Reply by way of affidavit by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the matter of Public Action Committee & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/03/2025. The CPCB report was in compliance with the NGT order, November 29, 2024. The matter related to discharge of treated effluent …
Contrary to claims of the Punjab Government, the illegal mining in the Sutlej belt— Moga and Ferozepur districts— still continues reportedly under the ‘patronage’ of Akali leaders. Recently, the Kot-ise-Khan police have arrested Balwinder Singh, a resident of Dharamkot town and Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Rampura, for allegedly indulging …
The tanneries in Kasur in Pakistan, where the world-famous handmade “Kasuri jutti” is made, is spreading pollution across the border in Punjab. The tanneries are dumping tonnes of hazardous chemicals into a Sutlej tributary that flows into India. This is causing serious health problems for the residents of villages in …
This is the first time any river in state will be cleaned The state is all set to initiate ‘Operation Sutlej clean-up’ on the pattern of the Ganga project. This is the first time that any river in the state would be cleaned. The accumulation of silt and sand on …
The sand mafia has now started targeting common village ponds and is not even sparing private lands for illegal excavation of sand. The mafia has been unable to carry out its practice of illegal digging of sand from the shallow bed of the Sutlej river due to the release of …
Water level in the Sutlej has increased to an alarming situation in the Moga district due to heavy rainfall in the catchments areas. People living in the river belt have started a night vigil as a precautionary measure. Water has entered many houses of the Sanghera village and other settlements …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shyam Singh Chauhan Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 12/08/2015 regarding Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) plan to construct a 38 km long tunnel for the Luhri Hydro project in Himachal Pradesh. The Counsel …
Bowing to the pressure from farmers and environmental NGOs, Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited it is learnt to have decided to drop the idea of constructing a 38-km-long tunnel in the much-hyped 775 MW Luhri hydro project. Social activist Manshi Asher said Sutlej Bachao Jan Sangharsh Samiti activists have expressed …
Climate Change: Serious repercussions on hydropower sector, irrigation, drinking water schemes likely After mid-hill areas, the process of climate change has started impacting the higher hills and if the declining trend of snowfall in the catchment of the Sutlej is any indication, it could have serious repercussions on the hydropower …
The mining mafia continues to dig into the Sutlej riverbed here as the authorities concerned have failed to tighten the noose around the culprits. The Tribune team today visited the site at Ramsinghwala and found more than 10 tractor-trailers, not bearing any registration number and being filled by a JCB …
Corp chairman to visit today, HP to get 366.48 million unit power each yr After being plagued by cost overrun and a delay of about five years, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is set to commission the 800-MW Kol Dam, its first hydropower project, on the Sutlej river in …
CM Khattar says Haryana is water deficient and its groundwater level falling Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that water-deficit Haryana alone should not be banked upon for meeting the water needs of Delhi. Other States too should come forward and pitch in with their contribution in this …
A panel of experts appointed by the Himachal Pradesh government has said that popular opposition to large hydel power projects on the Sutlej is being fanned by the establishment’s “indifference” to the problems of the people. The panel has rejected the conclusions of a report prepared earlier for the union …
99 rivers across the country to be developed; Approval soon Sutlej and Beas have been included in the ambitious project in which 99 rivers across the country would be developed as water highways. The Parliament is expected to grant its approval to the project in its Budget session. Announcing this …
There are virtually no takers for the 37 hydropower projects located in the “remote locations” in the five river basins of the Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Yamuna. The reasons: remote location, lack of data and location maps and unviable projects, claim Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The government got just …
People living along the river issued flood warning While landslides at Urni continue to be a nightmare for people of Kinnaur, the formation of an artificial lake on the Sutlej near Chauling in the district has added to the worries of local people. Following landslides during the past few days, …
The Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant (GGSSTP) authorities seem not to care two hoots about the advice of environmentalists or the Punjab Pollution Control Board norms. The sewage from the residential quarters on the plant complex is dumped into the Sutlej through rainwater drains. This is being done despite …
Chandigarh, July 24: The quality of water of the Sutlej is deteriorating at a fast pace as the much-publicised Sutlej Action Plan (SAP) has failed to yield any result, said a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. The water of the river has been degrading by …
Global bids will be invited for the 960-Mega watt (Mw) Jangi-Thopan-Powari hydro-electric project, proposed to be built on the Sutlej in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district. In 2006, the project was allotted to Brakel Corporation, which was challenged in court by other companies. The state cabinet, which met on Monday, gave …
With the Centre allocating Rs 2,037 crore for cleaning the Ganga, residents want the state government to allocate funds for cleaning various rivers in the state, especially the Sutlej. “The Sutlej is being polluted by sewage and industrial effluents flowing into it. However, no concrete step has been taken to …
