Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of President Municipal Committee Thathri VS Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir dated 03/12/2024. Joint committee report dated November 25, 2024 has been filed through the Central Pollution Control Board. Project proponents stated that they want to file an objection to …
On the road to destiny The tradition-bound Himalayan kingdom readies itself to brace modernism In 1958, when the then Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, went to Bhutan on a state visit, the only way he could reach the capital Thimpu was over land. He demanded to be met at the …
india and Nepal have decided to work more closely towards taming the numerous rivers originating from Nepal and passing through India to control annual flooding of the Indo-Gangetic plains. Termed as
Bhutan's biggest revenue earner, the Chukha Hydro Power Corporation (CHPC) produced a record 1,943.741 million units (Mu) of power in 1999, exceeding its previous year's production by 163 Mu. "We are overjoyed that we have been able to achieve this record generation during the Silver Jubilee Year of His Majesty's …
the Canadian states, Quebec and Newfoundland, have declared that plans for a huge hydro-electric project in the Churchill Falls region of Labrador would be delayed to meet the demand of Canadian natives. The natives have stalled negotiations on the project since March 1998. They are demanding that they be involved …
The fate of the controversial power plant at Bujagali Falls in Uganda will depend on the outcome of an ongoing study of all the country's potential hydropower project sites. The World Bank study will seek to establish which projects meet a set of recently adopted standards for funding. The controversial …
according to a recent discussion paper prepared by the World Wide Fund for Nature, increasing privatisation and globalisation of the power sector will lead to ecological destruction and more displacement of people. The paper entitled
After sustained lobbying by non-governmental organisations, ( ngo s) the Asian Development Bank ( adb ) has admitted that the Theun-Hinboun hydropower project is having a negative impact on the livelihoods of thousands of people living in central Laos. The admission is particularly significant because, until recently, the adb was …
One of the Burma's ethnic rebel groups have criticised the military government for pushing ahead with a plan to build a hydroelectric dam overlooking the social and environmental impacts. "They are carrying out this project without taking into consideration the high human cost,' said Seng Suk, a senior member of …
ONLY one of their kind in the world, the future of Manipur's floating islands is threatened by a power project in Loktak Lake at Keibul Lamjao. The area was declared the world's only floating national park in March 1997 and is the lone habitat of an endangered deer species. A …
scientists in the us have developed a hydro-electric generating system. The device can either convert the energy potential of a river or canal as it flows downhill, or extract energy from in and out movements of tides. The system does not require a dam for generating energy because it operates …
the world's largest floating park in Manipur's Loktak Lake, the Keibul Lamjao National Park, may soon stop floating. The water level in the lake is rapidly declining due to curbs on the inflow which has been caused by the Ithai Barrage on the Imphal river - a major contributory to …
The Yamdrok Tso pumped-storage hydroelectric plant has become fully operational from late 1997, reports the World Rivers Review . Situated 120 km from the country's capital Lhasa, on the banks of the massive Yamdrok Tso lake, the plant is the biggest power station in Tibet, with an installed capacity of …
A non-governmental organisation has proposed alternative sources of power and water that could be developed instead of the controversial Epupa hydroelectric scheme and the Okavango water pipeline, reported The Namibian recently. In an open letter to the Namibian government, Earthlife Africa's Namibian branch states that a package of alternatives would …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has proposed a us $25 million-plan to set up a chain of small hydel units in the Indian Himalayas in a bid to wean the local population away from their dependence on forest resources for energy needs. Around 20 units are to be set …
HERBAL DRUGS: Phytopharm, the UK biotechnology group which specialises in traditional herbal remedies has been granted permission by the US Food and Drug Administration to start clinical trials of a treatment cream made from twelve plants for eczema. Phytopharm, which has links with companies in India, Indonesia and South Africa, …
constructive dialogue and objective assessments have always been a casualty in the conflicts and controversies that have surrounded large dams. Such projects have nevertheless played a major role in development efforts and in meeting a variety of ends like electricity generation. They have also been the key players in government-sponsored …
After having spent Rs14 crore on the Chu hydel project on the Rathong Chu river, the government of the eastern state of Sikkim has decided to scrap it. Pawan Chamling, chief minister of Sikkim, made the announcement at a public meeting attended in the state on August 20. The decision …
STLL stinging following a series of dam-related embarrassments, the World Bank (WB) has set up an 'International Advisory Group on Bank Hydropower Projects' (IAG) to determine if the proposed Nam Theun 2 dam in Laos is too politically hot to handle. The Laotian government wants to build the dam so …
International power companies eyeing Nepalese hydropower resources may soon receive the opportunity to come forward with their Investment proposals. The ministry of water resources, the apex government institution responsible for the development of hydropower In Nepal, is learnt to have completed its preparations to reopen negotiations with International power companies …
The 144-MW Kali Gandaki :' (KGA) hydroelectricity project in Syngja, Nepal, was recently inaugurated. Various national NGOs, in collaboration with their international counterparts, have been opposing the construction of the project arguing that the KGA would cause environmental imbalance, adversely affect biodiversity and cause displacement and soil erosion.
