Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Vs Union of India dated 09/11/2023. The grievance raised by the Applicant is that National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has failed to take action for construction of landslide protection gallery, slope protection work and river …
After the public feuding over Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is at the centre of another policy dispute with ministries of road transport and commerce for holding up critical development and industrial projects. Among the projects held up for clearance is a highway construction through Pench tiger reserve, part …
C. K. Chandramohan Two hydroelectric projects on Bhagirathi river called off Chief Minister asks Centre to give free power to the State as compensation DEHRA DUN: The Centre's decision to scrap the 381-MW Bhaironghati and 480-MW Pala- Maneri hydroelectric projects coming up on the Bhagirathi in district Uttarkashi in order …
New Delhi: There would be no water in large stretches of the famed Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river beds if the Uttarakhand government goes ahead with its plan to build 53 power projects on these two rivers which join at Dev Prayag to form the Ganga, the Comptroller and Auditor General …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests today scrapped two proposed hydel projects on the river Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand and suspended work on another mega project in the state.
The Farakka Barrage Project on river Ganga, commissioned in the year 1975, mainly for diversion of 1135 cumec flow of water from river Ganga to river Hoogly through Bhagirathi, for the preservation of Kolkata Port. River Ganga due to its meandering nature is causing bank erosion problems not only in …
Free flow for Bhagirathi as govt shelves 2 dams in upper reaches Religious, Green Concerns May Shut Third Project Too New Delhi: Bhagirathi, one of the key tributaries of the Ganga, will now flow untamed and unchecked through the year for at least part of its stretch. In a decision …
Expert committee report on environmental clearance to Loharinag Pala HEP Project on Bhagirathi submitted to MoEF recently. Has recommended cancellation of the project & called for decommissioning of existing dams on the river within reasonable timeframe. This document provides the report of the committee to ascertain the status of environmental …
The meeting of the National Ganga River Valley Authority (NGRVA) presided over by the Prime Minister in Delhi which was held in October 2009 did not result in any discussion or decision being made regarding the hydro-electricity projects in the Bhagirathi valley which have been in limbo since being stopped …
A high power committee of the Union Government arrived in Uttarkashi in order to ascertain the possibilities for the Loharinag Pala and Pala Maneri hydro electricity projects in the Bhagirathi valley. According to information provided by local sources, the high power committee of the Central Government has attempted to gauge …
M Madhusudan | New Delhi As many as eight environmentalists on Monday put urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to scrap the three hydel power projects on the river Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand. But one of their opponents, a Padma Shri recipient, reiterated his resolve to return his award if the projects …
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun September 21, 2009, 0:11 IST Hopes of revival of the controversial hydel projects on the Bhagirathi have rekindled after the Centre convened the first meeting of the Ganga River Basin Authority (GRBA) in New Delhi on October 5, which has been entrusted with …
Gaumukh is the snout of the Gangotri glacier located at an altitude of 4000 m in the Himalayas from where the snow and glacier-fed Bhagirathi River emerges. Snow, ice, river discharge and rainfall samples were collected for stable isotope (? 18O) analysis along with other hydrometeorological data during the ablation …
MoEF penalized for not appointing appellate authority It is the forum for redressing grievances of people affected by environmental clearances, given by the government, to dams, infrastructure projects, mines and industrial activities. But a visit to the office of the National Environment Appellate Authority (neaa) at Bhikaji Cama Place, Delhi, …
Loharinag Pala power project resumes after it was suspended THE Uttarakhand high court has ordered construction work be resumed at the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project on the Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi. The order came after environmentalist G D Agarwal succeeded in stalling the 600 megawatt project by going on an indefinite …
Government promises stopping work on dam in Uttarkashi ENVIRONMENTALIST G D Agarwal has managed to stall the controversial Loharinag Pala power project coming up speedily on the Bhagirathi, a tributary of the Ganga. On February 20, the Ministry of Power assured him work on the dam would be suspended immediately. …
The Bhagirathi is made to run through a tunnel in Uttarkashi, evoking strong protests from environmentalists. IT is 6 p.m. A couple of Hindu priests and a few men and women wait at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Bhagirathi, as the Ganga is known in the pilgrim …
New Delhi: Constructed at a cost of Rs 26.59 crore, the Delhi Jal Board on Monday commissioned its first waste water recycling plant in Haiderpur. The Haiderpur water treatment plant (WTP), which has an average production capacity of 200 million gallons per day (MGD), will now be able to supply …
