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 …
Several environmentally ‘unfriendly’ projects in Assam and North East are being touted as sustainable, receiving funds under UN’s Clean Development Mechanism, wreaking havoc to the eco–system and the people in its vicinity. However, a large number of projects in Assam and North East have not yet been cleared by Clean …
It appears that no lessons have been learnt from the Uttarakhand tragedy as the Uttarakhand government has been pushing full steam ahead with the Lakhwar dam project on the Yamuna river. This 204-metre-high dam with a storage capacity of 580 cubic metres will submerge 1,385 hectares, including 868 hectares of …
Congress leader Vijay Singh Mankotia said, these projects should be shut down immediately A state Congress leader has sought immediate closure of a few hydel power projects in the area saying that alleged irregularities in their execution had led to them now posing a threat to hundreds of villagers. In …
With arrest of another 125 oustees from Bichhola village of Harda district on Tuesday, the number of arrested jal satyagrahis from Khandwa, Dewas and Harda has crossed 1,000 mark in the three days. Arrests have failed to dampen the spirit dam-hit and they continued their protest against increase in dam …
A lawyer, Chaudhry Ahmad Masood Gujjar, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court seeking directions for construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam to save billions of rupees. The petitioner has stated that the federal government had stopped the work on this important project. He said that the president of …
Significantly even after Supreme Court directive not to grant clearance for hydroelectric project in the State until further orders The State Government is seeking forest clearance for the 300 MW Lakhwar hydroelectric power project even after the Supreme Court on August 13 directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests …
Despite a crackdown on their jal satyagraha, the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists are undeterred by the arrests of villagers in the Narmada ghatti. Hundreds of displaced people in Malud village in Khandwa district have entered the water demanding proper rehabilitation including land for the loss of their fields, farms …
The fate of the 400-MW Seli hydropower project on the Chenab here has run into rough weather. Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri has written to Jayanthi Natrajan, Union Minister for Environment and Forests (MOEF), saying the project "will destroy more than 2 lakh trees in the eco-sensitive zone". He also …
Hundreds of people from Khandwa, Dewas and Harda including senior Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Chittaroopa Palit were arrested on Sunday by police as soon as they started jal satyagrah to raise the issue of affected villagers of the Indira Sagar dam. However, affected villagers started jal satyagrah at new …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) will hold a jal satyagaraha (protesters sitting in water) in the Indira Sagar Dam from September 1. Simultaneous protests will take place in Badkhalia, Mel Pipliya and Unwa villages in Khandwa, Dewas and Harda districts respectively. A similar satyagraha took place last year at the …
BHUBANESWAR: Families affected by Hirakud dam staged a demonstration outside the assembly here on Saturday, demanding 10 decimal of homestead land to each family. Ousted in 1955-56, the families also demanded immediate conversion of all the 34 un-surveyed villages, located on bank of the reservoir, to revenue villages. In their …
GANDHINAGAR: What should the response be if the Narmada Dam is knocked by disaster — for want of codified procedure to deal with crises in a measured manner, authorities have to make do with improvised situation-to-situation solutions. Indeed, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) is yet to prepare a …
Sri Lanka has obtained a state of the art tunnel boring machine for the construction of the Uma Oya project, Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva says, The minister said machine would be used to bore a long tunnel to divert the Uma Oya water. He …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid Committee, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/08/2013 regarding ecological and environmental disaster that occurred in the State of Uttarakhand and massive constructions and projects raised on the various hills of the …
With the central department of science and technology (DST) withdrawing from its project of installing early warning systems at Mullaperiyar dam as part of disaster risk reduction, the chief secretary-led state executive committee is relying on private solutions providers to implement the project. “The DST has cited technical reasons for …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on the suit filed by Tamil Nadu questioning the law passed by Kerala in 2006, constituting the Dam Safety Authority to prevent the State from raising the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam from 136 ft to 142 ft. A five-Judge Constitution …
The commissioning of the 210 MW capacity Tuivai hydro–electric project in Mizoram, a much–anticipated event, would begin soon as the Union Finance Ministry has approved funds for it, an official said here on Wednesday. “The Union Finance Ministry last month gave its endorsement to provide necessary funding for the 210 …
To protect the fragile ecology of the state during construction of hydel projects, Himachal Pradesh high court has suggested that government impose the condition of appointing professionals to supervise and monitor the activity while granting permission. While disposing of a petition against a power project in Kullu district, a division …
The project will be built at a cost of Rs 1,750.60 crore The commissioning of the 210 MW capacity Tuivai hydro-electric project in Mizoram, a much-anticipated event, would begin soon as the union finance ministry has approved funds for it, an official said here Wednesday. "The union finance ministry last …
The Climate Change Trustee Board on Tuesday approved 22 projects with an estimated cost of Tk 77 crore to tackle the adverse impacts of climate change. The approval was given in the 29th meeting of Climate Change Trust Fund which was held at secretariat, sources in the board said. The …
