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 …
Bhopal, May 3: The environment ministry's order to put a halt to all construction activities at Maheshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh on the urgings of the Narmada Bachao Andolan might achieve the opposite of the apparent objective of aiding relief and rehabilitation. It may actually increase the risk of flooding …
City Mayor Krishnamurari Moghe here on Saturday said that stoppage of construction works of the Maheshwar dam will derail Indore's ambitious water project Narmada Phase III and it can even push the IMC on the verge of bankruptcy. Talking to media persons, Moghe said the Centre's order on stoppage of …
NEW DELHI , May 2: Relief and rehabilitation of around one lakh affected villagers belonging to 61 villages that will be submerged once the Maheshwar Hydel project becomes operational has become the core area of dispute between the Narmada Bachao Andolan and leading textile group S. Kumars. In a recent …
Already in the line of fire from his own UPA Ministerial colleagues, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday faced criticism from the Opposition quarters too. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday took up the suspension of Maheswar Hydro Electric project
NEW DELHI: About 800 people affected by the Maheshwar hydel dam project have launched an indefinite protest in the capital, demanding that the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests put a halt on the project until the rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R;) of villagers catches up with the construction of the …
With the power requirements in Madhya Pradesh escalating to a massive 6,600 MW, the state is in dire requirement of additional sources of power generation. The second largest state in India is reeling under tremendous pressure to deliver additional power which can be achieved only if the state government takes …
Cutting a sorry figure of tiger conservation in the country, Union Minister for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh on Friday stated that as many as 18 tiger reserves in the country were prone to Panna or Sariska like situation, if the big cats were not protected in a proper …
Alleging that Maheshwar Private Power Project is being carried out without rehabilitating the oustees, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) on Thursday demanded that the work on Maheshwar Private Power Project should be stopped immediately. NBA activist told media persons here on Thursday that over 60,000 people have been affected by the …
Given the tardy pace of work under Narmada Phase III, it seems unlikely that the benefit of Narmada phase III will reach the city people this summer. Besides, delay in laying pipeline for Narmada Phase III at many places en-route, the mandarins of the state government as well as the …
The Union environment ministry has threatened to revoke the environmental clearance to the Maheshwar dam on the Narmada river in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh. On February 17, the ministry issued a show cause notice to the private company building the dam asking why work on the project should not …
NEW DELHI: The Union Environment Ministry has issued a show-cause notice to the company building the Maheshwar dam in the Narmada Valley after hundreds of affected people marched to the Ministry here demanding rehabilitation. According to the notice, if the company cannot explain why 80 per cent of construction is …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a letter to Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh assured that there would be no let up in the efforts to complete rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected population. Few days ago, Jairam Ramesh in a letter to the Chief Minister had …
Mahim Pratap Singh BHOPAL: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has written to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan informing him of
Alok Agarwal, 43, was destined for the soft life of an IIT boy. Instead, he courted arrests and broken bones to stop the Maheshwar dam------------- Alok Agarwal had started on the straight and narrow at IIT Kharagpur. Deeply inspired by Gandhi and Aurobindo, he began teaching in a nearby village, …
