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 Asian Development Bank (ADB) is on board and supportive of the construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam. “We have now moved ahead and work to find a way to structure it and we are already looking at various models in this regard”, said Mr. Xiaoyu Zhao, Vice President (Perations-1) of …
The Supreme Court on Monday gave two weeks time to the Assam Government to file an affidavit over the Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project (LSHEP). Taking up a prayer petition filled by Assam Public Works (APW) over the big dam in Assam, a two member bench of Justice BS Chauhan …
The flood situation continues to be grim in the border district with standing crops on more than 40,000 acres of land submerged in around 50 villages situated near the Sutlej. The fear of more floods due to incessant rain is a cause for concern with residents already having started shifting …
Ministry of Environment and Forests directed to constitute an expert body to make detailed study The Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests as well as the State of Uttarakhand not to grant any further environmental clearance or forest clearance for any hydroelectric power projects in Uttarakhand …
Kishanganga Power Project To ensure supply of safe drinking water to the population living in and around the catchment areas of Kishanganga Power Project, coming up in district Bandipora, a water filtration plant would be installed and commissioned by Oct this year while Rs. 75 crore have been earmarked for …
Expressing “deep concern” over the recent tragedy caused by floods and landslides in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre and the state government not to clear any hydroelectric power project in the hilly state. “We direct the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) as well as the …
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has reduced the capacity of Tamor Hydropower Project to 200 MW from 530 MW. The state-owned power utility recently applied for the survey licence of the project. The Ministry of Energy (MoE) had instructed the NEA to revise the project’s capacity after finding that other hydropower …
Deeply concerned about the recent tragedy in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered fresh environment impact assessment of 24 hydro-electric projects on Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers and scrutiny of the disaster management plan. A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra ordered the ministry of environment and …
To overcome the water shortages, the government has plans to reach about 140 million acre feet (MAF), which would include surface water supplies through canal withdrawals, canal lining and remodeling, irrigation system rehabilitation and improvement programme, construction of small and medium dams, check dams and retention weirs. About 50.21 MAF …
Expressing concern over the proliferation of hydrolectric projects and their impact on the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the SC has directed the environment ministry to not grant any environmental clearances to the hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand. Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Alaknanda Hydro Power …
Questions being raised about possible floods in downstream areas The level in the Tehri dam in Uttarakhand on Sunday reached 818.50 metres against the permissible mark of 825 metres, Tehri District Magistrate Nitesh Kumar Jha told The Hindu . According to Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre (NRLDC) data, the level …
Aizawl: People in Mizoram to be affected by the controversial Tipaimukh Dam have written to the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) to desist from giving forest clearance as the committee is scheduled to sit on the matter on August 13 and 14. The 1500 MW hydro project, to be built on …
China has cleared three dam projects on Brahmaputra mainstream in Tibet, the Government today said. “The recently released ‘Outline of the 12th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China’ indicates that three dam projects on the main stream of the Brahmaputra river in …
Aradhana Bhargav & Others Vs MoEF & Ors dated 12/08/2013 regarding construction of earthen dam on river Pench, a tributary of river Kanha in Godavari basin in village Machagora in Chourai Tehsil of Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh.
To overcome the water shortages, the government has plans to reach about 140 million acre feet (MAF), which would include surface water supplies through canal withdrawals, canal lining and remodeling, irrigation system rehabilitation and improvement programme, construction of small and medium dams, check dams and retention weirs. About 50.21 MAF …
In what might make the environment protection groups see red, Arunachal Pradesh has signed 95 MoUs totalling power generation of over 41,400 MW. Even as the agitations against construction of hydropower projects continue over the downstream impact of the projects, the Centre seems to have washed its hands off the …
The hue-and-cry over construction of hydro-power projects in the North-East, notwithstanding, the Centre has identified a total number of 1,279 sites including 119 in Assam for setting up mini hydel plants with an estimated potential of 2598.63 MW. The Centre on Tuesday further clarified that the mitigation measures recommended by …
Nod to submergence of cheer pheasant habitat The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has directed the government to initiate action against officials responsible for giving nod to the submergence of the habitat of the endangered cheer pheasant in the Kol Dam water and identify 22 habitats for the …
The fund is to be utilised for construction of different water conservation projects The State cabinet has approved a proposal for creation of 'Water Conservation Fund', a corpus fund wherein industries drawing five cusecs of water or more will contribute Rs 2.5 crore per cusec of water as an upfront …
