NHPC targets 15,000 mw addition in 15 years
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is planning to make a capacity addition of 15,000 mw in the hydro sector in the next 15 years. A detailed blueprint to this effect would be submitted to the Union Power Minsitry on Wednesday, the NHPC Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Yogender Prasad, …
50-ft breach in Sirhind canal
Heavy and continuous rain in the region since last night, today caused a 50-feet-wide breach in the Sirhind canal along the Chamkaur Sahib-Neelon road today and damaged the paddy and cotton crop in Punjab and Haryana. Sources in the Sirhind Canal, Ropar Headworks Division, said today that flowing the breach, …
Mann threatens stir over river water issue
The hardline Sikh leader, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, today addressed a public meeting at Chandigarh, and queered the pitch for the Badal government over Punjab's basic demands. He warned that if the state's river waters' issue was not settled by 20 November, the Badal government would face an agitation in …
Gujarat sees WB panel visit as threat to Sardar Sarovar
The Gujarat government has reportedly strongly objected to the two-day visit of the World Bank sponsored World Commission on Dams (WCD), which is holding a hearing in Bhopal on September 21-22. The government perceives in it a threat to the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP). The WCD will be reviewing among …
MRTS will turn Delhi into desert
The recently cleared Mass Rapid Transit System-Ring Rail merger for Delhi may come a cropper as both the Centre and the Delhi government are clueless over the daily requirement of over 12,000 tons of water to complete the project. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a joint undertaking of Delhi …
Concave=-shaped dam
China has announced plans to build the workd's highest concave-faced dam to meet the rising demand for power in the fastest-developing country. The 325-metre-high dam will be part of the jinping hudro-electric power station scheduled for construction along the Yalong river in southwest China's Sichuan province. The highest dam of …
A P to hand over hydel projects to Orissa
Andhra Pradesh has agreed to hand over the execution of two hydel projects, proposed on the Jalaput and Balimela dams across the Silery to a private party identified as Orissa, and sign a power purchase agreement.
Kol, Parbati project to be given to NHPC
Two large hydro power projects at Kol and Parbati are being handed over to the National Hydro Power Corporation for implementation. The 800 MW Kol project and the 2,051 Parbati project have been held up because of the problems of finance and equity between the promoter states. The decision to …
Norwegian experts will help in blasting Koyna river bed
A five-member team of Norweigian experts will be arriving after christmas to conduct an explosion in the belly of the Koyna lake. This most "delicate" operation will mark the completion of the major process of the Stage IV Koyna Hydroelectric Project (KHP) --Asia's biggest undergound power project.
Threat to stop Tehri dam work
The chairman of the Tehri Zila Parishad and Tehri Nagar Palika have threatened to forcefully stop work at the Tehri Dam Project if the order to rehabilitate the dam oustees in Hardwar and Saharanpur districts was not withdrawn within 15 days.
CTE report reveals irregularities in watershed mission
The probe of works carried out under Rajiv Gandhi watershed mission by the Chief Technical Examiner (Vigilance) has made a startling revelation that the works would cease to exist to a short period of just four years. The inquiry has exposed that works were carried out in violatiuon of regulations …
Sydney grapples with tainted water
For almost two months, the Australian government has been urging people of Sydney to boil water for at least one minute before driniking. This "third world" precaution has been in place since two parasites, one of them potentially deadly, were discovered in Sydney's water supply in late July.
China draws up blueprint for hydro-electric power
China plans to construct five large hydro-electric power stations costing a total of $7.23bn by 2010, creating significant demand for international financing and equipment from foreign suppliers. The plan, reported by the official media, comes as China has overcapacity in many provinces, industry executives said.
Rs 20 cr sanctioned for hydel project
The Power Ministry has sanctioned an amount of Rs 20 crore for development of infrastructural facilities at the Chamera II hydel project in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.
KSEB to set up hydro power units with aid of Chinese firm
The decks have been cleared for a collaboration between a Chinese outfit and the Kerala State Electricity Board for the setting up of small hydro power stations in this state. The Hangzhou International Centre on Small Hydro Power of China will collaborate with KSEB in setting up 18 small hydro …
Do hydel units cause pollution?
The Centre's move to take out hydroelectric projects from the purview of the Water (prevention and control of pollution) Cess Act, 1977 has generated a debate whether or not hydel generation has an adverse impace on the environment . The Act provides for imposition of cess on water utilised by …
Jayalalithia plea to PM on Cauvery issue
The AIADMK general secretary, Ms. Jayalatitha, today urged the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, to "intervene and take suitable steps to ameliorate the suffering of the Tamil Nadu farmers" by securing the due share of the Cauvery waters to the State.
NGOs to take up water distribution in Rajasthan
In its first step towards privatisation of water distribution for irrigation, the Rajasthan government has decide to allow non-govenmental organisations to distribute irrigation water. The scheme has already been tried at micro level at some places where villagers' associations were given the opportunities of water distribution in their areas.
Unicef moots water tax for farmers
A joint study on ground water by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and World Wide Fund (WWF) has sought a tap on water used in the agricultural sector. The study has also sugested that the revenue from the tax should be retained by the body that manages the water …
