National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)

India's ugliest dam builder

India's ugliest dam builder is undoubtedly the state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). While the company is currently angling to acquire new capital, its operations at home and abroad have left a trail of ruined livelihoods and misery in its wake.

Publication Date:

01/03/2008

Author(s): Heffa Schucking

Source: World Rivers Review

Vol:

23

Issue:

1

pp:

6

Tags:

Dams, Indira Sagar, Narmada Valley Project, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Compensation, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Myanmar, India, Sikkim

Business scores over environment in Sikkim

GANGTOK, Feb 11

Publication Date:

12/02/2008

Tags:

Teesta, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)

Water Supply

Against the flow

Disregarding ecological and livelihood concerns, the Parbati hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh is moving forward. Experts warn that diverting water from the Parbati and its tributaries for

Publication Date:

29/11/2007

Author(s): Archita Bhatta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Glaciers, Rivers, Water Distribution, Water Demand, Dams, Riverine Ecology, Climate Change, Hydroelectricity, Water Supply, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Hydrology, India, Himachal Pradesh, Kulu (D)

India

Sikkim tribesfolk oppose proposed hydel projects

Saturday, July 7. It's day 18 of an indefinite hunger strike by tribespeople of Sikkim's Lepcha community and there's no end in sight. Protests against the imminent influx of a series of dams on

Publication Date:

30/07/2007

Author(s): Maureen Nandini Mitra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecology, North East, Teesta, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Conflicts, Protected Area Conservation, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Geology, India, Sikkim

India

Arunachal Pradesh signs MoUs for hydroelectric projects

on september 22, 2006, the Arunachal Pradesh government signed three mou s with central power undertakings for the development of upto 15,000 mw hydroelectric projects. The projects represent

Publication Date:

30/10/2006

Author(s): TONGAM RINA

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

North East, Dams, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Public Sector, India, Arunachal

India

Centre, state battle over electricity

A full-page advertisement on September 20 announced a ceasefire of sorts between Arunachal Pradesh and the Union government. The state government will sign memoranda of understanding (mou) with big

Publication Date:

14/10/2006

Author(s): Nitin Sethi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Subansiri, Energy Policy, Hydroelectricity, Climate Equity, Nathpa Jhakri HP, Power Industry, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Private Sector, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), India, Arunachal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Dams/ Irrigation

Hurry up

Rules neglected to enable inauguration by PM

Publication Date:

14/09/2005

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20050915

pp:

0

Tags:

Dams, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Kargil (D)

Energy

The power reservoir

As focus on hydroelectric power is restored, nhpc braces itself to unleash its full potential as the nodal hydel body in the country

Publication Date:

03/01/2005

Author(s): Shelley Vishwajeet

Source: Business India (Mumbai)

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Water Resources

IN SHORT

QUID PRO QUO: As a part of a swap deal, the Pennsylvania-based PPL Corp has decided to sell three of its nine hydroelectric dams in Maine, USA, to an umbrella group of government agencies and

Publication Date:

30/10/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031031

pp:

0

Tags:

Soft Drinks, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)

BLOG

Climate Change

15 Nov 2011

Uttarakhand hills with solar power don’t prefer ‘taar wali bijli’

Comments

It was half past four in the evening when we reached Garbadhar. It took us about 4 hours and two flat tyres along the Kali river from Dharachulha to get there. The Border Roads Organization remained inactive that day as it was a Sunday. Otherwise, as we were told and as it was while we returned, workers were blasting the sides of these large, rocky mountains to lay good motorable roads and connect these far flung tiny hamlets to the rest of the maddening crowd.