Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Coming down heavily on the Kerala government for taking up a feasibility study for the construction of a new dam at Mullaperiyar, the opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Monday urged the central government to immediately step in and halt the process as it violates a Supreme Court order. The …
In a country where availability of water is a cause for concern, the low use-efficiency of limited natural resource for purposes such as irrigation and drinking may come as a shocker to many. What is worse is the fact that a water-use efficiency study of 28 major and medium irrigation …
Chinese ecologists have called for a halt in construction of dams, including one claimed to be the world’s biggest, in Tibet close to Arunachal Pradesh, citing adverse impact of hydropower stations over the potential habitat of newly discovered species of a macaque in the area, reports PTI. “Construction of hydropower …
Four Amazonian tribes have joined forces to oppose the construction of hydroelectric dams in their territory as the Brazilian government ramps up efforts to exploit the power of rivers in the world’s biggest forest. The Munduruku, Apiaká, Kayabi and Rikbaktsa released a joint statement on Thursday demanding the halt of …
A study conducted by the Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan (CBA), a non-government organisation (NGO), revealed many flaws in the execution of Kanhar dam project that was revived after some four decades.The project would be coming up in the pocket straddling between Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on Kanhar River, which is a …
A surge in hydroelectric power could displace the iconic region’s indigenous peoples and resources. When Asháninka Indian leader Ruth Buendía realized that a hydroelectric dam on the Amazon's Ene River would displace thousands of her people, she vowed to fight it. The project, she argued, would bring more hardship to …
Addis Ababa — A United Nations mission is due to take place this month to assess the impact of Ethiopia's massive Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project on the Omo River which feeds Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, lying mostly in northwest Kenya with its northern tip extending …
BILASPUR: Residents of many villages in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, besides UP, have been protesting against Kanhar dam being built in Amwar village of Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district of UP. It borders with Chhattisgarh and villages in vicinity are under fear of being submerged. On Tuesday, a large crowd of …
Kanhar Protests. Photo courtesy of vindhyabachao.org Police fired on anti land acquisition protesters at Kanhar dam early morning today when nation celebrates 124th birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ambedkar popularly known as popularly known as Babasaheb. The tribal leader Akku Kharwar from Sundari village and around 8 people have been grivieously …
BEIJING — The Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection has issued an order preventing dam-building on a stretch of the upper Yangtze River, which will result in the scrapping of a proposed hydroelectric dam near the western metropolis of Chongqing that had been opposed for years by environmentalists. The Xiaonanhai Dam …
(Reuters) - China's environment ministry has refused approval for a hydropower dam on an ecologically vulnerable river already damaged by construction, a rare setback for the country's extensive dam-building program. While the 1,000-megawatt Xiaonanhai project appears scrapped, experts said China's overall plan for dams was on course given pressure to …
Khartoum – The meeting of the water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan began yesterday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with the aim of adopting an advisory office to conduct studies on the Renaissance Dam being built by Ethiopia on the River Nile. A consultant office of two global …
The Chhattisgarh Government is trying to bring about a sort of mini green revolution around State’s industrial hub Korba by focussing on micro irrigation projects. The Government has approved construction of three irrigation anicuts at a cost of Rs10.48 crore for irrigating 565 hectares of land. The anicuts would be …
The summer of 2015 is going to be tough for farmers who are finding it difficult to get water to irrigate their land. As the monsoon was erratic and inconsistent, not enough water was stored in the state reservoirs, which are now fast drying up. This has resulted in less …
A planned mega-dam in Guatemala, whose carbon credits will be tradable under the EU’s emissions trading system, has been linked to grave human rights abuses, including the killing of six indigenous people, two of them children. Several European development banks and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) have provided …
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed a declaration of principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Monday in a meeting of the trio's top leadership in Sudanese capital Khartoum. In a ceremony aired on live television, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam …
A phenomenal Rs 43,600 crore have already been spent on the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project, the state government informed the Gujarat Assembly on Monday. “Till July 2014, a total of Rs 43,633.75 crore have been spent on the Narmada project,” the government stated in a written reply to a question …
Khartoum - President Abdul Fatah el- Sisi of Egypt and Prime Minister Haile Desalgn of Ethiopia are set to arrive in Khartoum today for the signing of the Renaissance Dam historic accord between the Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, slated for March 23. Mutaz Musa, Chairman of the Ministerial Board for …
Hyderabad: The Telangana state government is preparing for a showdown with the Andhra Pradesh government over the Polavaram and Pattiseema projects in AP. The state government has decided to strongly oppose the AP government’s move to raise the height of the Polavaram project and construction of the Pattiseema project without …
The issue of Polavaram - a multi - purpose irrigation project being set up on the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh and spread across adjoining States - today rocked the Chhattisgarh Assembly, where the Congress members staged a walkout. The main Opposition party MLAs walked out of the House to …
