Affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of News item titled "Glacial lakes multiply in Himachal Pradesh and Tibet, posing a threat to lives and infrastructure downstream" appearing in the Hindu, August 11, 2024. The report said that the Ministry of Jal Shakti …
Order welcomed by Narmada Bachao Andolan. In an interim order passed Thursday, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) admitted an appeal from two oustees of the Maheshwar dam project and stopped the closure of the gates and the partial filling of the Maheshwar dam till the next hearing. A bench of …
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday stopped the filling up of water reservoir at Maheshwar dam power project in Madhya Pradesh for which the Union environment ministry had given the nod recently. The NGT bench headed by the tribunal's chairperson Justice A S Naidu ordered a status quo …
Supreme Court lawyer and anti-corruption activist Prashant Bhushan has said the Maheshwar dam project, the country's first privately-financed hydropower project, mired in financial irregularities, is unviable. Mr. Bhushan was addressing in Maheshwar on Sunday a rally, taken out by oustees of the project against the recent decision of the Ministry …
In a illegitimate reversal of the decision dated 6th May 2011 of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), prohibiting any closure of the gates of the Maheshwar dam or submergence until completion of rehabilitation and resettlement, on 1st of May 2012, the MOEF has issued permission for the closure …
Despite the facts that no synchronization and electricity generation is possible at EL 154 meters of the Maheshwar dam, that there is no survey of the impact of submergence at EL 154 meters, and that less than 15% of the villagers of the 61 villages affected by the Maheshwar dam …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has opposed the Madhya Pradesh government's move to fill up the Maheshwar dam up to a height of 154 metres and has warned of a “ jal satyagraha” if the government goes ahead with the decision. The State government, along with the Maheshwar project promoter …
The Shri Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Limited (SMHPCL) Project has strongly refuted the false and misleading claims made by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) that 90 houses in six villages got flooded as the Maheshwar Project had closed five gates. This is totally untrue as the project did not close …
The battle for Maheshwar dam and Indore water crisis appears to have reached a decisive phase with both the senior Government officials and distinguished citizens of Indore batting for filling of Maheshwar dam up to 160 meters so as to enable Indore to derive optimum benefits of the Narmada Phase …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan claimed that Mukul Kasliwal, S Kumars scion and chairman of SMHPCL, failed to explain the fact that cost of power from the privatised Maheshwar hydel project being constructed on the river Narmada is Rs9.97 per unit. This was in the minutes of the meetings of Union …
Vesting legal power in the Commissioner, Indore division, the Madhya Pradesh Government has authorised him to lawfully redress applications submitted to him by persons displaced by the Maheshwar hydel project who are dissatisfied with the rehabilitation process. These powers have been vested in the Commissioner, Indore division, through a notification …
The senior citizens’ forum, a forum of distinguished intellectuals of the city, apparently concerned over delay and denial of complete benefits of Narmada Phase III to the people of Indore and adjoining regions, has called upon the State Government to ensure early operationalisation of the now complete Maheshwar dam. They …
Narmada Bachao Andolan ( NBA) has demanded CBI inquiry into the purchase of power from Maheshwar Hydro- electric project, which is now Rs 10 per unit and it has become unviable. If Madhya Pradesh does not withdraw, NBA will knock the doors of a court. NBAs Alok Agrawal said, " …
Reacting strongly to Narmada Bachao Andolan’s demand for scrapping of the project and CBI inquiry, the Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Limited (SMHPCL) on Friday alleged that the Narmada Bachao Andolan has been spreading inaccurate information to mislead people, malign the project and delay it. According to information, alleging massive …
The water scarcity in Indore and adjoining regions of Malwa like the cantonment town on Mhow and industrial hub of Dewas has gone from bad to worse in recent years. In fact the situation has acquired alarming propositions as residents of these areas are getting barely half-an-hour of intermittent water …
New Delhi: Lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan has added an eco-friendly dimension to the inthe-works Lokpal bill. He is in favour of a green Lokpal. Perhaps, the demand could be attributed to a recent statement by environment minister Jairam Ramesh. The minister, known for disarming candour, said he was often forced to …
The Union environment ministry on May 6 lifted the ban on construction work at Maheshwar Hydel project in Madhya Pradesh. The relief for the project came despite little progress in the rehabilitaion of the project-affected people, the reason for which the work was stopped on the project. The project is …
The Environment Ministry on Friday lifted its stop-work order at Maheshwar hydel power project in Madhya Pradesh and allowed the construction of five remaining gates of the dam amidst concerns that existing structure could be severely damaged during the monsoon if not completed. But it said the gates cannot be …
Minister of environment and forests (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh has ordered the lifting of the stop work order on the controversial Maheshwar Hydel Project being constructed on the river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh by the S. Kumars Group of Companies. The order will permit the construction of the last five spillway …
Ministry of Environment and Forests has ordered the lifting of the stop work order on the construction of the last five spillway gates of the controversial Maheshwar Hydel Project being constructed on river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh by the S. Kumars Group of Companies. The Ministry of Environment and Forests …
