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 …
Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, chief minister of Uttaranchal, talks to Down To Earth Why has the decision to close the Tehri dam tunnels been taken now? Last year, the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) wasn't geared up to commence operations. And there was simmering resentment over rehabilitation. How were anti-dam protesters …
In March 2001, when the movement against the Tehri dam was running out of steam, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) got in on the act. Party leader Ashok Singhal sat on a fast against the damming of the Bhagirathi river, considered sacred. But Singhal's tantrums were nipped in the bud. …
Once again the Tehri dam is in the eye of a storm. Buckling under the pressure of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (vhp) supremo Ashok Singhal, the Union government has set up another committee to review the Tehri dam. vhp has made no bones in opposing the dam, saying that it would …
T he merit of kat-ki-kunni (timber-cornered building) of Himachal Pradesh can be traced back to 1905, if not earlier. A massive temblor levelled every village from Dharamsala to Kangra. Measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, it lasted two minutes and was felt over 416,000 sq km. But, buildings with kat-ki-kunni …
At 2.53 am on October 25, 1991, a moderate earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale affected more than 425,000 people of about 2,100 villages in the districts of Uttarkashi, Tehri and Chamoli in what was then Uttar Pradesh and is now the hill state of Uttaranchal. Traditionally built timber …
nature has a way of moderating the effects of good and evil. Down the years humankind has demonstrated a general disregard for natural resources and often exploitated bio-diversity to the hilt. Fortunately, this has been coun-tered by a few dedicated people engaged in protecting and conserving nature without any ulterior …
The Union government has informed the Supreme Court (SC) that it had accepted the recommendations of the two expert committees on the safety, environment and the rehabilitation aspects in respect to the Tehri Dam Hydro-electric Project. The Court was also informed that the dam was safe and there was no …
The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to reply within three months about the action taken on the expert committee report on Tehri dam. The orders came while the Court was hearing three public interest petitions which argued that the construction of the dam could lead to earthquake in …
a crack on a mountainface forming part of the reservoir of the controversial Tehri dam in Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, has once again cleaved expert opinion on the Himalayan dam's safety. An l -shaped crack has appeared on the rocky surface above one of the tunnels leading to the dam's power …
a part of the land adjoining the Tehri dam area is sinking gradually and a 50-metre-long crack has appeared near the coffer dam site, says a report. It has posed serious concerns whether construction of the 2,400- mw dam is fraught with danger. However, H C Sharma, general manager of …
Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna's fast, undertaken to highlight the dangers of the Tehri dam project, has lasted for more than 40 days. This is the fourth fast by the 72-year-old Chipko movement leader. The last time when the environmentalist embarked upon a 72-day fast, the then prime minister H D …
even as Sunderlal Bahuguna continued his hunger fast in protest against construction of the Tehri dam, the expert committee on rehabilitation and environmental aspects of the hydroelectric project submitted its report to the government on November 13, 1997. The panel noted major flaws in the project's 20-year old rehabilitation and …
the Hanumantha Rao Committee report, looking into the safety, environmental and rehabilitation aspects of the controversial Tehri Dam project, will be made public after it is presented to Prime Minister I K Gujral. Hanumantha Rao, former member of the planning commission and the chairman of the committee has said that …
FOR Tehri townsfolk, May proved to be the cruellest month, beginning with confusion and protests. The prevailing mood is that of widespread scepticism about eviction notices that came as a bolt from the blue, warning of inundation of the town. So, with a mere 13 per cent voter turnout for …
THE simmerings within the environmentalist community spilled out last fortnight and much of the squabblings centred around the ailing Sarvodaya leader, Sunderlal Bahuguna. The ego clashes of people fighting for the people...the teeming millions, left large cracks in the anti-Tehri dam movement, leaving the government to relax, in the absence …
IN 1980, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked the Department of Science and Technology to have "another in-depth look" at the Tehri project, referring to the "great deal of distress and a feeling that contractors and other groups will be the main gainers." Till today, the Tehri Project has …
Damn this chicanery. Prime Minister Narasimha Rao has firmly rejected the demand by opponents of the Tehri dam for an independent review of the controversial project. With a media anaesthetised by the fact that he is really into his 4th year of governance, against all expert punditry that he would …
An offer of Rs 700 crore as aid by a consortium of Uzbek, Russian and Swedish companies has evoked jubilation among employees of the Tehri Hydroelectric Development Corporation (THDC), which is responsible for building the Tehri dam. The offer is a lifeline for THDC, which is desperately trying to raise …
