Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
GUWAHATI, July 13: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar today came down heavily on the government for going ahead with the construction work of Lower Subansiri Hydel Project at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border even after the expert committee had recommended immediate cancellation of the project. Talking to newsmen …
Guwahati: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has raised her voice in support of the growing people's movement against construction of mega dams in ecologically sensitive Northeastern region. She has been invited by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) to lead a rally against mega dam in the city on Wednesday. …
ITANAGAR, July 8: Alleging the NHPC of failing to act on the recommendation of an expert panel that pointed out perils of ongoing Lower Sunasiri hydropower project, the All Assam Students
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: The Expert Group constituted to study the downstream impact of the ongoing 2,000-MW Subonsiri Lower hydro-electric power project of the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) at Gerukamukh on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border has recommended that the mega dam not be built at the present site. From the …
GUWAHATI, July 1 ? The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) today demanded immediate steps to thrust aside the under-construction Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP) and also to shelve all the mega-dam hydel projects proposed in the NE region. The demand of the students? body came in the wake of the …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The five-member Empowered Committee constituted to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam, at its first meeting has decided to issue a public notice inviting memorandum from interested parties, including the Centre, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The committee is headed by former Chief Justice of …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The five-member Empowered Committee headed by the former Chief Justice of India, Justice A.S. Anand, to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam meets here on Monday for the first time after it was constituted pursuant to the orders of the Supreme Court on February …
June 13: The Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma project, the first completed major irrigation project under Jalayagnam in the state, is still not providing water after 19 months of its inauguration. Incomplete canals, breaches to partially built canals due to the recent Cyclone Laila and court cases have delayed release of …
At least 393 activists from Indore and all over the country have written to the prime minister to refrain from giving sanction to restart construction on Sardar Sarovar (SSP) and Maheshwar dams on Narmada till the oustees have been completely rehabilitated. Chief ministers of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are appealing …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi May 14, 2010, 0:36 IST The Centre has decided to put the onus on state governments for ensuring safety and maintenance of dams across the country. The Union Cabinet today approved a draft legislation on dam safety measures that was earlier circulated to all states. …
With several dams across the country being nearly half-a-century old, the Government on Thursday approved a legislation which seeks to monitor their safety at regular intervals. The draft legislation, which received a nod of the Union Cabinet, aims to establish an institutional system to regularly monitor the safety of large …
An expert team of seismologists from Bangalore will visit villages near Almatti reservoir on May 7 to study the mild tremors occurring frequently in the region.
Hyderabad, May 3: The state has demanded a survey by technical experts to decide the actual height of the controversial Almatti dam in Karnataka. Resuming its arguments before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal on Monday, the state pointed that it had got information about the increase of the dam height …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi May 01, 2010, 1:58 IST The government is taking a fresh look at the 600 Mw Loharinag-Pala hydel project on the Bhagirathi river following an expert committee report cautioning against stopping work at an advanced stage, as it might be disastrous for an active seismic …
Hyderabad, April 12: The state government has taken up a study of the structural stability of all major dams in the state. Keeping in view the unprecedented floods in Krishna River last October the government has set up an expert committee to look into the safety aspects of 16 major …
