Water Pollution

Bhagirathi water quality parameters within limit, says report

The Ministry of Environment and Forests is not aware of any scientific report relating to ecological degradation in the famous Gangotri, Yamunotri and Badrinath Dhams due to environmental change an

Publication Date: 
14/08/2013
Pioneer (Dehradun)
Tags:
Bhagirathi, Rivers, Water Quality, River Pollution, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ecology, G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Himalaya
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on environmental clearance for hydroelectric projects in the state of Uttarakhand dated 13/08/2013

Expressing concern over the proliferation of hydrolectric projects and their impact on the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the SC has directed the environment ministry to not grant any environmental clearances to the hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand.

Judgement Date: 
13/08/2013
Tags:
Dams, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Supreme Court, Natural Disasters, Floods, Disaster Management, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Riverine Ecology, Ganga, Tehri, Reservoirs, Hydroelectricity
Energy

Green signal for 11 hydro projects in Uttarakhand since 2006

Eleven hydropower projects in the downstream of Gaumukh in Uttarakhand have got clearance from the Environment Ministry since 2006, Lok Sabha was informed today.

Publication Date: 
06/08/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Renewable Energy, Energy, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Act 1986, Bhagirathi, Floods, Uttarkashi (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Dams/ Irrigation

Making of the Tehri myth

Following the calamitous deluge in Uttarakhand, as criticism mounted that too many hydel projects were destabilising the hills, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna claimed that but for the Tehri dam, Ris