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 …
Out of the estimated hydro power potential of 20000 MW in Himachal Pradesh, projects to the tune of about 6370 MW are under operation, 5744 MW are under execution allotted for execution during 11th plan, 5615 MW are allotted/under process of allotment and expected to yield benefit during 12th plan …
The 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Project was planned on the basis of survey of India Topo sheets of scale of 1:50,000. The survey of the project area and various project components was got done on a scale of 1: 10,000 for the preparation of DPR drawings. Further survey as …
During July 1986, hydrological studies were carried out in consultation with Central Water Commission (CWC) to estimate the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) based on snowmelt flood peak and the Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) in the catchment area of the Nathpa dam.
A turbine with the capacity of generating 16 MW electricity here at Kulekhani II Hydro Electric Project has resumed operation since Friday. The turbine was badly damaged one year ago. A technical team comprising 10 Japanese and 15 Nepalis had been working on the turbine for the past four months. …
The main objective of the study is to assess the environmental impacts due to the proposed Kelo project on land, water, Flora & Fauna, public Health; Climate and socio-economic conditions. Also, the study evolves a suitable environment management plan for minimizing/ eliminating the negative impacts likely to occur due to …
Madhya Pradesh's main opposition Congress today arraigned the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Bharatiya Janata Party regime in the Assembly for its failure to create a sufficient irrigation network. Participating in a debate on budgetary demands of the Water Resources Department, senior Congress member Harvansh Singh questioned the propriety of placing ''corrupt'' …
A new variety of high yield green gram has been produced by the Agriculture Research Station at Maha iluppallama in Anuradhapura. This is known as M.I. 06 green gram. It gives a bumper harvest of 1,500 kilogrammes when one hectare is brought under green gram cultivation within 55 days. The …
This book is a synthesis of strategies and best practices adopted by various countries in irrigation management transfer. It identifies key concerns such as water user associations' structure and functions, financial mobilization and constraints, repair and maintenance of physical structures, operation of canal systems, capacity building and monitoring mechanisms. It …
For 15 days in January, hundreds of men, women and children marched across river valleys of India's Uttarakhand state to raise awareness about government plans to build dams. The government intends to build 220 large, medium and small dams in the upper reaches of the Ganges River basin.
India's ugliest dam builder is undoubtedly the state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). While the company is currently angling to acquire new capital, its operations at home and abroad have left a trail of ruined livelihoods and misery in its wake.
Water wars in the arid western US are nothing new, but the rules of engagement have changed. The Klamath River basin on the California-Oregon border has seen the stage for a decades-long epic battle between farmers, fisherman, government agencies, utilities and tribes with treaty rights to dwindling salmon populations. More …
Following the success of watershed development operation research project Sukhomajri in Haryana, large number of water harvesting dams were constructed in the Shivaliks region of north India. The reservoirs of a number of these earthen dams got silted due to fragile geological strata, inadequate vegetation cover in the catchment areas, …
To its opponents, China's Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River is all the more tragic because it has a historical precedent. Built in the 1950s, the huge Sanmenxia
Rehabilitation benefits have been provided to all 32,160 families affected by Sardar Sarovar project, who had opted to be rehabilitated in Madhya Pradesh. Out of total 37,975 families of MP affected by 138.68m final dam height of the project 5815 had to be rehabilitated in Gujarat state. Out of these …
Rehabilitation benefits have been provided to all 32,160 families affected by Sardar Sarovar project, who had opted to be rehabilitated in Madhya Pradesh. Out of total 37,975 families of MP affected by 138.68m final dam height of the project 5815 had to be rehabilitated in Gujarat state. Out of these …
Small farm holders dominate the agricultural landscape in India - provides largest source of subsistence but they still remain highly susceptible to poverty and hunger because neither they get sufficient food production nor income to ensure household food security. Despite notable contributions in food production and sharing land and water …
The technical and institutional performance evaluation of Geray Irrigation Scheme was made in order to identify management practices for implementation to improve the system operation and the performance of the irrigation system. The evaluation was made based on the selected performance indicators such as conveyance efficiency, application efficiency, water delivery …
The submergence study of the proposed Kanhar Jalayasa Pariyojna by Jharkhand Space Applications Center (JSAC) is basically a technology demonstration project to assess the area of submergence at different level of proposed impoundment. The reservoir is proposed on the river Kanhar which borders both Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh state near Garhwa …
A total amount of Rs 12790 lacs have been sanctioned and disbursed which included compensation of land and property amounting Rs. 8255.64 lacs, special rehabilitation grant amounting Rs 1960.36 lacs and rehabilitation grant amounting Rs 2574 lacs.
