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 …
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the counsel for the Environment Ministry to submit a status report on the project and the Office Memorandum issued by it for stopping the work, by the next date of hearing on September 5. The National Green Tribunal has directed …
The deadly collapse of a tailings dam last November at the Samarco mine, owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, was caused by drainage and design flaws, a report into Brazil's worst-ever environmental disaster showed on Monday. The 76-page report commissioned by the companies responsible for the spill, which killed …
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged the central government to withdraw the recommendation for conducting an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a dam across Siruvani River in Kerala. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she urged his intervention to withdraw the recommendations made by …
Global dam study: reservoir islands shouldn’t be counted as conservation areas by developers. Island isolation inevitably leads to extinctions, ecosystem instability. Hydropower is being pushed hard in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe by dam developers who say it is an environmentally friendly form of alternative energy, but a recent …
Agreements to help irrigate 39 lakh acres in Telangana Unveiling a new chapter in the inter-State relations with neighbouring States, Telangana signed three agreements with Maharashtra in Mumbai on Tuesday with plans to utilise its allocated share of waters to irrigate 39 lakh acres of parched land by constructing three …
CHINA and Myanmar yesterday agreed to enhance cooperation to find a proper solution to the suspended Myitsone Dam project in northern Myanmar. The agreement came during talks between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who started a five-day official visit to China on Wednesday. …
CHENNAI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's assertion on Monday that his government planned to build a reservoir at a cost of 5,912 crore in Mekedatu across the Cauvery is set to churn the political scene in Tamil Nadu. The farmers community in the Cauvery delta region will intensify the agitation against …
Kolhapur: The water resources department (WRD) of Maharashtra is in touch with its Karnataka counterpart to ensure there is adequate water release from Almatti dam to avoid flooding in Kolhapur and Sangli. Almatti is one of the largest dams over the Krishna river in Karnataka's Bijapur district. A high-level meeting …
A Brazilian state law to ban upstream tailings dams, the design used at a dam that collapsed at the Samarco iron ore mine in November, could be approved this year, an environmental official for the state of Minas Gerais told Reuters on Wednesday. Anderson Silva de Aguilar, the subsecretary for …
Centre jacks up its share for the nationalised project. Hyderabad: There is good news for fund-starved AP. The Central government will release Rs 3,000 crore for the Polavaram irrigation project. This became possible through a loan that the Centre has taken from Nabard. The Union finance ministry has asked the …
Last year, Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia signed a declaration of principles on the dam project that tacitly approves the dam construction but calls for technical studies aimed at safeguarding the water quotas of the three riparian states. On September 22, 2014, a tripartite committee from the three countries proposed the …
ULAANBAATAR – Russia’s concern about water rights is holding up a $1 billion loan package Mongolia is seeking from China to build a hydroelectric dam that would help the landlocked central Asian nation ensure independent supplies of energy. The Kremlin said in June the project to build the Egiin Gol …
Recommends early implementation of relief, rehabilitation plan Paucity of funds for acquiring land for settling the displaced families is the biggest hurdle that is coming in the way of effective and speedy implementation of the relief and rehabilitation plan for the families facing displacement due to the coming up of …
The course correction is part of the govt’s new policy on irrigation projects, which is in its implementation stage. The state government has decided to set up new water management units along the irrigation projects and close its under utilised construction units across Maharashtra. At present, there are 3,900 major …
Reservoir operation is very important part of planning and management of water resource system. Water in the reservoir can be used for Agricultural purpose as well as Electricity generation. An attempt has been made in this paper by using a linear programming for optimal reservoir operation of Reservoirs. Asia’s first …
Human activities are increasingly leading to overuse of surface water and nonrenewable groundwater, challenging the capacity of water resources to ensure food security and continuous growth of the economy. Adaptation policies targeting specifically water security can easily overlook its interaction with other sustainability metrics and unanticipated local responses to the …
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A proposed dam in the heart of the Amazon will lead to a wave of deforestation as remote areas of the world's largest rainforest are opened to agriculture, said a study from Brazilian researchers published on Tuesday. Local businesses with contracts to help …
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania's decision to halt a multi-million dollar energy project to protect a wildlife sanctuary and farming land is a "victory" for vulnerable local communities, a global aid agency said. The $569 million bioelectricity plant threatened to evict more than 1,500 villagers from their …
Brazil's Amazon region is under threat because of the construction of 40 major dams in the Tapajós river basin, a report by Greenpeace says. The report suggests that unrestrained economic exploitation could destroy the area. Supported by the government and global engineering companies, the construction of five large dams, along …
Brazil's federal police accused on Thursday mining company Samarco, a joint venture between Vale SA and BHP Billiton, of wilful misconduct in relation to a deadly dam burst last November, saying the company had ignored clear signs the dam was at risk of collapsing. Police said Samarco had skimmed on …
