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 …
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) today said its joint venture agreement with Delhi-based Sainik Mining and Allied Services Ltd (SMASL) has been cancelled. The JV between OMC and SMASL was signed in 2003 to develop Utkal-D coal block having a reserve of 145 MT in Angul district. It had been …
Power generation at National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) 3,000 MW Kaniha plant, the country’s second biggest power plant, has drastically gone down in September due to coal crunch. According to NTPC sources, a 500 MW unit has been shut down since the beginning of this month for want of coal. …
Power generation in the 3,000 MW NTPC-Kaniha has been drastically curtailed this month due to coal shortage. According to NTPC official sources, the authorities facing coal crisis have shut down one 500 MW unit from the beginning of this month, while another 500 MW unit which was closed for similar …
The Centre-sponsored rural tourism projects in the State are moving at a slow pace. The Ministry of Tourism had started these projects in 2007 not only to promote rural tourism but also provide opportunities to rural populace to improve their socio-economic condition. In Odisha, the ministry had identified eight villages …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is investigating a complaint that Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has sunk almost 400 borewells to source water for its mega steel and power plant in Angul, Odisha, instead of drawing water from the Brahmani river, as stipulated in its environment clearance. …
Probing into coal block allocations between 2006 and 2009, the CBI is examining the case of Jindal Photo Limited. The company, which claims to be part of the B C Jindal group, was allocated coal block in January 2008. It was set up in 1986, and primarily deals with the …
ANGUL: Even as the country is in the grip of the coalgate fever, India’s second largest power plant at Kaniha has shut down a 500-MW unit due to coal shortage. The power generation at the plant which normally stands at 3,000 MW a day has plummeted to anything between 1,300 …
Odisha and Kerala are set to tie up for setting up a 1,000 MW pit-head coal-fired power plant close to the Baitarani west coal block under Talcher coalfields in Angul district. The power project is estimated to cost Rs 4,500 - Rs 5000 crore. The Baitarani west coal block with …
Steelmaker will use the loan for a 2-mt, coal-to-gas direct reduced iron plant near Angul. Unfazed by its failure in Bolivia where it has threatened to walk out of a large steel project due to differences with the Bolivian government, Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel & Power has raised . 3,500 …
ANGUL: In a bid to curb frequent strikes in Talcher coalfields, the State Government on Sunday invoked Orissa Essential Service (Maintenance) Act (OESMA) in the coalfield area for six months. Lawlessness has been one of the factors that hampered production in major Talcher coalfields of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL). However, …
Two of NTPC Ltd’s operating units — Talcher Thermal Power Station and Talcher Super Thermal Power Station — were ranked among the 25 best power stations in the country. The ranking was done in terms of plant load factor (PLF) for the April-June quarter of the first fiscal. Both the …
ANGUL: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, often accused of low supply of coal, is now facing problems in stocking coal which is accumulating at its railway sidings in Talcher Coalfields. The stock at the sidings at Talcher has gone up from 3.22 lakh tonnes on June 1 to 5.07 lakh tonnes on …
ANGUL: The affected villagers of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) have threatened economic blockade protesting delay in convening of the Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) meeting. The agitators hailing from 40 affected villages of JSPL assembled at the collectorate on Wednesday. They staged a demonstration and burnt …
ANGUL: Protesting the midnight arrest of 11 anti-JR Power Plant leaders, hundreds of locals under the banner of Jiban Jibika Krusijami Suraksha Samiti laid siege to Kishorenagar Police Station in Athamallick sub-division on Friday. They demanded immediate release of those arrested while police forwarded the latter to court early in …
GMDC has put on hold its plans to set up indigenous coal-based thermal power plants with an estimated investment of Rs 20,000 crore to generate 4,000 MW. Uncertainties over the coal blocks allocated to the state PSU appears to be a key reason for the decision. Five years ago, the …
ANGUL: Cracking the whip, the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has imposed a fine of Rs 54,000 on Bhusan Steel Limited in Dhenkanal district for dumping its slurry in an open ground near a village. Official sources said during an earlier inspection at the plant, it was found that …
Alstom Projects India Ltd has bagged two contracts for over Rs 84 crore. While one order is from Nalco to supply a fume treatment plant for its Angul plant, the other is from RINL to supply a stock house dust extraction system for its Vizag steel plant.
Bhubaneswar: As many as 36 ancillary industries and 19 downstream units were expected to come up with the commissioning of Posco's 12 mtpa steel plant near Paradip, steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty informed the State Assembly here on Tuesday. Replying to a question, the minister said that the ancillary …
The Government has approved three highway projects in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Orissa that entail an investment of Rs 3,412 crore, under the National Highways Development Project. The projects include Rs 1,114.27 crore scheme in Rajasthan, Rs 828 crore contract in Tamil Nadu and Rs 1,469.90 crore in Orissa. “The …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has asked some of the Central public sector undertakings (PSUs) to develop waste water treatment facilities as they were discharging their effluents into major rivers. Forest and Environment Minister Debiprasad Mishra informed the Assembly while replying to a question on Tuesday. “The SPCB has already served …
