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 …
Shimla: Fruit growers are a happy lot as the apple belt in the Shimla region recorded the heaviest snowfall in January in the past six years, raising hopes of a good crop. However, power generation in the state plunged to the lowest level as the discharge in rivers and streams …
A large quantity of silt that makes its way into the 10,000-hectare Gobind Sagar, the country’s largest fishing pond, every year has spelt doom for fish breeding grounds over of the years. The fish production in the reservoir has nosedived by nearly 50 per cent in the past five years. …
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has decided to take legal action against two municipal committees (MCs) for allegedly failing to prevent sewage water from flowing into rivers and has directed two other civic bodies to stop all other work and focus on building sewage treatment plants immediately. The pollution …
The research group at Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh did studies related to presence of uranium in drinking water from the Malwa belt. The analysis technique used is Energy dispersive X-ray Fluorescence, which is capable of detecting many elements simultaneously. The detection method is further improved by analyzing the residue …
As many as 7,500 trees will be axed to pave the way for the 775 MW Luhri Hydroelectric Project being constructed by the public sector Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam on the Sutlej near Nirath downstream Rampur. In all, 271 hectares of forest land, including 89 hectares for underground works, will …
Multiple high tension power transmission lines passing through some of the state’s eco-sensitive zones, involving felling of trees, and criss-crossing mountain valleys in Himachal Pradesh, could finally give way to separate “power corridors” for each river basin. An expert team set up by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Power …
Raids conducted by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on 68 electroplating industries in Jalandhar and Ludhiana have found 42 of them flouting norms that make it mandatory for industries to ensure waste is treated at the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in Ludhiana. PPCB Chairman K S Pannu said …
There is an enormous potential for exploiting hydroelectric power in Himachal Pradesh, but implementation needs political and administrative support NATURE has compensated hill states with vast hydropower potential in lieu of the sound agricultural system that is available in the plains. If Arabs have oil, Himalayan states in India have …
A river regulation zone (RRZ) notification should be top priority for the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to stop annual flooding of rivers in the sub-continent. Manoj Misra, convenor of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, has written to environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan highlighting the devastating floods in Mahanadi river system …
Forest Dept seeks compensation from NTPC Shimla: The Forest Department has sought adequate compensation from the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), executing the 800 MW Kol Dam project, to rejuvenate the prime habitat of the “cheer pheasant” which is likely to be submerged under the dam water in Bilaspur. About …
Growing concerns about China’s plans to divert waters of the Brahmaputra in Tibet has prompted a Parliamentary panel to seek from the government complete data of major river systems in the country for the past 10 years. In a report submitted to Parliament on Tuesday, the Standing Committee on Water …
SHIMLA: State-run power utility Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has declared a dividend of Rs 330.93 crore for the 2010-11 financial year. The dividend was approved by the company's shareholders at its 23rd Annual General Meeting held here yesterday, SJVN Chairman and Managing Director R P Singh told reporters. The …
Standing crops over 10,000 acres and more than 20 villages were affected by a medium flood as the level of water released by India in the Sutlej rose to 88,0000 cusecs on Wednesday. The situation in Hakowla, Bhakhiwind, Chanda Singhwala, Mahiwala, Mustayki and Kalanger villages is alarming but people are …
Mandi/Purlog: Villagers from 11 gram panchayats in Mandi district, under the banner of the Satluj Bacho Jan Kalyan Samiti, today lodged their objections before a panel headed by the Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, during a public hearing and said no to the 38-km-long twin tunnels of the 775 MW Luhri power …
The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board will hold a public hearing in regard to the 750 MW-Luhri hydro power project — coming up on the Satluj river — in Mandi district’s Parlog on August 9. Earlier, the Board did not hold a public hearing scheduled for May 5 due to …
Hussainiwala : Hundreds of cusecs of water are being pushed to Pakistan from this barrage, located at a few yards from the Radcliffe Line demarcating the Indo-Pak border, by the state Irrigation and Drainage Department authorities to maintain the level of the Hussainiwala pond. Official sources said that about 1,800 …
The Bist Doab canal, which has the capacity of irrigating over 4.50 lakh acres of agricultural land of Doaba region, is being under-utilised by nearly one-sixth of its capacity forcing the farmers to increasingly depend on underground water. The canal and its distributaries have got choked due to poor maintenance …
Karcham (Himachal Pradesh): Touted as nation's biggest hydropower project in the private sector, Karcham Wangtoo hydro-electric project in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur disrict has started generation at one of its unit ahead of schedule and the remaining three units are expected to start operations by mid-August. The 1000-MW project has been …
Jaiprakash Associates-promoted 1,000-MW Karcham Wangtoo hydel power project in Himachal Pradesh will be fully operational from August 16, three months ahead of schedule, managing director DP Goyal said. The first 250-MW unit of the Karcham Wangtoo project had commenced operations in May this year, he said. The hydel project is …
