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 …
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal hardened his stand on the Rs 3,300 crore Renuka dam on Monday, asserting that Himachal Pradesh would not sacrifice its forests and damage its mountains to implement the project on its soil, which is meant to supply drinking water to Delhi.
SHIMLA, 18 OCT: The Rs 3,000 crore Renuka Dam project hanging fire for the last two decades has received a fresh set-back. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has turned down the request for using about 775 hectares of forest land and felling of 1.5 lakh trees for its …
Himachal* Renuka dam, Tidong hydel plant, cement units among projects awaiting environment clearance The Renuka dam is the latest in a series of projects in Himachal Pradesh that have been either scrapped or delayed due to environmental concerns. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) rejected the state government
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has rejected the proposal of the Himachal government to use 775 hectares of forestland for the Renuka Dam project in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The project was categorised as one of national importance. Once completed, it was supposed to provide 275 million …
Ravish Tiwari While the severe rainfall deficit in the upper Yamuna basin last year has been handsomely compensated this year, it has come with a rider of its own. The normal rainfall in the basin has brought with it flood threats ahead of the Commonwealth Games in the capital and …
Maintaining that there was no justification for harnessing water sources from far-off places like Himachal Pradesh to cater to the needs of the national capital, prominent social activists, environmentalists and intellectuals of Delhi have urged Chief Minister Sheila Dixit to withdraw from the Renuka Dam project. In an open letter …
SYED ASIM ALI NEW DELHI The construction of the Renuka Dam, which is expected to be a major source of drinking water in the city, is likely to take at least five more years. And even then, the city will receive 15 percent less water from its allocated quota as …
May 14: Amidst reports of protests at the proposed Renuka dam, Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta will be leaving for Himachal Pradesh to hold talks to resolve the issue. The Delhi government is funding the construction of the Renuka dam to ensure that the capital gets enough potable water to …
Dam Will Supply Delhi With 275 MGD Daily New Delhi: The Renuka Dam project that is expected to supply Delhi with 275 million gallons per day of water has been held up once again, this time due to lack of forest clearance. The project, that got the environment clearance last …
Raising serious doubts over techno-economic feasibility of the Renuka Dam and pointing out glaring infirmities in its environment impact assessment (EIA), the report of the People
The key purpose of this document is to provide an assessment of impacts of Renuka dam from the point of view of those to be affected and analyze the issues in the frame-work of community rights, resource ownership, use and distribution. The role of the state and its policies in …
Conservation, metering, end-use languish under deficit-ridden Board. Delhi gets more water than Paris, according to a report of the Planning Commission. If the national average water supply for cities is 140 litres per capita, Delhiites guzzle 240 litres per capita. But in certain parts of Delhi, like the south, and …
Siwani (Bhiwani): Each drop of water should be cherished as national property so that every citizen could get clean drinking water besides adequate proportion for irrigation. The Haryana government has been working for equal distribution of available water just on these lines. It is formulating a scheme to prepare such …
Shimla: The state government will consider granting 50 per cent subsidy to farmers to encourage organic farming in the hill state. Stating this while formally inaugurating Renuka Fair on Wednesday Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the government had submitted a Rs 270 crore organic farming project for funding to …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Irrigation Minister Ajay Singh Yadav has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct the Union Water Resources Ministry to speed up construction of the Renuka dam. In a demi-official letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. Yadav said that the Haryana Government was ready to deposit Rs.100 crore as …
Environment impact assessment and other screening processes have evolved into methods of rubber stamping all proposals, both good and bad. The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, met people in 32 villages of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh last year and asked …
The city of Delhi gets a lot of rain every year, more than sufficient for its needs, but it does not use that rainwater. The city gets huge quantity of water from dams and rivers from long distances, equal to one of the highest quantity of water in the nation …
