Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of President Municipal Committee Thathri VS Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir dated 03/12/2024. Joint committee report dated November 25, 2024 has been filed through the Central Pollution Control Board. Project proponents stated that they want to file an objection to …
The pre-implementation agreements (PIAs) signed by the government with independent power producers (IPPs) for execution of 15 hydroelectric projects, awarded recently through global bidding, indicate that generation will commence at the earliest only by 2021, provided all goes well. All successful bidders who were awarded projects with an aggregate capacity …
People in electricity-starved Jammu and Kashmir may have to wait for at least four years for the completion of the second phase of the 900-MW Baglihar hydroelectric project over the Chenab in Chanderkote. The first phase having three turbines of 150-MW each started in 1999 and was commissioned in 2008. …
Pakistan and India on Thursday made no headway to resolve Wullar Barrage dispute as both sides were not ready to change their historical stance, informed sources told Business Recorder. Indian team is led by Water Resources Secretary, Dhruv Vijai Singh, whereas Javed Iqbal, Secretary Water and Power is heading Pakistani …
State Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, today, accepted the report of the Negotiating Committee and gave its nod for the preparation of fresh Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project, whose fate was hanging in balance for the past several decades. The Cabinet …
The work on 690 Mega Watts Ratle Hydroelectric Project in Kishtwar district will begin early next year as the M/s G V K Hydro Electric Project Pvt Ltd, which was allotted the project in tariff based bidding, has geared up the process of seeking clearances from different agencies. Official sources …
Larsen & Toubro will execute the 420-MW Reoli-Dugli hydel project in the Chenab basins, the Himachal Pradesh cabinet decided today, ending a controversy that had seen the government once awarding the contract to L&T; and then cancelling it, and the company moving court. L&T; had been at fourth place in …
JAMMU, Jan 4: Minister for Health, Horticulture & Floriculture, Sham Lal Sharma has directed the officers of Flood Control Department to take effective measures for protecting right bank of river Chenab at Akhnoor from soil erosion due to floods. The Minister was on an extensive tour of all the flood …
Too many hydel projects spell ecodisasterRerouting Water 400 hydel projects in four river basins of Himachal Pradesh could end in environmental disaster 600 more awaiting allotment They could
Jammu: Realising the gravity of the situation, the government has decided to explore the possibility of lifting water from the Chenab as a long-term measure to meet the increasing requirement of potable water in the ever-expanding winter capital. In this regard, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand yesterday issued instructions to …
Jammu: Even as the government claims it has contingency plans ready to overcome water crisis during peak summer days, the state, particularly its dry land (kandi) areas, including the winter capital, may face a real tough time in days to come.
Afzal Khan in Islamabad India and Pakistan on Sunday began a three-day annual meeting of the Indus Water Treaty Commission (IWTC) in Lahore amid Pakistani complaints of treaty violation by India by blocking flow of water from rivers allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Basin Water Treaty of 1960. Top …
Pakistan, for reasons of its own, has decided to raise water as a major new issue with India. This is an ominous development, perhaps the most ominous ever in the troubled history of the relations between the two countries. If the Kashmir issue were to be miraculously resolved tomorrow, water …
This document contains the presentation by Rupal M. Brahmbhatt, A.V. Kulkarni, B.P. Rathore & et al on "Application of Remote sensing and GIS in glacier retreat: A case study of Warwan sub-basin, Chenab basin", presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. North Indian Rivers originating in …
In what is being seen as a larger attempt to erode the credibility of the 50-year-old Indus Water Treaty, a concerned India is baffled by the allegations being levelled from Pakistan over water sharing between the two countries. This sudden upping of the ante has its roots in surveys being …
Jammu: With the Sawalakote hydroelectric project that remained in the news for all wrong reasons, the Sawalakote Consortium today called on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and expressed desire to restart the execution of the project. The controversial Sawalakote project, which was envisaged eight years ago with a target of 1200 …
RIYAZ WANI While Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh believes glacier melting has little to do with climate change, expert Dr Shakeel Ramshoo has rung the alarm bells, saying the Valley
