NEW DELHI: States through which the Ganga flows will soon be given additional funding to operate and maintain projects to clean the river and restore its environmental health.
THE nearly 3,500 residents of Bhatwadi village along the Uttarkashi-Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand saw their world come crashing down around them on the night of August 12/13. A massive landslide that hit the village formed cracks up to five metres wide on the highway and these crept up the hills to over 100 metres.
In what could be the first for the country, the government today said NTPC would be duly compensated for the cancellation of its 600-mega watt (Mw) hydropower project at Loharinag Pala in Uttarakhand. The compensation could run into Rs 1,000 crore.
New Delhi: After the intervention of the Congress leadership, the Centre on Friday reversed its earlier decision and ordered closure of the 600 MW Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project on the Bhagirathi river, a tributary of the Ganga.
NEW DELHI: Faced with a wave of religious sentiment about the Ganga, as well as activists clamouring about environment damage, the government has reversed its position on the Loharinag Pala hydel project.
JAIPUR: Four members of the newly-constituted National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) have threatened to resign following a report of the Group of Ministers recommending renewal of construction of the Loharinag Pala hydro-electric project on the Bagirathi river.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to commission studies to assess the feasibility of the hydro electric projects proposed on the rivers Bhagirathi and Alaknanda. The studies will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.
