Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding water pollution in Meghalaya, 05/09/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Environment Pollution & Health Hazards in the State Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 05/09/2016 regarding conditions prevalent in respect of at least 21 rivers and water bodies in the State of Meghalaya.

Judgement Date: 
05/09/2016
Tags:
Water Pollution, Meghalaya, River Pollution, Water Quality, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), North East
Energy

Re-envisaging renewable energy potential in NE

GUWAHATI , India is battling with a two-pronged problem of environment as well as energy crisis.Together with its prolonged struggle to remove the evils of inequality, poverty and improvement of th

Publication Date: 
24/08/2016
Arindam Gupta
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Renewable Energy, North East, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Electricity, Energy Policy, Solar Energy, Energy
Energy

Round-the-clock power supply: a key milestone for the Indian power sector

This report takes stock of the power sector in India and discusses the interventions required to achieve round-the-clock power supply and propose directions for stakeholders in the Indian power and energy sectors. Rapid economic growth in India has led to a surge in energy demand in the country.

Publication Date: 
22/08/2016
PwC India
Tags:
Electricity, Power Industry, Hydroelectricity, Development, India, Coal Industry, North East
Energy

Round-the-clock power supply: A key milestone for the Indian power sector

This report takes stock of the power sector in India and discusses the interventions required to achieve round-the-clock power supply and propose directions for stakeholders in the Indian power and energy sectors.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2016
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Tags:
Electricity, Power Transmission, India, Thermal Power Plants, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, Statistics, Coal, Diesel, Hydroelectricity, Rural Electrification, North East, Infrastructure Development, Mining
Solid Waste

Concern over solid waste problem in NE

GUWAHATI- At a time when development is the buzzword both at the government and societal levels and Swachh Bharat campaign launched by the Government is making inroads in wiping off waste and filth

Publication Date: 
18/08/2016
Arindam Gupta
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Waste Management, North East, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Mizoram, Waste Disposal, Guwahati, Solid Waste
Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contaminated Drinking Water, 11/08/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contaminated Drinking Water, 11/08/2016. As per the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) guidelines, 10% of the total budget is allocated to North Eastern States.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Drinking Water, Drinking Water Quality, Arsenic, Fluoride, North East, India, Statistics, Parliament
Industry

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pending Projects, 09/08/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pending Projects, 09/08/2016. A list of 17 projects for Environment Clearance (EC) and 2 projects for Forest Clearance (FC) from North Eastern States, including Arunachal Pradesh, pending in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is annexed.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Industry, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, India, Statistics, Parliament, North East
Energy

Energy and energy access: Northeast India

The Northeast region of the country has a total installed capacity of 3,550.02 mega-watts (MW) for electricity generation. Fossil fuels—gas, coal and diesel—capacity combined contributes to 57.6 per cent of the installed capacity.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2016
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Tags:
Energy, Electricity, North East, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Rural Electrification, Renewable Energy
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding "development works" in Lamphelpat wetland, Manipur, 25/07/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of The Popular Pisciculture Association, Manipur Vs. State of Manipur & Others dated 25/07/2016 regarding "development works" in Lamphelpat wetland, Manipur and displacement of people dependent for their livelihood on pisciculture, cultivation of rice and for cultivation of aquatic edible plants. Tribunal directs Government of Manipur to come up with a package for rehabilitating the people who were dependent on the wetland.

Related Orders:

Judgement Date: 
25/07/2016
Tags:
Wetlands, Fisherfolk, Manipur, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rehabilitation, North East
Forests

Conservation effectiveness across state and community forests: the case of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India

Despite decades of concerted global conservation efforts, biodiversity loss continues unabated, making it important to assess the effectiveness of conservation approaches. Using forest cover as a proxy for conservation effectiveness, we analysed land-use and land-cover changes across a community and a state forest of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India. Forest losses in the community lands (77.94 sq. km) were higher compared to the state forest (11.48 sq. km) between 1994 and 2014, and were driven by mining, industry, plantations and agriculture.

Publication Date: 
25/07/2016
Rajkamal Goswami, Muneeswaran Mariappan, Thangjam Somendro Singh & et al
Current Science
111
2
380-387
Tags:
Forests, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, North East, Land Use, Forest Conservation, Community Forest Management (CFM), Statistics

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