New Delhi: As an GoM meets on Tuesday to decide the fate of 600-mw Loharinag Pala hydel power project in Uttarakhand, the Centre has said the state would be adequately compensated in case the project is scrapped.

NEW DELHI: The Centre has asked the Madhya Pradesh Government to submit a plan for rehabilitation of families affected by the Maheshwar hydro-electric project coming up in the State.

This is in response to the State Government's request for Prime Minister's intervention to allow construction of the dam that was suspended for non-compliance of environmental and rehabilitation norms.

Abhijit Prashar | Chandigarh

NEW DELHI: The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to send a high-level Group of Ministers to the Narmada Valley to assess

Hyderabad, May 11: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday directed the irrigation department not to make any changes in the designs of the Polavaram multi-purpose project and take steps to complete it by 2014.

Under pressure from the PMO, the ministr of environment and forest (MoEF) has given the gree signal to partial construc tion of the Maheshwar dam The Central Water Com mission had warned th MoEF that some parts o the project, including th seven gates that are now under construction, need t be completed in order t prevent the danger of flood ing during the monsoons.

Priscilla Jebaraj

Under pressure from the Madhya Pradesh government and the Prime Minister's office (PMO), the Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to allow partial construction of the Maheshwar dam to resume, modifying its own suspension order.

Kalpana Jain / New Delhi May 01, 2010, 1:58 IST

The government is taking a fresh look at the 600 Mw Loharinag-Pala hydel project on the Bhagirathi river following an expert committee report cautioning against stopping work at an advanced stage, as it might be disastrous for an active seismic zone. Work on it was suspended last year.

Hyderabad, April 20: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday strongly objected to Karnataka

This project is seen to be a major boon for the drought-prone Telangana region.

The Centre and the Central Water Commission (CWC) have given in-principle clearance for the Rs 40,300-crore mega Pranahitha Sujala Sravanthi Irrigation Project, considered to be biggest ever planned in the country.

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