Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Conservation Action Trust & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/01/2021. The issue raised in the application related to compliance of Environmental Clearance (EC) conditions in running the 4000 MW Mundra Ultra Mega Thermal Power Project at village …
In December 2006, Tata Power Company (TPC) Ltd., India’s largest private power utility, won the bid for establishing a 4000 MW Ultra Mega Super-critical Thermal Power Project (the Project). Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd. (CGPL) will set up the plant in Tunda Village, Mundra taluka,1 Kutch District, Gujarat State in Western …
“Serious social and environmental violations,” says group An independent fact-finding team has called for suspension of work related to the upcoming 4,000 MW Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) in Gujarat, citing “serious social and environmental violations”. The team, led by former Chief Justice of Sikkim S.N. Bhargava, released …
An independent fact-finding team led by Sikkim Chief Justice S.N. Bhargava (Retd) has accused Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP), located in the ecologically-fragile area of Kutch, of destroying livelihoods of the local communities living in that area. Releasing a report titled “The Real Cost of Power”, the team …
Mumbai: Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has struck a deal to invest Rs 1,200 crore in Continuum Wind Energy, developing 500MW assets. The private equity arm of Morgan Stanley will hold majority shares in the power generation company co-founded by Essar Group director Vikas Saraf and investment banker Arvind Bansal. This …
An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted many parts of Gujarat in the wee hours today but there were no reports of damage to property or loss of life. A moderate earthquake was experienced today which had the epicentre at 26 km South South-East of Dholavira in Kutch …
Modi Sends Senior Babus To Check Situation Gandhinagar:Gujarat’s powerful officialdom is on the run following mounting drinking water problem in Saurashtra and Kutch, especially their major towns and villages. Knowing well that it may become a major poll issue in the forthcoming assembly elections, scheduled late this year, chief minister …
AHMEDABAD: The forest department has, after a successful hatching programme, decided to go in for satellite telemetry tagging of the turtle. This would help them know the movement of the turtles and even track them. Dinesh Kumar Sharma, chief conservator of forests said that the project will be taken up …
Taking a tough stand on environmental issues, the Gujarat High Court has directed steelmaker Electrotherm (India) Ltd to close down its manufacturing plant in Kutch district and quashed the environmental clearance granted to it by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest without holding a public hearing as per rules. …
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday stayed construction and further development activities by all units in the Adani Group-owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (now Adani Port Special Economic Zone (APSEZ)) in Mundra taluka of Kutch district, till environmental clearance is granted by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests …
A government inspection team says OPG Power, already facing environmental objections to its 300 Mw thermal power plant in Gujarat, is carrying on construction work at the project site without requisite approvals. A joint site (Mundra in Kutch district) inspection last week by the state environment impact assessment authority, the …
Solar power projects with a total capacity of 600 Mw will soon be commisioned at a ceremony at Gujarat Solar Park at Charanka village in Radhanpur, officials of Gujarat Power Corporation said here on Sunday. The projects at Solar Park currently has an aggregate capacity of 214 Mw.Twenty one new …
500 HA Land Earmarked Near Lodhwa Village Gandhinagar: Government of India conveyed to the Gujarat government on Thursday that it is all set to begin the procedure for setting up the second ultra mega power plant (UMPP) in the state within three months. Central government officials in Gandhinagar on Thursday …
Gandhinagar: The Reserve Bank of India in its latest report, ‘State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2011-12’, has identified Gujarat as one of the states where power sector reforms, despite being initiated early, have failed to create the “desired impact” on the financial position of the state power utilities …
The girl child seems to be disappearing from the progressive and urban areas of Gujarat. The urban centres of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Kutch, Rajkot and Jamnagar districts — that account for 70% of the investments that flowed into Gujarat during the past one decade — have emerged as centres of …
Government Tells Assembly That Birds’ Numbers Dropped By 25% Ahmedabad: Vulture population in Gujarat has dropped to a new low of 1,065 during the last five years. The count recorded in 2007 was 2,539 and ever since then, a sharp decline is seen. The count further dropped to 1,431 in …
AHMEDABAD: Gujaratis have high hopes from the Railway Budget to be announced on Wednesday given that perhaps for the first time both Union railway ministers are Gujaratis. Dinesh Trivedi is originally from Kutch and now lives in West Bengal, while Bharat Solanki is the Anand MP. But sources say there …
NEW DELHI: Tata Power today said it has commissioned the first unit of Mundra ultra mega power project (UMPP), heralding the use of 800 MW super critical boiler technology in the country. The 4,000 MW plant is the country's first UMPP to start generation. The first unit of 800 MW …
The World Bank-aided Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project, aiming to provide solution for better management of coastal zone, is expected to be completed in Gujarat by 2015. The pilot project, launched along with similar ones in West Bengal and Odisha, will also enable Jamnagar improve its underground sewage network …
The National Green Tribunal has allowed AIM-listed OPG Power Ventures Plc to go ahead with its 300-MW power project at Kutch, Gujarat, subject to the condition that the project developer would “adhere to the terms and conditions laid down in the Environmental Clearance granted by the Gujarat State Level Impact …
New Delhi The National Green Tribunal has ordered OPG Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd to stop all works at its 300 mw Bhadreshwar thermal power plant at Mundra in Gujarat till it gets the requisite environmental clearance. ‘‘We have no hesitation to hold that until OPG Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd obtains …
