Dams/ Irrigation

Activists hail rejection of forest clearance for Tipaimukh dam

Anti-dam lobbyists have hailed the rejection of forest clearance for the proposed 1500MW Tipaimukh multi-purpose project by the forest advisory committee.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2013
Times Of India (Guwahati)
Tags:
Dams, Forest Clearance, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Manipur, Trees, Forests, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Environment Clearance (EC), Flora, Fauna, Ecology, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam
Natural Disasters

Tarun Gogoi wants international authority to tame rivers

In view of the perennial and crippling flood and erosion problem faced by Assam, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday vouched for an international river authority comprising India, China, Banglad

Publication Date: 
19/07/2013
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Assam, Floods, Soil Erosion, Brahmaputra, India, China, Bangladesh, Dams, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Arunachal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Natural Disasters
Dams/ Irrigation

Second hydel project in Uri ready to generate power

240-MW project on Jhelum to provide 12% free electricity to state

The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has added another feather to its cap as the Uri-II hydroelectric project is ready for use and will be commissioned within a couple of months.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2013
Amir Karim Tantray
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Jammu & Kashmir, Baramula (D), Jhelum, Dams, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Dams/ Irrigation
Dams/ Irrigation

PAC asks for report on Subansiri power project

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has asked for a detailed report on the present status of the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Project from the Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami,

Publication Date: 
03/07/2013
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Arunachal, Assam, Lower Subansiri, Dams, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Ministry of Power, Dams/ Irrigation
Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC bid to end Subansiri dam impasse

– In a bid to end the long-standing stalemate concerning the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has started pursuing the Ministry

Publication Date: 
02/07/2013
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Dams, Hydroelectricity, Lower Subansiri, Ministry Of Water Resources, Assam
Energy

Nod to joint venture for solar power project

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Thursday gave its approval to establish a joint venture company of the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency and National Hydroelectric Power Corpor

Publication Date: 
28/06/2013
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Renewable Energy, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Solar Energy, Jalaun, Energy Policy, Energy
Land

Narmada dam affected from MP to launch protest from today

Will press for demands; land against land, adequate compensation and sufficient time for resettlement

Thousands of villages from the five Narmada dam affected villages will launch a five-day Satyagraha in Bhopal under the aegis of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) to take on state authorities from June 28.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2013
Shashikant Trivedi
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Narmada, Dams, Indira Sagar, Land Acquisition, Displacement, Omkareshwar, Hydroelectricity, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Compensation, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Land
Energy

PM lays foundation stone for GVK’s 850 MW Ratle hydle plant in J&K

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today laid foundation stone for GVK Power's 850 mw Ratle hydro-electric power plant on the River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2013
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Renewable Energy, Chenab, Electricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Ecology, Biodiversity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Jammu & Kashmir
Environment

Environment ministry not keen on Tipaimukh hydroelectric project

A controversial hydroelectric project in the northeast may run into rough weather with the environment ministry hesitant to grant green clearance to the project which involves cutting 78 lakh trees

Publication Date: 
10/06/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Manipur, Barak, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Bamboo, Deforestation, Mizoram, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, Environment
Environment

Environment Ministry not keen on Tipaimukh project

A controversial hydroelectric project in the northeast may run into rough weather with the Environment Ministry hesitant to grant green clearance to the project which involves cutting 78 lakh trees

Publication Date: 
10/06/2013
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Manipur, Barak, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Bamboo, Deforestation, Mizoram, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, Environment

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