SHIMLA: Green activists have started opposing the construction of dams along the Yamuna basin. They claimed that cumulative geological impacts of three huge impoundments – Tehri, Kishau and Renuka Dam in almost parallel valleys of a Himalayan region – adjacent to one another are not even being considered. Recently in …
SHIMLA: Green activists have started opposing the construction of dams along the Yamuna basin. They claimed that cumulative geological impacts of three huge impoundments – Tehri, Kishau and Renuka Dam in almost parallel valleys of a Himalayan region – adjacent to one another are not even being considered. Recently in …
Will release more funds for the project after Niti Aayog grants its approval After hanging fire for 22 years, the 175-m-high Renukaji Dam has finally set to see the light of day as the Ministry of Water Resources has released Rs 446. 96 crore to Himachal that will enable HP …
Recommends early implementation of relief, rehabilitation plan Paucity of funds for acquiring land for settling the displaced families is the biggest hurdle that is coming in the way of effective and speedy implementation of the relief and rehabilitation plan for the families facing displacement due to the coming up of …
An eight-member team of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), headed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests SP Vasudeva, today took stock of the rehabilitation plan and environmental mitigation measures related to the proposed Rs 5,242-crore Renuka Dam. Sources said the team stressed the rehabilitation plan should ensure all families, which …
While dismissing applications challenging land acquisition proceedings for the Renuka dam project, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday formed a committee to specifically report whether there is a complete and comprehensive resettlement and rehabilitation policy in place. In its detailed judgment, NGT bench headed by its chairperson Justice Swatanter …
The national capital’s water woes may soon come to an end with the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday giving its nod to the 40 MW Renuka hydro-power project in Himachal Pradesh and refusing to quash the environmental clearance granted to it. The green panel also declined to stall the land …
The execution of Renuka Dam project in Sirmaur district to quench the thirst of Delhi, already delayed by over a decade, is now facing another hurdle. Chulli Dadahu panchayat, about two kilometres from Renukaji, has refused to give no-objection certificate to the project, arguing that blasting for tunnels and other …
Shimla, May 20: As the Modi government has pushed 175-m-high Renukaji Dam that will supply 23 cumecs water to Delhi in deep freeze, the state government has sought Rs 1,981.35 crore assistance to start work on the project or it will cancel the land awards given to the project-affected villages, …
Expert panel okays it without land demarcation or settling of tribal rights; also clears Rs 2,000-cr Kundaliya irrigation scheme in MP The long-pending Renuka Dam project has got approval from the forest advisory committee (FAC) of the Union ministry for environment, forests and climate change. This has been done without …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Durga Ram Sharma Vs MoEF and Others dated 06/08/2013 regarding forest clearance for Renuka Dam, Himachal Pradesh.
New Delhi: Against a demand of 1,025 million gallons per day of water, Delhi is getting only 818mgd of treated water. By 2021, the demand is expected to touch 1,216mgd. Over Rs 600 crore has been spent for augmenting water supply but none of the projects has come through. The …
Keeping in sight the pivotal role of water and power in an election year, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit presenting the Delhi budget in the State Assembly on Wednesday promised an augmented power and water supply. She announced that her government will pursue the release of the additional 80 MGD of …
Environment minister caught between India Inc pushing for green nods and environmentalists accusing her of not doing enough to save India’s forests It probably wasn’t only in jest that a few months ago Jayanthi Natarajan likened herself to a mridangam, a percussion instrument that can be played from both sides. …
Touted as the panacea for Delhi's drinking water problem, this dam can only be constructed by breaking a host of forest and environmental laws and riding roughshod over the livelihoods of farmers in about 30 villages of Himachal Pradesh.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has cleared the ambitious `3,600 crore Renuka Dam project to be constructed on a tributary of the Yamuna river in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The Renuka dam has been in the eye of a storm because water activists are opposed to water being supplied …
Wants 3 Projects In Uttarakhand, Himachal To Be Expedited New Delhi: After the summer's severe water crisis and an angry exchange between Haryana and Delhi, the capital's future water needs got a boost with three important projects -- Renuka in Himachal Pradesh, Lakhwad in Uttarakhand and Kisau, a Himachal-Uttarakhand joint …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has written to Union Water Resources Minister P. K. Bansal to fast track the Renuka Dam project. The Chief Minister has expressed concern that further stalling of the project will jeopardise the city's water security. The dam has been proposed on the Giri River in Himachal …
When the Union environment ministry gave the GMR Group its go-ahead to the Alaknanda hydroelectric project in Uttarakhand three weeks ago, it invited suspicion from non-profit organisations about a possible underhand deal. For, the project was approved despite a recommendation against it by none other than a statutory body, the …
The Kaushalya Dam being constructed on Ghaggar river in Panchkula at a cost of Rs 217 crore will soon be made functional. Work on the project started in 2008 and it was to become operational by August 2010. The delay in construction has led to escalation of cost in project. …
After Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath slammed Delhi’s Master Plan-2021 as disconnected from ground realities and in need for revision, officials behind the Water Master Plan for Delhi-2021 are in a quandary over issues like adequate water supply and population density in the coming years. “If the MPD-21 is …
