Industry

BHEL wins Rs 125 cr order for hydro power project in U'khand

Company has enhanced its manufacturing capacity to 20,000 MW per annum

State-owned power equipment maker BHEL has secured Rs 125 crore contract for setting up a 120 MW Hydro Electric Project in Uttarakhand.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), Hydroelectricity, Dehradun (D), Yamuna, Power Industry, Industry
Wildlife

Banned painkiller behind death of 21 endangered vultures?

The death of 21 highly endangered Himalayan Griffon vultures in a Haldwani village has come as "very shocking news" for the Uttarakhand wildlife department.

Publication Date: 
27/03/2014
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Nainital (D), Vulture, Birds, Endangered Species, Drugs, Wildlife
Environment

पर्यावरण प्रभाव पर रिपोर्ट देने को मांगा समय

उत्तराखंड तबाही के बाद प्रस्तावित पनबिजली परियोजनाओं का मामला

उत्तराखंड में आई जल तबाही को ध्यान में रखते हुए अलकनंदा और भागीरथी नदी पर प्रस्तावित 24 पनबिजली परियोजनाओं के प्रभाव का अध्ययन करने के लिए केंद्र सरकार ने विशेषज्ञ समिति गठित कर दी है। यह जानकारी केंद्र सरकार ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में दाखिल किए गए ताजा हलफनामे में दी है। हालांकि, सरकार ने पर्यावरण और जैव विविधिता पर समग्र अध्ययन करके रिपोर्ट देने के लिए कोर्ट से 14 अप्रैल तक का समय और दिए जाने की मांग की है।

Publication Date: 
20/03/2014
Dainik Jagran (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Natural Disasters, Floods, Hydroelectricity, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Supreme Court, Environment
Habitat And Urbanisation

Villagers threaten to boycott Lok Sabha elections

Taking cue from the residents of remote villages in Kumaon region, the villagers from around more than dozen villages near Mussoorie have threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections if their dema

Publication Date: 
16/03/2014
Ajay Ramola
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Mussoorie, Rural Roads, Development, Water Supply, Habitat And Urbanisation, Political Parties
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of non-forest activity in Bagai Estate Library, Mussorrie, Uttrakhand and in the forest area around the Estate, 05/03/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shobha Dhalla Vs. State of Uttrakhand & Ors. dated 05/03/2014 regarding non-forest activity in Bagai Estate Library, Mussorrie, Uttrakhand and in the forest area around the Estate.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/8-2013(OA)_5Mar2014.pdf

Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=4400

Judgement Date: 
05/03/2014
Tags:
Forests, Mussoorie, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

Uttarakhand CM doesn't want Coke, UltraTech plants

In a setback to Coca-Cola and UltraTech Cement, which are setting up plants in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has declared that he is not focusing on industrialisation.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2014
Shishir Prashant
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Coca Cola, Cement Industry, Environmentalists, Industrial Pollution, Ecology, Rehabilitation, Environment
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal cutting of trees in Uttarakhand, 25/02/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 25/02/2014 regarding illegal cutting of trees in Uttarakhand which has disturbed the environment and ecology of the area. A dispute is also raised before the Tribunal that it is a reserve forest land and would not put to any non-Forest activity and even could not be transferred, without the permission of the Central/State Government.

Judgement Date: 
25/02/2014
Tags:
Deforestation, Sal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Forests
Industry

Uttarakhand to set up new industrial estate at Lal Kuan

With a draft industrial policy for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) being fine-tuned and the Centre extending a capital subsidy scheme, the Uttarakhand government is getting ready to set

Publication Date: 
25/02/2014
Shishir Prashant
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Nainital (D), Subsidies, Industry
Wildlife

Uttarakhand emerging as hotspot of ivory smuggling

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand, known as one of the safest abodes of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Southeast Asia, is fast emerging as an important contributor to the illegal trade of ivory across

Publication Date: 
21/02/2014
Vikram Rautela
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Elephant, Wildlife Trade
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industries running without consent from the Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board

Text of the order by National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shiv Prasad V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 13/02/2014 regarding industries running without consent from the Uttarakhand Environment Protection & Pollution Control Board.

Judgement Date: 
13/02/2014
Tags:
Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT)

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