A demand-supply mismatch has plunged the city and its neighbouring districts into prolonged periods of power-cuts that officials fear will continue for the next few days.

To add to the residents

Loharinag Pala power project resumes after it was suspended THE Uttarakhand high court has ordered construction work be resumed at the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project on the Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi. The order came after environmentalist G D Agarwal succeeded in stalling the 600 megawatt project by going on an indefinite fast. He ended his hunger strike, lasting 37 days, after the

Maharashtra plans industries in its tourist spots The Maharashtra government has invited companies to set up industries in a district, which it declared eco-sensitive 12 years ago. On January 2, the government passed a resolution allowing thermal power plants, renewable energy projects, mining and stone crushers in the coastal district of Sindhudurg. The district with its backwaters,

The Bhagirathi is made to run through a tunnel in Uttarkashi, evoking strong protests from environmentalists.

IT is 6 p.m. A couple of Hindu priests and a few men and women wait at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Bhagirathi, as the Ganga is known in the pilgrim town of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand. Their heads are turned anxiously in the direction of the river upstream.

NTPC Ltd and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (npcil) would jointly invest around Rs15,000 crore in the next eight years to set up nuclear power plants in the country. The two public sector corporations have signed an MoU to form a joint venture company to undertake nuclear power projects. The first project, a 2,000-mw nuclear power unit, is expected to come up by 2017.

POWER SECTOR is likely to meet only 90 per cent of the 20 million tonnes coal import target this fiscal due to delay in order placements, increasing the misery of many power stations that are running on critical stocks of less than seven days.

Indrani Dutta

These mines fuel a capacity of 11,000 MW across five States

Pending Plans Can Produce Carbon Credits Equivalent Of 224-mt CO2
Sushmi Dey NEW DELHI