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 …
An eight-member team of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), headed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests SP Vasudeva, today took stock of the rehabilitation plan and environmental mitigation measures related to the proposed Rs 5,242-crore Renuka Dam. Sources said the team stressed the rehabilitation plan should ensure all families, which …
In a significant step, an expert panel of the Union environment ministry has recommended the terms of references for long-impending joint India-Nepal Pancheshwar multipurpose project to avoid any delay in its environmental impact study. A joint mechanism to consider the environmental impact assessment of the full project was also called …
Environmentalists, kayakers, villagers and politicians called on the Albanian government on Wednesday not to spoil one of the last wild rivers in Europe by building hydroelectric dams. Ending a tour of Balkan rivers that began on the Sava in Slovenia a month ago, more than 30 kayakers paddled along the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vimal Bhai Vs. Tehri Hydro Development Corporation & Ors. dated 13/05/2016 regarding Tehri dam in Chamoli District of Uttarakhand State. NGT restrains Tehri Hydro Development Corporation from throwing any building material or muck into the river Alaknanda or on the …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Vohra Sadikbhai Rajakbhai & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 10/05/2016 regarding destruction of plantations of the farmers by the release of 60,000 cusecs of water from Mazum dam that has been built over river Mazum in …
At the heart of the Cauvery Delta as part of the campaign for Assembly election, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary J Jayalalithaa flayed her arch rival, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M Karunanidhi, for not implementing the final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) that …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharat Jhunjhunwala Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 04/05/2016 regarding Singoli Bhatwari hydro-electric project on the river Mandakini, District Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand by the Project Proponent L & T Uttranchal Hydro Electric Pvt. Limited. NGT dismisses the Apllication …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of .Raghuwar Dutt Tiwari & Others Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 04/05/2016 regarding Singoli-Bhatwari Hydro Electric Project on River Mandakini in Uttarakhand by the Project Proponent L&T Uttranchal Hydro Electric Pvt. Limited. This Application raised an issue …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryawaran Sanrakshan Sangarsh Samiti Lippa Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 04/05/2016 regarding Kashang Hydro Electric Project in Kinnaur District of the State of Himachal Pradesh. The villagers of Lippa have filed this appeal seeking to assail …
Dams impound the majority of rivers and provide important societal benefits, especially daily water releases that enable on-peak hydroelectricity generation. Such “hydropeaking” is common worldwide, but its downstream impacts remain unclear. We evaluated the response of aquatic insects, a cornerstone of river food webs, to hydropeaking using a life history–hydrodynamic …
Daraune Pokhari in Dapcha, Kashikhanda of Kavre district was so deep that very few people dared to venture near the pond. They would not even let their cattle wander near the pond. Today, even children feel no fear about the pond, thanks to the diminishing water level. Water, which used …
Welcoming the launch of the latest economic report on Africa, a senior United Nations official Monday highlighted that African countries should leapfrog “business as usual,” carbon-intensive methods of growth and instead pursue a pathway to green industrialization. “The report strongly illustrates that pursuing green industrialization would greatly benefit the continent’s …
Brazil’s Amazon region, which includes most of the world’s largest remaining area of rainforest, is under attack by uncontrolled economic exploitation. Mainly as a result of industrial agriculture, cattle ranching, mines and infrastructure projects such as hydropower dams, and the illegal loggers and settlers that follow in their wake, over …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Save Mon Region Federation & Others Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 07/04/2016 regarding grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) dated 19.4.2012 to the construction of 780 Mega Watts (MW) Nyam Jang Chhu Hydroelectric Project (NJC-HEP) in Tawang …
SÁBANA DE GUACUCO, Venezuela—Desperate for water, construction worker Pedro Pirela and his neighbors recently laid a nighttime ambush. Alerted by the roar of a water truck that supplies nearby hotels, they blocked the street and forced the driver to stop, then siphoned off his precious cargo. Mr. Pirela and his …
Study indicates ‘very high adverse effects’ on the environment and economy if 11 proposed dams are built on the lower mainstream Mekong river Vietnam has predicted “very high adverse effects” on the Mekong river environment and economy if 11 proposed dams are built on its lower mainstream. The warning is …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Kumar Negi & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/04/2016 regarding Tidong-I Hydro Electric Project in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Tribunal permits the Project Proponent (M/s Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd) to carry out the construction work of the …
The environmental justice atlas documents and catalogues social conflict around environmental issues. Across the world communities are struggling to defend their land, air, water, forests and their livelihoods from damaging projects and extractive activities with heavy environmental and social impacts: mining, dams, tree plantations, fracking, gas flaring, incinerators, etc. As …
Maputo — Water shortages in the drought-stricken southern Mozambican province of Gaza have become critical, and the southern regional water board (ARA-Sul) has been forced to halt discharges from the Massingir dam. The dam, built in the early 1970s, is on the Elephants river, the largest tributary of the Limpopo. …
