Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Government has made half-baked efforts to promote solar pumps, a cost-effective irrigation tool “Peter takes away all our money,” say farmers in Bihar, bristling with anger. They want to get rid of Peter but can’t. Peter is the diesel pump used widely in the state for irrigation due to power …
Many commercial establishments are now switching to solar solutions for their captive power needs Rising petroleum prices are expected to benefit renewable energy solution providers as commercial establishments that use diesel generator sets for their captive requirements may find solar power attractive. The city gas distribution (CGD) players too expect …
Jaipur: For a state considered a frontrunner in the solar energy sector, Rajasthan is falling behind in the ‘race for the sun’. Its efforts to develop three solar cities in the state have been a damp squib even as cities in many other states have got their master plans approved …
In a bid to promote solar power generation in a big way, the Odisha government has decided to finalise a comprehensive solar policy in two months. The department of science & technology, which is finalizing the policy, has targeted solar power production of 80 Mw in three years. “We had …
Solar energy would not only power lamps but would also ensure drinking water in the Maoist-infested pockets in Chhattisgarh. The state government had selected 1722 hamlets where water pumps operated by the solar energy would be installed to provide pure drinking water to the people. The hamlets are across the …
Jaipur: Buoyed by the success of solar water pumps in the first phase, the state government is set to roll out a number of such pumps in the next phase. With farmers able to save electricity and fuel in as many as 14 districts, the state horticulture department will be …
Around the world, access to clean drinking water is a daily struggle; with one in eight people lacking safe water. As a result of these contaminated water sources, a child is more likely to contract diarrhoeal and other pathogen based diseases or infections. Diarrhoea is one of the largest killers …
The Punjab government has decided to explore the possibility of developing solar power clusters to energize agri-pumps in rural areas besides setting up of solar panels on canals and roof tops of big buildings. Presiding over a meeting, the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal pointed out that the state …
Project at Poojappura penal complex set up at a cost of Rs.7.9 crore Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan will inaugurate a solar-energy project and a new restroom for visitors at the Central Jail, Poojappura, here on Wednesday. A press release issued on Tuesday said the solar energy scheme would make the …
Power distribution company BYPL is installing renewable energy assisted pumps (REAP) to provide clean drinking water to thousands of students studying in government schools in East Delhi. The installation has already been carried out in four government schools -- the Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya (Seemapuri), Raja Ravi Verma Sarvodaya Baal/ anya …
To harness renewable energy, four government schools in East Delhi have installed a new water pumping system that uses solar energy and developed jointly by power distribution company BYPL and IIT-Delhi. Called the renewable energy assisted pump (REAP), it is an easy to install submersible pump connected to a water …
The State government will install solar panels along the irrigation canals to generate power for lifting water. The project will be implemented in Yadgir, Raichur and Bijapur districts in the first phase. Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai said here on Wednesday that it had been planned to install 10,000 solar …
KOLKATA, 8 AUG: After global warming took its toll on at least 100 people this summer, there are plans for a “green” pandal in Kalikapur off EM Bypass. The Mahatirtham Durgotsab committee is using solar power to illuminate the pandal and the neighbouring areas. In the context of the energy …
UNNAO: Here is an apt example of government setting up infrastructure, which is eventually rendered as useless. Sample this: Khursat village, located around 30 kilometres from Unnao got an over head tank installed to provide water to the parched villagers some 20 years ago. However, the tank never got operational …
Punjab government has recommended Rs 300 million allocations during financial year 2012-13 for installation of solar water pumps on farmer fields and research on solar power system. The recommendations were finalised by a high level committee constituted by the Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif here at Lahore on Tuesday. Punjab …
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday stated that the Centre is planning to set up 10,000 solar-based water systems in 78 districts, which are affected by Maoist violence. The plan is in a bid to solve the drinking water woes of people in the Left-Wing Effected (LWE) districts, …
For a change, farmers in Bihar may well look up to the Sun now than cloud. Awadhesh Kumar, a resident of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s native village Kalyan Bigaha under Nalanda, had a different kind of irrigation experience this month, with his fields experiencing the functioning of a solar photo …
Says agriculture has been affected severely because of the imposition of power cut. The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has called for the use of solar-powered farm pump sets to tide over the problem of power shortage in rural areas. Stating that agriculture had been affected severely because of the imposition …
Banks have gradually increased investments in clean and renewable-energy technology, which was beyond conventional banking a few years ago. Total investments in the alternative energy sector stood at Tk 71 crore till November 2011, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. Of the investment, BB refinanced Tk 25 crore from its …
VELLORE/ THIRUVANNAMALAI: The unscheduled power cuts prevailing across the state have led to the convergence of a focused demand for the early commissioning of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) by representatives from industries, political parties and farmers’ bodies. As the demand for the commissioning of the plant gets vociferous, …
