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 …
Subarnarekha multi-purpose river valley project is an interstate project which would benefit Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. The head works i.e., Chandil Dam, Ichha Dam and Galudihi Barrage are located in Jharkhand to provide irrigation both to Odisha and Jharkhand, power to Jharkhand and flood control in West Bengal and …
Jamshedpur, Nov. 23: Villagers can heave a sigh of relief. The state forest and irrigation departments are building bridges to help lost herds find their way instead of straying into hamlets. Around half a dozen people are trampled to death every year and crops worth lakhs are destroyed when elephants …
Encouraged by the positive signals he received from Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh in Delhi today, deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahto will visit the national capital again on October 22, this time to meet Union water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. During his meeting …
Jamshedpur, March 23: The Subernarekha is unlikely to be rid of water hyacinths anytime soon with the authorities at Chandil Dam turning down Tata Steel
Jamshedpur, July 14: Deputy commissioner of Seraikela-Kharsawan Gauri Prasad Sinha today directed the Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) authorities to speed up the process of paying compensation to the villagers who have been displaced following the closure of Chandil dam
Jamshedpur, June 13: With political parties like JD(U) and Ajsu showing solidarity with around 5,000 people residing in the villages near Chandil dam, the protest against the
Jamshedpur, Sept. 4: The list of the displaced under the Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) is all set to swell with the state government deciding to initiate fresh survey for identifying the beneficiaries who had been left out after the earlier process. At present, around 14,000 people have found a place …
the Jharkhand government's revival of the Subarnarekha Multi-purpose Project (smp) has triggered tribal protests in the state. The tribals are opposing the project for the submergence and displacement it will cause in large areas in East and West Singhbhum districts. "The project would submerge nearly 145 villages in East and …
The high cost of government-imposed environmental safeguards for the Subarnarekha barrage project in West Bengal's Midnapore district threatens to make the project "unviable". The conditions, laid down by the Union ministry of environment and forests, will hike the project cost from the sanctioned estimate of Rs 226 crore to over …
