Energy

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding setting up of 2 x 660 Megawatt Super Critical Thermal Power plant at village Siladehi, Tehsil Champ, Distt. Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, 03/07/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dilip Bhave Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 03/07/2014 regarding setting up of 2 x 660 Megawatt Super Critical Thermal Power plant at village Siladehi, Tehsil Champ, Distt. Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh.

Judgement Date: 
03/07/2014
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Public Hearing, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Land Acquisition, Industry
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding dynamite blasting at project site at Gram Singhitarai, Janjgir-Champa District in Chhattisgarh and the resulting pollution, 30/04/2014

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jayshree Dansena Vs M/s Athena Chhattisgarh Power Private Ltd. dated 30/04/2014 regarding dynamite blasting at project site at Gram Singhitarai, Janjgir-Champa District in Chhattisgarh. The application was moved for the purpose of protecting lives and health of the people of the villages Singhitarai, Katharrapali, Singhitarai, Nimuhi, Odekera, District –Janjgir – Champa and to make villages free from pollution.

Judgement Date: 
30/04/2014
Tags:
Power Industry, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Air Pollution, Health Effects, Environment Clearance (EC), Afforestation, Sanitation, Drinking Water, Infrastructure Development, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Land

C’garh HC strikes down land acquisition for 4 power projects

The Bilaspur High Court has struck down land acquisition by the Chhattisgarh government for setting up four power projects in Raigarh and Janjgir-Champa districts.

Publication Date: 
07/09/2012
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Power Industry, Energy, Chhattisgarh, High Court, Land Acquisition, Raipur (D), Janjgir-Champa, Agriculture
Land

HC strips 4 power cos of land: Raps Chhattisgarh Govt For Misuse Of Acquisition Powers

New Delhi: The Chhattisgarh high court has quashed a land acquisition order by the state government for four power projects, including one of SKS Ispat and Power Ltd, the firm under a cloud for its

Publication Date: 
06/09/2012
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
High Court, Chhattisgarh, Land Acquisition, Land, Power Industry, Energy, Janjgir-Champa, Raigarh (D)
Land

Farmers protest against land acquisition, 78 held

Raipur: Seventy-eight farmers protesting against forcible acquisition of their land were arrested and several others lathicharged in Chhattisgarh

Publication Date: 
19/01/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Power Industry, Farmers, Janjgir-Champa
Environment

Industrial jungle

As Chhattisgarh advances to become the largest producer of thermal power, cement and sponge iron, this special report in Down To Earth finds out what affect this fast-paced industrialisation will have on the state and its people.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2010
Sugandh Juneja
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Environment, Conflicts, Mining, Water Demand, Bilaspur (D), Iron And Steel Industry, Thermal Power Plants, Cement Industry, Land Acquisition, Forests, Janjgir-Champa, Raiganj, Industrial Pollution
Land

Prospective power hub to eat up chunks of farmland

RAIPUR, 7 MARCH: Blame it on a flawed policy, India is set to shed about 40,000 acres of its prime double-crop agriculture land to dozens of upcoming power projects in a district that is billed having the country

Publication Date: 
08/03/2011
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Irrigation, Raipur (D), Land Acquisition, Farmers, Energy, Power Industry, Agriculture, Janjgir-Champa
Energy

The power route

If it wasn't for frenetic industrial activity underway in the backwaters of Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh's dreams would sound utopian. But the clanging of metal and bright sparks coming out from a welder's torch at the third unit of the 1,620-mw Lanco Amarkantak power plant under construction just off the Korba-Champa highway are a clear pointer to changing times.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2010
Ambreesh Mishra
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal, Energy, Power Transmission, Power Industry, Chhattisgarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba (D), Raigarh (D), India Today (New Delhi), Ambreesh Mishra