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 …
The Bench Marks Foundation has warned that local government authorities that are allowing housing to be built within 500 metres of tailings dams and other mine waste sites are courting disaster. This warning is contained in a new study Waiting to inhale released by the foundation on Tuesday which follows …
Increased energy demand has led to plans for building many new dams in the western Amazon, mostly in the Andean region. Historical data and mechanistic scenarios are used to examine potential impacts above and below six of the largest dams planned for the region, including reductions in downstream sediment and …
DHAULADEVI/ALMORA: The third and final public hearing for environmental clearance of ‘Pancheshwar Multi-Purpose Development project’ was held in Dholadevi Block of Almora district on Thursday. Some complained of not getting information and proper documents about the public hearing on time and others said that the language of the report was …
Mega-dam construction is booming around the world, with promoters hyping hydropower as a green, renewable source of energy and a means of curbing climate change. But as these dams are built in the Amazon, Mekong and elsewhere, they’re doing great environmental and social damage and their green credentials are no …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Abhijeet Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/08/2017 regarding the question of permissibility of setting up projects in the upstream of Subansari river. Judgement is reserved.
With mega-dams planned globally, especially in the Amazon and Mekong, the Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF), an NGO, has developed a new free tool for evaluating a planned dam’s economic viability, greenhouse gas emissions and more. The HydroCalculator estimates the net economic value of a proposed dam, with and without the …
National environmental body, Nema, has said it is satisfied with efforts undertaken so far by contractors of the Isimba and Karuma hydropower dams to protect the environment. Heavy earth-moving construction at projects such as Isimba and Karuma usually erodes the environment. Construction works at Karuma, located near Murchison Falls national …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tejpal & Others Vs Government of Rajasthan & Others dated 19/07/2017 regarding a dam which is being proposed to be built in Akawad village, Jhalawar District on river Parwan, which involves at least 1835 hectares forest …
NABARD has launched a water campaign to cover around one lakh villages in vulnerable and water-stressed areas where groundwater is over exploited, Bankers’ Institute of Rural Development joint director K S Pai said. Speaking at the 36th Foundation Day of NABARD on BIRD campus here recently, she said NABARD is …
Landsat pre- and post-dam images show the area flooded by two Madeira River dams is 69.8 percent greater than projected by the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Study: Brazilian mega-dams caused far more flooding than EIA predicted A satellite study of the Santo Antônio and Jirau dams in the Amazon found …
WASHINGTON - Afghan officials reacted strongly to recent remarks by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani concerning water management and irrigation projects in Afghanistan. Speaking at an international conference on sandstorms and environmental issues Monday in Tehran, Rouhani criticized the Afghan government's dam projects, which are part of several economic and development …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Om Dutt Singh & Others Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 06/07/2017 regarding Kanhar Irrigation Project in District Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh. National Green Tribunal directs the Project Proponent and the State of Uttar Pradesh to file complete and …
While keeping the rivers in pristine condition is the ultimate goal, development of civilization has always been on the banks of the rivers, to utilise the blessings of the rivers and their waters. Dams and barrages have to be constructed across river courses in order to enable the society, slightly …
THE World Bank has disbursed $115 million for the construction of a dam in Chisamba and the implementation of irrigation schemes in selected areas. The Ministry of Agriculture under the Irrigation Development Support Programme (IDSP) has since signed four contracts and the implementation of the projects has started to increase …
Plans to build a huge hydroelectric dam in the heart of one of Africa’s largest remaining wild areas have dismayed conservationists who fear that the plans will cause irreversible damage to the Selous game reserve in Tanzania. After many years of delays and false starts, last week the president of …
Pakistan claimed on Monday that China has offered to make a dam project on the Indus River that India objects to, a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)+ , said the state-run Radio Pakistan. The information about the project, the Diamer-Bhasha Dam, was conveyed by Pakistan's state-run power utility …
Paris - Building the 428 hydroelectric dams proposed for Brazil's Amazon basin - three times the existing number - would devastate the environment and could even disrupt regional weather, an international team of researchers warned on Wednesday. Writing in the journal Nature, the scientists unveiled a Dam Environmental Vulnerability Index …
Pakistan expects China to fund a long-delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of disputed Kashmir, with work beginning next year, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said in an interview. Pakistan has been keen for years to build a cascade of mega dams along the Indus flowing down from …
Luanda - The International Business Bank (BNI), acting as Agent Bank, led the Banking Union, which granted fund to the Ministry of Finance by issuing Treasury Bonds for up to 10 years, in the amount of Kwanzas equivalent to USD 400 million, Angop learnt on Monday through a press release. …
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has an immense contributions to the downstream countries: Egypt and the Sudan, researchers indicated. Dr. Yilma Sleshi, a researcher, stated that GERD will contribute to the elongation of the time span of the Egyptian Aswan High Dam for some hundred years through controlling sedimentation. …
