India has slashed its target for increased hydropower generating capacity over the next five years due to delays in environmental approvals and difficulties over land acquisitions and water rights,

GUWAHATI: The protest against the big dam in the State started by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) would continue in the days to some. This was stated by the KMSS.

Secretary of the peasant body Bedanta Laskar said that the protest of the KMSS against the Lower Subansiri Project would continue till the State Government scraps it and also informed that a cycle rally was launched at the Simenmukh Sangkhum playground in Dhemaji, which would end at the Gai river in the district.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday asked how energy-short India could solve its power problems with so many agitations against nuclear and hydel projects.

“Almost every state which earlier showed interest for nuclear power has agitation against land acquisition because some accident happened in some part of the world.... In the case of hydel, three projects starting from Lohari Nagpala to upstream of 100 km of Bhagirathi, we have had to abandon,” he said at a post-Budget interaction with the Confederation of Indian Industry.

Guwahati, March 22: The report on the downstream impact of Lower Subansiri project, being prepared by a two-member technical committee constituted by the Centre, has been delayed.

JAMMU: Increasing man-animal conflict was the serious concern of almost all members in State Assembly today during the discussion of grants on Forest and allied departments during second sitting today.

Right from Ch Zulfkar to Engineer Rashid all members showed concern over growing man animal conflict and demanded that efforts should be made to arrest the same.

DIMAPUR, March 18 – The Naga Youth Organization-Burma (NYO-B) erstwhile Eastern Naga Youth Organisation (ENYO) today formed a forum called “People’s Forum against Tamanthi Dam-Delhi” at a seminar o

Minister of State for Power, Shabir Ahmad Khan today said that the work on 37.5 MW Parnai Hydro Electric Project on Suran river is expected to start during the current year after completion of bidding process by May, 2012.

Mr Khan further said that project will be completed at an estimated cost of ` 483 crore. The project is scheduled to be completed within 4 years. A number of financial institutions like PFC, REC, HUDCO, J&K Bank

In a move which should caution power developers to avoid illegal dumping of waste like excavated debris, the Department of Forests, Environment and Wildlife in Sikkim has fined NHPC Rs 75 lakh for

GUWAHATI: The two-day ‘State Convention against Big Dam’ concluded here on Monday. The Monday session of the convention witnessed several speakers delving deep into the implications of the big dams including the controversial Lower Subansiri project on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.

Addressing the gathering at the convention, Ramaswamy R Iyer, Former Secretary, Water Resources Ministry, Government of India, said that there was no proper study made in regard to the downstream impact of the Lower Subansiri dam. “NHPC often says that the Lower Subansiri project is a run on the river project and the downstream impact of such project is low.

State-owned power companies including hydropower giant NHPC have snapped supplies to defaulting utilities — BSES Delhi and a distribution firm in Uttar Pradesh — and have started trading the electr