Marking a year of the Uttarakhand deluge, activists and affected locals observed a 24-hour fast in Srinagar, Uttarakhand, for the rights of the disaster-affected people of the State.
Environmental clearance was granted to a 300-MW hydroelectric power project on February 3 even as a Supreme Court order dated August 13, 2013 clearly said the Union Ministry of Environment and Fore
U.P., Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, H.P. will also benefit
A 300-MW hydro power project in Uttarakhand received clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Monday. The Lakhwar project is located in the Upper Yamuna River Basin in Dehradun district, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar told The Hindu .
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in response to a case filed on January 2 has issued notice to the Alaknanda Hydropower Company Limited (AHPCL).
Earlier, a case was filed with the NGT by the Srinagar Bandh Aapda Sangharsh Samiti, an organisation for the affected residents of Srinagar, Pauri district, and Matu Jansangthan, an organisation that works on dam related issues.
Slamming the Uttarakhand government for encouraging industrial development in the ecologically sensitive region, environmentalist Anil Prakash Joshi opposed the proliferation of industries in the S
Villagers have begun a protest at Joshimath against work on the 171-MW Lata-Tapovan hydroelectric power project, which, they say, is flouting environmental norms.
A report by International Rivers, an NGO campaigning against destructive dam projects worldwide, has highlighted the absence of policies regarding decommissioning of old dams in India.
‘Muck removed from the barrage is being deposited near Alaknanda’
Dehradun: Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited’s 400-MW Vishnuprayag hydro-power project that incurred much damage during the mid-June deluge is flouting environmental norms by depositing muck on the riverside, say environmentalists.
