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 …
The Uttarakhand Jan Morcha (UJM) has pulled up its socks against the proposed construction of the Pancheshwar dam on the Kali River between India and Nepal. According to the UJM, a front to oppose the construction of this dam will be formed after a visit to the areas in the …
The national committee on safety of dams (NCSD) has agreed to `restore' the ownership of the Mullaperiyar, Thunakadavu, Parambikkulam and Peruvaripallam dams to Kerala. According to Kerala water resources department (KWRD) officials, the NCSD gave this assurance during a committee meeting held in New Delhi in the last week of …
Researchers have determined that rivers can recover from dam removal much faster than experts thought possible, returning long gone ecosystems to how they once were in record time. That's at least according to a new study recently published in the journal PLOS One, that closely followed the removal of two …
Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of Human Rights Foundation, said on Monday that the State government had taken up the Yettinahole project, which aimed at providing water from the Nethravati to the parched districts of south Karnataka, without studying its environmental impact. He was delivering a lecture on ‘Yettinahole Project – its …
The big meal — fermented wild mushrooms and soybeans wrapped in leaves, boiled bamboo shoots, sticky rice, and pomelo — was ready long before the guests arrived. It was no trouble for Pan Chankaew to prepare such a feast for his guests from town. Living in Mae Khanil Tai village, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Circuit Bench at High Court of Meghalaya, Shillong) in the matter of Nababrata Bhattacharjee Vs Chief Secretary, State of Meghalaya & Others dated 07/10/2014 on the issue of dumping of solid waste and garbage as well as haphazard construction activities on the bank of …
With India and Nepal now agreeing to construct the long-pending Pancheshwar dam project at the confluence of the Mahakali and the Saryu rivers in Uttarakhand's Champawat district, a long –awaited plan to construct a dam on the Saryu river at Chamgarh area that falls in the same Pancheshwar region takes …
The Supreme Court has been moved against the Project Development Agreement signed between the Investment Board Nepal (IBN) and India’s GMR-ITD consortium for 900MW Upper Karnali Hydropower Project. Dambar Bahadur Rawal on Wednesdayf iled the petition on behalf of 36 the residents of the project area. IBN and GMR signed …
KATHMANDU: Nepal and India have agreed to set up a fund of Rs 320 million to cover preliminary expenses of Pancheshwar Development Authority (PDA), which would oversee implementation of 5,600-megawatt Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP) being built at Mahakali river. The agreement was reached during the first meeting of the governing …
Hydropower: Survey work of the proposed site of the biggest hydroelectric project in the country, the 2,640MW Kuri-Gongri hydropower project dam is underway. Water and Power consultancy services (WAPCOS) India ltd is carrying out the survey who was also contracted to prepare the project’s detailed project report (DPR). The DPR …
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has directed the authorities to expedite irrigation and flood-control projects on the banks of rivers in the state. The chief minister asked them to complete the projects by January 2015. Rawat also favoured construction of small dams along the rivers to address drinking water problem …
In yet another step to speed up green clearances, involving forest diversion proposals for infrastructure projects, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has asked the States to set up a land bank of degraded, non-degraded and non-forest land so that projects are not held up due to search for …
Guwahati: Reiterating that the Centre was committed to resolving the impasse over the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri hydro-electric project in Arunachal Pradesh through dialogue, Union minister of state for coal, power and renewable energy Piyush Goyal said he would have a meeting anti-dam groups, experts and other stakeholders soon. Interacting …
The Punjab government is utilizing all available resources for improving irrigation sector and has started numerous development projects for the welfare of the farming community and farmers are benefiting from these projects due to which production has increased substantially. This was disclosed by spokesman of Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority …
Ambient air quality monitoring was carried out in the vicinity of dam and nearby residential sites in four river basins in Karnataka with reference to SPM, RSPM, SO2 and NOx, employing Envirotech APM-460 Respirable Dust Sampler with provision to keep impingers having absorbing reagent. Further, three different methods of Air …
City-based environmental activists and experts have said that recommendations of the Madhav Gadgil committee on protecting an area of 60,000 sq km in the Western Ghats are more important than the ones made by the K Kasturirangan panel. Both the committees were formed during the tenure of United Progressive Alliance …
LAHORE: India has agreed to re-examine Pakistan’s objections over designs of Kishanganga dam and four other hydroelectric power projects on Jhelum and Chenab rivers. During the third and concluding day of talks held here on Tuesday, a 10-member Indian team headed by the Commissioner of Indus Water Commission pledged to …
JAIPUR: The Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has no plans for rejuvenating the Bandi river and Nehda dam in Pali district though it has agreed in principle that Bandi fall under the polluted rivers in the county. On a question raised by the local MP P P Chaudhary, …
The proposed site has experienced several earthquakes The bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala during the former’s recent Nepal visit included an agreement to restart work on the 5,600 MW Pancheshwar multipurpose project. This has aroused strong resistance from environmentalists and anti-dam activists. …
Villagers have demanded that the 660-mw Kishao dam project on the Tons that will supply water to Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan should be scrapped. The dam will render about 6,000 villagers as oustees in the fertile Morad-Mashvad-Dharva belt along the river in Shillai. Villagers have come under the banner of …
