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 …
Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) Jyotirditya Scindia on Tuesday said the government was making efforts to fast-track nearly 95 hydro power projects with a capacity of 40,000 MW to give a big push to the power sector. The projects are awaiting clearances from different authorities, including Central Electricity …
Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of India once again reiterated that diversion of forest land in Mizoram for the construction of Tipaimukh Multipurpose Dam should not be sanctioned. The committee said this in a meeting with Ministry of Environment and Forest on August 13 and 14, over diversion of 1551.60 hectares …
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in the case involving the Subansiri dam project, referring it to the National Green Tribunal because of the technicalities involved. A division Bench comprising Justice B S Chauhan and Justice S A Bobde after hearing the advocate of the petitioner Assam Public …
These projects are awaiting clearances from different authorities Efforts are being made to fast track hydel projects with a total generation capacity of 40,000 MW that are awaiting clearances at various levels, Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said today. These projects are awaiting clearances from different authorities including Central Electricity Authority …
TN CM Jayalalithaa had sought PM's intervention in the matter Seeking to counter Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, Karnataka government today defended its proposal to build a reservoir across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu to generate hydro-electric power, saying it is in conformity with the final order of the Cauvery …
TN opposes K'taka's move to build hydel reserviours across Cauvery Even though the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha has raised objections to Karnataka’s plans to construct hydel reservoirs across the Cauvery river and modernise canals within its territory, the final award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal does not …
Slams BJP leader Kamal Padha for violating norms Vijay Singh Mankotia, Congress leader from Kangra, said today that the micro-hydel projects in the Shahpur Assembly constituency were wreaking havoc on the ecology of the area. He said due to the violation of norms by micro-hydel projects, houses at Harvoh were …
It appears that no lessons have been learnt from the Uttarakhand tragedy as the Uttarakhand government has been pushing full steam ahead with the Lakhwar dam project on the Yamuna river. This 204-metre-high dam with a storage capacity of 580 cubic metres will submerge 1,385 hectares, including 868 hectares of …
Congress leader Vijay Singh Mankotia said, these projects should be shut down immediately A state Congress leader has sought immediate closure of a few hydel power projects in the area saying that alleged irregularities in their execution had led to them now posing a threat to hundreds of villagers. In …
With arrest of another 125 oustees from Bichhola village of Harda district on Tuesday, the number of arrested jal satyagrahis from Khandwa, Dewas and Harda has crossed 1,000 mark in the three days. Arrests have failed to dampen the spirit dam-hit and they continued their protest against increase in dam …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa stands firm on her opinion on Karnataka hydel projects on the Cauvery. Miss Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Karnataka not to build any hydel power projects on the Cauvery. She also requested the Prime Minister to tell the ministry of …
A lawyer, Chaudhry Ahmad Masood Gujjar, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court seeking directions for construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam to save billions of rupees. The petitioner has stated that the federal government had stopped the work on this important project. He said that the president of …
She also requested the prime minister to tell the ministry of environment and forests not to give clearance to any project of Karnataka Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Karanataka not to build any hydel power projects on the Cauvery. She also …
Despite a crackdown on their jal satyagraha, the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists are undeterred by the arrests of villagers in the Narmada ghatti. Hundreds of displaced people in Malud village in Khandwa district have entered the water demanding proper rehabilitation including land for the loss of their fields, farms …
The fate of the 400-MW Seli hydropower project on the Chenab here has run into rough weather. Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri has written to Jayanthi Natrajan, Union Minister for Environment and Forests (MOEF), saying the project "will destroy more than 2 lakh trees in the eco-sensitive zone". He also …
Hundreds of people from Khandwa, Dewas and Harda including senior Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Chittaroopa Palit were arrested on Sunday by police as soon as they started jal satyagrah to raise the issue of affected villagers of the Indira Sagar dam. However, affected villagers started jal satyagrah at new …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) will hold a jal satyagaraha (protesters sitting in water) in the Indira Sagar Dam from September 1. Simultaneous protests will take place in Badkhalia, Mel Pipliya and Unwa villages in Khandwa, Dewas and Harda districts respectively. A similar satyagraha took place last year at the …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has sanctioned Rs 175 crore to the Gujarat government for an irrigation project in Mehsana district in northern part of the state. The money has been sanctioned under the bank's Rural Infrastructure Development Fund-XIX for "construction of Narmada Main Canal-based Lift irrigation". …
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday reiterated the demand that the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh should not be declared a national project and its construction work should be stopped immediately until all the pending issues with Odisha are resolved. “Since the construction of the project has been challenged in …
BHUBANESWAR: Families affected by Hirakud dam staged a demonstration outside the assembly here on Saturday, demanding 10 decimal of homestead land to each family. Ousted in 1955-56, the families also demanded immediate conversion of all the 34 un-surveyed villages, located on bank of the reservoir, to revenue villages. In their …
