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 …
inter-state water conflicts have become the stock-in-trade of Indian politics. They are easy matter for politicians and technocrats to milk. The disputes most often end up in the Supreme Court with an uneasy imbroglio making matters easy for politicking. The kafuffle over the century old Mullaperiyar dam on the river …
The book is a compilation of articles written in 2005 and 2006 as part of a series about water and development. Most of the stories in the Asia Water Wire are the product of reporting on the ground by local journalists, many of whom attended a series of water workshops …
at a hearing on November 10, 2005, the Supreme Court (sc) suggested that an expert committee be set up to probe technical and safety issues relating to the height of the Mullaperiyar dam
function illus() { var popurl="image/20040831/26-illus.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=440,height=320,scrollbars=yes") } Disaster struck the Tehri dam site in Uttaranchal at 10:15 pm on August 2. A huge landslide inside the vertical shaft of a tunnel claimed the lives of 29 workers and left about 12 injured. According to Puneet Kansal, district magistrate, Tehri, one …
July 29 was a black day for those residents of the old Tehri town who had decided to remain back. At around 2 pm, the water in the lake surrounding the almost empty town rose and entered their homes. The 20 or so families left had to run for their …
The Tehri dam project has always been embroiled in controversies. The initial protests against the dam started in the late 1960s when surveys were conducted at the dam site. An organised movement took shape after the Planning Commission gave its nod to the dam in 1972. In the 1980s and …
DAM officials, contractors and technical experts supporting the dam have been quick to brush aside the tunnel collapse as a mere lapse. But nothing related to the Rs 6,000 crore-plus project has simple answers. In its 26th year of construction, the project has been most controversial. Since 1980, at least …
The Kantale Dam in Sri Lanka, which burst in 1986 causing large-scale destruction to lives, livestock and crops, is once more in danger of collapsing. This is because authorities have ignored warnings against using the road over the dam for heavy vehicles, according to farmers in the area, who have …
on november 3, oustees and activists from 12 states resolved to tackle issues facing dam-affected people. They took note of the Union government's river networking project that would require construction of several new dams in addition to the existing 150 proposals, and decided that they will staunchly oppose any fresh …
The closure of tunnels T3 and T4 comes even as a vast majority of people displaced remain to be rehabilitatedeven as recommendations of the Union government appointed Hanumantha Rao Committee remain to beimplementedeven as the Prime Minister appointed Murli Manohar Joshi committee is yet to submit its report and even …
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 …
The response of the people of Gujarat to the state government's efforts to involve people to build their own check dams produced several exciting experiences. The government used methods adopted by civil society groups to mobilise people. In January 2000, after the failure of the 1999 monsoon, the state government …
A recent report of the World Commission on Dams ( wcd ) has stated that certain dam projects envisaged for Lesotho and Uganda will prove to be very harmful to the environment. The wcd is an independent body and has been sponsored by the World Bank to review the performance …
The Supreme Court has directed the Union government and the state governments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu to file replies on the outcome of a meeting organised to discuss the safety aspect of the Mullai Periyar dam and raising the water level in the reservoir. The apex court directed the …
The Kerala High Court has issued notices to the Central government and the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu on a petition seeking a direction to the Union government not to increase the water storage level of the Mullaperiyar dam from 41 to 46 metres (m). Justice K A Abdul …
Porto Privamera Dam, which is under construction for the last 20 years, may soon be commissioned. The dam will have serious environmental and social implications as it is being commissioned without necessary environmental and social mitigation measures in place, say environmentalists. The total cost of project is expected to be …
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 …
the World Bank's (wb's) keenness to promote an electricity generation project in Laos has come in for flak by non-governmental organisations. The project, slated to sell power to Thailand, is feared to spell doom for Laos' economy. The 681 mw Nam Theun 2 dam project is located on Theun river, …
