As reported from time to time about the threats posed by erosion caused by Barak river across the valley to human habitations, road communication and agriculture, no action or plan for protection is taken up by the Water Resource Department concerned. Rather, the magnitude and dimension of erosions continue to …
As reported from time to time about the threats posed by erosion caused by Barak river across the valley to human habitations, road communication and agriculture, no action or plan for protection is taken up by the Water Resource Department concerned. Rather, the magnitude and dimension of erosions continue to …
SILCHAR: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) has asked the people of Barak Valley to oppose the proposed multi-crore Tipaimukh hydroelectric project located at the confluence of the Barak and Tuivai rivers in Manipur, claiming it would do more harm than good to the area and its people. "The proposed 1,500-MW …
The members of four different organizations named Youth Against Social Evils, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Sara Bharat Krishak Sabha and Sara Assam Nirman Shramik Union along with the inhabitants of Manikpur GP under Borkhola constituency staged a protest demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner …
According to the Silchar Pollution Control Board, the noise pollution level in the town during this year’s Durga Puja was recorded to be the lowest in recent times. While talking to The Sentinel, Jayanta Kumar Das, Assistant Executive Engineer of the Pollution Control Board, Silchar, said that this time during …
Extreme weather events ‐ Rainfall - a presentation by R. Krishnan at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.
Aizawl: People in Mizoram to be affected by the controversial Tipaimukh Dam have written to the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) to desist from giving forest clearance as the committee is scheduled to sit on the matter on August 13 and 14. The 1500 MW hydro project, to be built on …
The environment ministry will consider clearing a 300 sq km of forests for projects in the next meeting of its forest advisory committee (FAC), the statutory body which appraises projects that require forest land. The proposals before the FAC include the controversial Tipaimukh hydroelectric dam which alone will require submergence …
The Indian government has formed a special committee for forest department’s clearance for construction of the controversial Tipaimukh dam in the northeast state of Monipur close to Bangladesh border, BBC Bangla radio reported yesterday. India has come up with this new move although the joint committee formed to ascertain the …
A controversial hydroelectric project in the northeast may run into rough weather with the Environment Ministry hesitant to grant green clearance to the project which involves cutting 78 lakh trees and 27,000 bamboo columns. The construction of the proposed 1500 MW Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project (HEP) downstream of the confluence …
A controversial hydroelectric project in the northeast may run into rough weather with the environment ministry hesitant to grant green clearance to the project which involves cutting 78 lakh trees and 27,000 bamboo columns. The construction of the proposed 1500 MW Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project (HEP) downstream of the confluence …
In contrast to China's unilateral move to construct dams on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, India has taken a different route with respect to dams on rivers it shares with Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh have identified several projects including the controversial Tipaimukh hydel project in which Dhaka could have …
In contrast to China’s unilateral move to construct dams on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, India has taken a different route with respect to dams on rivers it shares with Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh have identified several projects including the controversial Tipaimukh hydel project in which Dhaka could have …
SILCHAR: Hundreds of bighas of Agricultural land and large areas of human settlements are being continuously washed away due to erosion of river Barak across Cachar. Despite people’s outcry and representations to the authorities concerned, no action plan has been initiated for protective measures. In fact, this is not a …
SILCHAR : A campaign by lovers of nature and environmentalists has been launched to save Barak and its biodiversity due to the clandestine and often open harmful activities of poachers on the upper reaches of the river that originates from Nagaland and after meandering through Manipur comes down to the …
SILCHAR: Barak is the main river among not less than 11 of its tributaries that meander through the length and breadth of Barak Valley after emerging from the hills of Dima Hasao, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura. Barak, the lifeline, has been identified as becoming increasingly polluted due to several factors. …
- 100KW capacity plant will soon come up on the campus, biogas unit also on the cards. Silchar: The National Institute of Technology, Silchar, will soon start work on producing clean solar energy to meet its energy needs. The institute was converted into an NIT from its earlier incarnation, the …
GUWAHATI, Sept 23 – Two more districts have been affected by the current wave of floods raising the number of flood-hit districts to 16 and that of the flood-hit revenue circles to 55. Over 10 lakh people in 1,604 villages are reeling under floodwaters. According to the official flood bulletin …
The Citizens Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD) has expressed its concern with the formation of a sub-group between the governments of India and Bangladesh for conducting joint surveys to assess the issues of Tipaimukh Dam and to facilitate an early construction of the proposed 1500 MW mega dam over …
India yesterday handed over a copy of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Tipaimukh Hydropower Project to Bangladesh as the two countries finalised the Terms of Reference for a joint study on the dam's impact. At the end of a two-day meeting of the Indo-Bangladesh joint subgroup on the proposed …
The first meeting of Bangladesh-India joint sub-group on the proposed Tipaimukh Hydro-Electric Project will be held in New Delhi on Monday, aiming to formulate terms of reference (ToR) for studying the impacts of the much-debated project. An 11-member Bangladesh delegation, led by Joint River Commission member Mir Sajjad Hossain, will …
