Solid Waste

HC seeks govt reply on pvt firms dumping waste in rivers

NAINITAL: Taking serious note of alleged dumping of muck/excavated material by three private construction companies in Mandakini and Alaknanada rivers in Rudraprayag and Pauri districts, the Uttara

Publication Date: 
24/07/2015
Vineet Upadhyay
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Waste Disposal, Alakananda, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag (D), Hydroelectricity, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Solid Waste, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court
Energy

Constructing new dams will hinder mission to clean Ganga, says Uma Bharti

NEW DELHI: Government has set the ball rolling by taking many decisions on its ambitious clean Ganga mission but it may find it difficult to keep it moving in absence of e-flow (ecological flow) of

Publication Date: 
25/06/2015
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Water Resources, Ganga, Hydroelectricity, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Haridwar, Bhagirathi, Alakananda, Supreme Court
Environment

Not just 6, all 24 hydro projects would be detrimental

The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, in an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, sought permission to appoint an expert body to review the report of a four-member comm

Publication Date: 
14/05/2015
Seema Sharma
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Environment, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Biodiversity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Energy

SC grants time to Centre for assessing 18 hudro power projects

The Supreme Court today granted two more weeks to the Centre for filing "comprehensive" environment and ecological impact report of 18, out of total 24 hydroelectric power projects, to be set up on

Publication Date: 
14/04/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Supreme Court, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Energy
Energy

Uttarakhand dams: Six new projects await apex court review

On Tuesday the SC will review how six new proposed projects can be built on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi tributaries of the Ganga in Uttarakhand

Publication Date: 
17/02/2015
Nitin SethI
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Bhagirathi, Alakananda, Ganga, Forest Clearance, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Energy
Water Pollution

U’khand picks 15 towns for ‘clean Ganga’ drive

Soon after the Modi government announced a country-wide campaign to clean up the Ganga and its tributaries, including Bhagirathi and Alakanda, within a stipulated time frame, the Uttarakhand govern

Publication Date: 
02/02/2015
D S Kunwar
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Ganga, Bhagirathi, Alakananda, River Pollution, Water Management, World Bank, Water Pollution Control, Water Pollution
Environment

Hydro power project companies flout pollution norms

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to stress on the need for achieving a balance between development and environmental conservation, companies involved in construction of hydro electricit

Publication Date: 
13/01/2015
Pradeep Bhandari
Pioneer (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Environmental Security, Construction Industry, Alakananda, Building Materials, Nanda Devi NP, Riverine Ecology, Environment
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of muck or debris in the river Alaknanda by Jaypee Associates, 05/12/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vimal Bhai Vs. Japee Associates & Ors. dated 05/12/2014 regarding dumping of muck or debris in the river Alaknanda by Jaypee Associates.

The common stand taken by the Respondents including the Project Proponent is that there was no muck dumped or deposited by them in the river bed and it was as a result of flash flood that occurred in the month of June, 2013 and as a result thereof some muck had got collected on the riverbanks.

Judgement Date: 
05/12/2014
Tags:
Alakananda, Rivers, Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Floods, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Hydrology
Environment

SC grants 4 weeks time to Centre for U'khand hydroproject

The Supreme Court today granted four more weeks to the Centre for filing "comprehensive" environment and ecological impact report of 24 hydroelectric power projects to be established on Alaknanda a

Publication Date: 
06/11/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Environment Clearance (EC), Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

Hydro projects impacting local ecology

Large scale hydro power projects being built on the Ganga and its sub-tributaries such as Bhagirathi, Alaknanda, Dhaulli Ganga, Kanchan Ganga, Pindar, Mandakini and Nandakini are major factors affe

Publication Date: 
31/10/2014
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Ecology, Alakananda, Ganga, Environmentalists, Himalaya, Landslides, Floods, Earthquakes, Environment

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