RANCHI: The state government's initiatives to train farmers in modern technology and its horticulture mission have led to increase in production area of cashew nuts, spices, fruits and vegetables i
Public sector power producer NTPC today said it facing illegal mining at its Pakri Barwadih coal block in Jharkhand and alleged the state is not providing law and order support, while asking the go
Alleges that the state government is not providing law and order support
Public sector power producer NTPC today said it facing illegal mining at its Pakri Barwadih coal block in Jharkhand and alleged the state is not providing law and order support, while asking the government to look into the issue.
The indiscriminate encroachment of forest land in the two districts of Latehar and Palamu has become a major cause of concern for the forest authorities here.
Reliance Power's R40,000 crore-ultra mega power project (UMPP), for which forest land has been acquired, can comply with its compensatory afforestation obligation by paying money in lieu of alterna
MoEF advised to treat it on a par with PSU project
The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) has cleared Reliance Power’s 4,000-MW ultra-mega power project (UMPP) at Tilaiya in Jharkhand. It has advised the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to take necessary steps to treat it on a par with Central Government undertaking project for the purpose of rules for compensatory afforestation.
There have been instances of illicit mining and of selling the coal in the open market by the local populations
State-run NTPC's plans to extract fuel from the Chhatti Bariatu South mine have been hit as some local groups are "illicitly" unearthing dry fuel from those coal blocks, according official sources.
Coerced and threatened over the past year, they are fighting for rights over forestland that is part of coal-block given to Tata Steel
In Latehar district’s Jala village, a hamlet of 250 tribal villagers has refused to make way for coal mining by Tata Steel and Adhunik Power and Natural Resource Limited (APNRL) till their forest rights are settled first.
