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 …
SRINAGAR, July 27: A nine member Pakistani delegation is reaching here tomorrow to visit Baglihar power project which is being built by India on River Chenab in Jammu region. The delegation held a round of talks in Delhi earlier this week. Chief secretary S S Kapur will host lunch for …
Despite a number of breaches in the Narmada main canal over the years, command area ecological concerns are simply not being paid enough attention by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam.
Cabinet decides to seek fresh MoAs on 4 hydel projects SHILLONG: Bowing to prolonged public outcry, the MPA Cabinet on Thursday abrogated two major deals on three power projects that, it said, were inked by the former Congress-led Government with different private firms in violation of the State Power Policy. …
Built on the logic of "development', big dams have wreaked havoc on indigenous communities in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh with regular flooding. By pursuing predatory development the central and state governments are equally culpable of visiting disaster on the region.
Dhananjay Mahapatra TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A day after it won the trust vote, the UPA government on Tuesday acquiesced in the DMK's position in the Sethusamudram case to a question in the Supreme Court about the existence of Ram Sethu by citing the scriptures and Puranas. Unperturbed by …
GANDHINAGAR: Four years after it was launched, the state government has got a "post-feasibility study" of the controversial Sujalam Sufalam project prepared to silence its critics. Prepared jointly by the Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore and Water Resources Engineering and Management Institute (WREMI), Vadodara, it comes even …
A high-power committee to be set up for the same NEW DELHI: The Union Government is evolving out-of-the-box rehabilitation packages for people displaced on account of new hydel projects in the country. This was stated by Union Power Secretary Anil Razdan at the conclusion of a State Power Secretaries' Conference …
Dehra Dun: The Uttarakhand Government on Monday decided to handover 35-year-old hydro power projects to private companies in order to renovate and modernise them.As many as, 19 power projects which are still generating power and four closed ones are being given to private players on a PPP model, Chief Secretary …
Bs Reporter / Mumbai July 22, 2008, 0:12 IST Tata Power Company (TPC) has agreed to pick up a 26 per cent stake in the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) promoted 114 mw hydro electric power project over river Dagachhu through Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC). The project will be …
The farmers of Khairpur Gamboh sub-division of Naseer Canal on Monday threatened to besiege the offices of senior officials of Irrigation Department if water was not released immediately into the channels of their area. Tando Jan Mohammad union council nazim Mir Zafarullah Talpur, former nazim of Digri taluka Kazi Fazlullah …
Despite increased flow in River Indus, several waterways of Sindh are still facing water shortage, leading to protests by farmers in different parts of the province. Growers took out a rally and held a demonstration in Nawabshah on Monday to protest against acute water shortage in Dholu Minor canal. The …
Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza on Monday warned the officials of irrigation department of severe action if they failed to supply water to the tail-end of all the canals of Badin district within a week. The minister said at a meeting with irrigation and revenue officers at Darbar …
PALAKKAD: The technical advisory committee of the Central Water Commission has approved a Rs 30 crore scheme for the extension and modernisation of the Kanhirapuzha irrigation canal. The project had been included under the Prime Ministers' agriculture package for drought-hit areas. The State Government has also accorded the financial concurrence …
- It has been estimated that around Nu 442 billion will be required in funds if Bhutan is to generate around 10,406 MW by 2020. The figure is only an initial estimate, not taking into account inflation over the years. "At the current rate of 8 percent inflation, by using …
The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) will invite tenders in a few months for setting up of a 1450 MW capacity Pumped Storage power generating units across Sharavathi and Kali rivers. The project, which involves pumping back of water used for generating power into reservoirs, aims at setting up a …
The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture on Sunday blamed inefficiency of Irrigation Department officials for persistent water shortage in the province even after enormous increase in water level in the River Indus. The chamber's president Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah said at the chamber's weekly meeting that although the river was flowing to …
Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has called for release of water to the channels, maintaining that due to shortage of water the standing crops are facing destruction. In a meeting, presided over by SCA President Syed Qamar-uz-Zaman Shah here on Sunday, the Chamber called for punitive action against those persons …
Punjab Senior Minister, Raja Riaz Ahmad has said that the third party consultant policy was being introduced in the irrigation department under the reform agenda so that transparency in developmental, financial and administrative matter could be ensured. He said this while inspecting the ongoing development work for the rehabilitation of …
