Order of National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamlesh Roj Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 21/01/2025. The issue raised in the application are protection of historical Hingonia Dam from the encroachment from the local residence violating the environmental norms and damaging the area …
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 …
Varanasi: The stand of Union water resource ministry, headed by Uma Bharti, to oppose major hydroelectric projects proposed on Alaknanda-Bhagirathi-Mandakini river basins has been appreciated and welcomed by environmentalists and river scientists in the city. "It is a big step taken by Uma Bharti's ministry for rejuvenation of the Ganga. …
A view of the Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir in Srirangapatna taluk, Mandya district. For the second time in the decade, the water level in the Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir (KRS), in Srirangapatna taluk, Mandya district, has depleted to 70.95 feet, ringing alarm bells among the people. The water level had plummeted to …
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Three environmental activists were killed per week last year, murdered defending land rights and the environment from mining, dam projects and logging, a campaign group said on Monday. In 16 countries surveyed in a report by Global Witness, 185 activists were killed, making 2015 the …
Brazil's Environment Ministry fined mining company Samarco 142 million reais (28.98 million pounds) for damages to three protected areas resulting from a tailings dam burst in November, the ministry said on Friday. The ministry said in a statement the three areas on the coast of Espirito Santo state were contaminated …
Kanpur: Ganga has drifted away from the ghats so much that one has to walk miles from the ghats to reach the middle of the stream and complete religious rituals. On Tuesday, when devotees reached ghats to take a plunge on the occasion of Ganga Dusshera they were left disappointed. …
The water woes of the state capital and the suburbs may finally be addressed with the World Bank (WB) giving its nod for the taking up of the Rs 643 crore Kol Dam lift water supply scheme to cater to the growing needs of town and suburbs for the next …
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 …
Construction of 40 dams in the Tapajós river basin would severely affect indigenous people and is not justifiable economically, says new report Construction of 40 major dams in the Brazilian Amazon would destroy the heart of the world’s largest rainforest, severely affect indigenous people and is not economically justifiable, says …
Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA said on Monday that a 20 billion reais ($5.7 billion) civil lawsuit seeking environmental and property damages for last year's deadly Samarco mine disaster has been dismissed. The mine is operated by Samarco Mineração SA, a joint venture between Vale and the world's largest …
Hydropower reservoirs are artificial water systems and comprise a small proportion of the Earth’s continental territory. However, they play an important role in the aquatic biogeochemistry and may affect the environment negatively. Since the 90s, as a result of research on organic matter decay in manmade flooded areas, some reports …
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 …
Union Minister has promised to protect the interests of tribes people: Kummanam The Union government will take a decision in the interests of tribespeople, forest eco-system, and environment, if the State government proceeded with the 163 MW hydroelectric project at Athirappilly, Bharatiya Janata Party State president Kummanam Rajasekharan has said. …
Dam removal in New England is not only an important aspect of river restoration but it also provides an opportunity to enhance the magnitude and rate of river re-connection, and improve watershed resilience in response to human impact on the environment, if a broader strategic removal approach is implemented throughout …
River dolphins, giant otters, turtles, fish, birds and monkeys are all at risk if 246 Amazon dams go forward — mostly in the Tapajós basin and Andes headwaters. An international team of biologists has studied the past and current impacts on biodiversity of 191 existing Amazon dams, and the potential …
The production of hydro-power has dropped from 70 per cent in the 1980s to below 50 per cent, an expert has said. Energy Regulatory Commission director general Eng Joe Ng’anga said the effects of global warming are being felt and are hurting power generation. He said hydro-power heavily relies on …
CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Several rivers pass from Zimbabwe's lush Eastern highlands through the lowlands of drought-hit Chipinge, Mutare and Chimanimani districts. But while river water is plentiful, hard-up farmers have no way to get enough of it to their fields. "We did not harvest anything in the …
Thiruvananthapuram: The cabinet-ranked role of V S Achuthanandan in the new LDF dispensation is yet to be finalized but the veteran leader fired the first salvo against the government on Wednesday by seeking clarity on the CPM stand on Mullaperiyar dam . He wrote a letter in this regard to …
In a major relief to those affected by the Gunjavane dam project, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Maharashtra government to refrain from storing water in the reservoir until the rehabilitation of the affected villagers was fully completed. Acting on a petition filed by the project-affected people in …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Satyanarayan Banchhor & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/06/2016 regarding the validity of Environmental clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to the State of Odisha for construction of Lower Suktel …
