Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Uttarakhand HC Licence expired why is floating hotel running?" appearing in the Times of India dated 07.01.2024 dated 12/02/2024. An application was filed suo-motu on the basis of a news report published in Times of India, January …
How much water should flow in Indian rivers? Hydrologists have been discussing minimum river flows for over four decades now. The churning has resulted in the concept of environmental flow, or e-flow. This implies strategically releasing water downstream of dams and reservoirs to protect the services a river provides. Two …
Traffic on Char Dham Yatra routes was closed due to roads blocked by landslides caused by heavy rains on Sunday. However, Tehri SP Rajiv Swarup claimed that the Border Roads Organisation had opened most roads for passage of light vehicles by Sunday afternoon. Vehicular traffic was disrupted due to downpour …
Forests provide multiple benefits to the society, which are both direct and indirect. A study was conducted in Dehradun and Tehri districts to quantify and assess the economic value of various provisioning services which local people derive from the forest to meet their day to day requirement.
Rishikesh: The residents of the Padagli village affected by the construction of the Tehri dam have alleged that the concerned department officials have been misinforming them since past many years. Due to which they are forced to make repeated visits to the rehabilitation department to seek compensation for their loss …
Among cash crops, fish farming seems to hae become handy for the farmers of the hill State in recent years. The fact remains that the fish seed production, which was only around 20 lakh seeds in the year 2000, today, it has gone over more four crore seeds resulting in …
SUDDEN landslides near Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand have forced residents of nearly four dozen villages to launch an agitation against the Tehri Hydroelectric Development Corporation (THDC). The corporation increased water level of the 35-km reservoir beyond 832 metres between September 18 and 20 before bringing it down. The sudden move …
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday approved the revised cost estimate of over Rs 8,390 crore for the Tehri Hydro Electric-Project Stage-1 in Uttarakhand implemented by THDC India (THDCIL). The decision to revise the cost of the project to Rs 8,392.45 crore, against the original cost of Rs 2,963.66 crore …
Dehra Dun: Central teams arrived here on Thursday to make an assessment of the damage caused by landslides, cloudbursts and floods following incessant rain in various parts of Uttarakhand. Three teams from the Centre comprising officers and experts of various departments have landed in Uttarakhand for making the assessment, a …
Large Parts Of Bareilly, Bijnore Go Under; Army Called For Relief Ops Lucknow: Overall flood situation in UP worsened on Tuesday with nine more western and eastern districts being declared flood-hit. More bad news is in store for the state with Uttarakhand likely to release more water from Tehri dam. …
Incessant rain has put the Tehri dam under tremendous threat with water levels in the reservoir crossing the 828.85 metre mark. This is seven metres above its normal strength. Once the water level crosses the 830-metre danger mark, the automatic discharge system will get activated and this could lead to …
Dehradun/Lucknow: Water levels at the Tehri dam rose menacingly, following incessant rain in the hills of Uttarakhand, and the release of waters from its massive reservoir to avoid breaches threatened flooding of nearly 1,200 villages downstream along the Ganga. But a threat of floods in Haridwar passed, with Tehri authorities …
Heavy monsoon rains and landslides swept the hilly areas of northern India over the weekend, killing at least 47 people, officials said Monday. Twenty-four people died Sunday as falling boulders crushed their homes in three villages in Almorah district in Uttrakhand state, said Prashant Kumar Tamta, a state government spokesman. …
Yoginder K Alagh There has always been a question mark against the Tehri dam project. It was planned with Soviet assistance and they had a yen for huge electric projects since the days Vladimir Lenin produced the Gelro electrification plan. If mountains came in the way, they would be blasted. …
In a pine-scented Himalayan valley, Sushila Devi is a reluctant soldier in India's new war over water. Her village, Pipola, sits just southeast of the Tehri Dam, which bestrides one of the precursors of the Ganges River and is India's largest hydropower project. Since the dam was completed in 2006, …
Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: Facing a severe power crisis, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday urged the Centre to release more electricity to the Himalayan State and also transfer 25 per cent power from the 1000-MW Tehri project, being given to Uttar Pradesh, to Uttarakhand to meet its …
New Delhi: Only recently, the Delhi government had assured the Supreme Court that the capital was power surplus and would not face any power cuts in the summer. But that claim may have been made too soon. The reservoir at Tehri hydel station in Uttarakhand is running low and may …
The State Government plans to facilitate the farming of industrial hemp on about 30,000 hectares of barren land in Uttarakhand. The fiber and wood pulp from the cultivated hemp will be used for manufacturing paper and fabric in the initial stages, according to official sources. If the plans are executed …
The Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihoods (RERL) project tries to demonstrate the use of renewable sources of energy in reducing poverty through improved quality of life and increased livelihood opportunities in remote, non-electrified villages of India that are not likely to get electricity from the grid. The objectives of the …
The Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihoods (RERL) project tries to demonstrate the use of renewable sources of energy in reducing poverty through improved quality of life and increased livelihood opportunities in remote, non-electrified villages of India that are not likely to get electricity from the grid. The objectives of the …
