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 …
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 …
water feud: Acting on a petition against the Kalasa-Bhandura diversion project, the Karnataka high court has issued show cause notice to the state government and the Union ministry of environment and forests. The project will divert 7,560 million cubic metres of water from river Mandovi to river Malaprabha and displace …
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun March 30, 2009, 0:49 IST The recession seems to have cast its shadow over the hydel sector with a consortium backtracking after winning the contract for building four hydel projects in the Nayar Valley of Uttarakhand. WWI-RRE, the consortium of RR Energy and …
March 27: A dam burst its banks ' near ' the Indonesian capital '` Jakarta early on Friday, drowning 52 people in a deadly torrent of muddy water that flooded hundreds of homes, health ministry officials said. Dozens of others were '' missing after the dam burst overnight while people …
Water in all major reservoirs of the country is still at dead level despite heavy showers across the country in the last few days. Sources in the Ministry of Water and Power told Daily Times that water level in Tarbela Dam was recorded at its dead level of 1,369.47 foot …
Gandhinagar: The Congress on Wednesday released a politically explosive internal government note of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), which says that for four long years, 2003 to 2008, the Gujarat government failed to provide Narmada water to its farmers despite huge quantity of water available for use. The …
Asia development Banks (ADB) Country Environment Analysis disclosed that freshwater flows in Pakistan rivers have been substantially reduced by water diversion for agricultural irrigation in recent decades. Canal irrigation, due to low levels of efficiency has resulted in salinisation, thus adversely affecting crop yields. According to report, an excessive and …
With submergence threat at their doorsteps, aggrieved residents of Pul Doda and its adjoining areas in district Doda are at the mercy of the callous officials of various departments dealing with the distribution of adequate compensation for their proper rehabilitation and resettlement. Despite high court directions proper distribution of compensation …
Huge funds of Rs 56 billion have been earmarked for disbursement as compensation among the victims of the under-construction gigantic project of raising the country second biggest Mangla dam. Out of allocated funds, over Rs 36 billion have been disbursed among the victims of the Mangla dam raising project as …
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. …
DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD March 13: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday stayed further proceedings of the CID against the alleged irregularities in Kuppam irrigation project. Mr Ahobala Rao, one of the officers in selecting the BHC Agro (India) Private Limited as consultant for taking up a pilot project for …
TAMLUK, March 10: In a development that could yet grow to more alarming proportions, indiscriminate pumping of water by various means has taken a toll on the groundwater level in the coastal areas of Midnapore East district. The situation in blocks like Moyna, Patashpur-I and II, Bhagawanpur-I and II, Khejuri, …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: In a decision with far-reaching political implications, the Gujarat government has suddenly doubled the release of water from the Narmada dam into the 458-kilometres-long main canal, starting at Kevadia Colony and ending at Rajasthan. Sachivalaya sources said if till now the canal was receiving a …
India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan have planned a total of 552 hydropower projects in Himalayan region, of which some have already been built and some are under construction, that may have far-reaching impacts on downstream Bangladesh, informed sources said. Himalayan region is the centre point from where scores of small …
Officials worried whether hydel power can pull through summer Bangalore, DH News Service: Hardly a week after implementing the Government Order to increase the hydel power generation to resolve the state
