National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)

NHPC to set up 100-MW wind project

THE COUNTRY

Publication Date:

29/04/2009

Tags:

Narmada, Hydroelectricity, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Madhya Pradesh

Hazardous Waste

NHPC submits action plan

Shimla: The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has submitted an action plan to the state pollution control board for carrying out various protection works and stabilisation of muck dumping sites for restoring the damage caused to environment.

Publication Date:

28/04/2009

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Industrial Dispersal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Disposal, Hazardous Waste, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Himachal Pradesh

Dams/ Irrigation

Parbati Project: NHPC continues to dump muck into Sainj river

Sainj (Kullu): Contractors and subcontractors working at the phase-II of the 2,051-MW Parbati project being executed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) continue to dump muck into the Sainj river.

The corporation has not stopped work on the project despite a directive to that effect from the State Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (SEPPCB) on April 17.

Publication Date:

23/04/2009

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Rivers, Parvati, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Himachal Pradesh

Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC Projects: Mufti wants state compensated

Udhampur: With resentment brewing among residents of Doda and Kishtwar districts over not getting benefits from hydel projects functioning in their areas, the PDP has stepped up its campaign in this connection.

Publication Date:

16/04/2009

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, Compensation, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Jammu & Kashmir, Doda (D)

Water Resources

China, the Brahmaputra and India

China

Publication Date:

14/04/2009

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Rivers, Brahmaputra, Lohit, Subansiri, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Hydrology, Bangladesh, China, India, East Siang, River Linking

Energy

Power units join hands to set up testing lab

Publication Date:

12/04/2009

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Energy Technology, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)

Dams/ Irrigation

'Dam virus' engulfs Arunachal Pradesh

The North-east is slated to be India's 'future power house' with approximately 170 large hydroelectric projects to generate around 70,000 MW planned in the region. The large dams juggernaut promises to be the biggest 'development' intervention in this ecologically and geologically fragile, seismically active and culturally sensitive landscape in the days to come.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): Neejaj Vagholikar

Source: Hornbill

Vol:

0

Issue:

0

pp:

42

Tags:

Dams, Arunachal, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Hydroelectricity, Displacement, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), River Basin, Biodiversity Hotspots, North East, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Dams/ Irrigation

Climate Change

The role of hydroelectric power projects in the climate change: a case study of Ravi basin in Himachal Pradesh

Dams have had serious impacts on the lives, livelihoods, cultures and spiritual existence of indigenous, tribal and illiterate people, moreover on the physical environmental conditions and on the biodiversity of the area concerned. The dam related developmental activities in Ravi catchment area have been threatening the biodiversity in the whole catchment.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): Mohinder Slariya

Source: Government PG College

Tags:

Environment, Ravi, Dams, Climate Change, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Himachal Pradesh, Chamba

Dams/ Irrigation