday amid unprecedented security in the village remained …
A public hearing for environmental clearance to the proposed Gorakhpur nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district of Haryana came to an abrupt end today when members of the Opposition INLD led by Abhay Singh Chautala stormed the venue to protest acquisition of land for the plant. Kuldeep Bishnoi-led members of …
Gorakhpur N-plant: Compensation for acquired land to be announced today Gorakhpur: Amid protests by farmers and heavy deployment of police force, the much-talked about public hearing for environmental clearance to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for its upcoming project in Gorakhpur ended abruptly today. The meeting, which was …
An open forum convened by the Haryana government at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district, the venue of proposed nuclear plant in the state, ended abruptly on Tuesday after leaders of opposition parties joined the farmers in their protest against the venture. The public hearing, which was expected to continue for …
