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 …
Mumbai Metropolitan Region is planning and building over 12 dams in the ecologically fragile, biodiversity rich Western Ghats region. This is a predominantly tribal belt. By very conservative estimates, these dams will submerge more than 22,000 hectares land, including over 7000 of forests and 750 hectares of Tansa Sanctuary. They …
International organisation Solidaridad, and Hindustan Unilever Foundation, community development initiative of Hindustan Unilever, have joined hands for a ₹27-crore water efficiency project for commercial crops in Tamil Nadu and nine other States. Shatadru Chattopadhyay, Managing Director of Solidaridad’s South and South East Asian operations, said here on Tuesday that the …
The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday, in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), directed the State Government to form a high- level committee to settle issues of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar projects. Double bench of Chief Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice JK Maheshwari directed the …
Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday directed the state government to constitute a high-level committee under chief secretary to discuss and resolve issues pertaining to Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canal project in Narmada valley. A double bench of Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice J K …
State faces a Goa-like situation, warns National Board of Wildlife In order to bypass the need for a mandatory clearance from the National Board of Wildlife (NBW) for a slew of dams being developed in Sikkim, the Environment Ministry has slashed the protective zone around the hill State’s national parks …
Statement of the Minister of Power in response to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2632 for 18th February, 2014, asked by Shrimati Kusum Rai regarding hydro power projects in Arunachal Pradesh. The Minister Of State (Independent Charge) of The Ministry Of Power Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia has stated in Rajya …
Hydel plant of 750 kilowatt capacity to come up at Kurissadi If things go according to the plans of the Energy Management Centre, the Kalakkayam waterfalls, near Palode, will be a source of electricity to the power-starved capital city and to the State at large. The centre, under the State …
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged the Centre to ensure permission for construction of sluice gates at the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river for improving drinking water supply and irrigation facilities in the state. After a ground-breaking ceremony for the Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana (SAUNI) …
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In one of the largest irrigation proposals approved in recent times, the State Cabinet on Tuesday approved upgrading and modernisation projects worth Rs 333.77 crore along the entire Cauvery basin. Cabinet nod for Yettinahole II phase too; government to stand surety for KBJNL In one of the largest irrigation proposals …
State Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon today said as many as 112 more tubewells would be made operational for irrigation in the kandi areas of Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Ropar and Nawanshahar districts by April. He said 687 tubewells were already functioning to irrigate 87,500 acres of land benefiting 10,300 farmers of …
The government has allotted 37 hydropower projects in Lahaul and Spiti district with a capacity of 22.92.50 MW, including the 420-MW Reoli Dugli project allotted to L&T; and the 400-MW Seli project to Seli HEP Company, Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania told the Assembly during Question Hour. Replying to a …
The German Development Financial Institution, KfW, has agreed to finance Rs 1,700 crore for the 191-MW Thana Plaun Hydroelectric Project on the Beas in Mandi district under the "Himalayan Development Programme", Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania today said. The minister disclosed that the funds were in addition to its existing …
Pending irrigation projects - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 10/02/2014. Minister Of Water Resources, Thaawar Chand Gehlot has stated that "the clearance of projects by Technical Advisory Committee of Ministry of Water Resources for consideration of the Planning Commission to accord Investment clearance is subject to furnishing by the State …
Statement of Shri S Jaipal Reddy Minister of Earth Sciences in response to Rajya Sabha Starred Question No. 268 for 10th February, 2014 regarding dams in North Eastern Region asked by Shri Biredner Prasad Baishya. One of questions asked was whether either dams or mega dams, which are being constructed …
Details of MI schemes included, deleted and balance funded under AIBP during XI Plan is given at this data. It referred in reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 22 regarding Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme due for reply on 06.02.2014.
The detail of State-wise and year- wise grant ceilings (Allocations) of Planning Commission for AIBP during 11th Plan is given at this data. It referred in reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 22 regarding Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme due for reply on 06.02.2014.
An independent audit has revealed that all the 21 hydel power projects run by the J&K; State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) are not following the Standard Operating Manual which is necessary for energy accounting. The audit has been conducted on the projects on the Chenab, the Ravi and the Indus …
Residents of 18 villages located within the limits of the Darawat Dam project are resisting relocation without settlement of their claims, pressing the Water and Power Development Authority to ask the Sindh government to pay Rs200 million compensation to the affectees. According to official sources and documents reviewed by Dawn …
Mosul Dam is located on the Tigris river, 50 Km NW of Mosul; it is 113 m in height, 3.4 Km in length, 10 m wide in its crest and has a storage capacity of 11.1 billion cubic meters. It is an earth fill dam, constructed on bedrocks of Fat’ha …
