S K JainThe crucial environmental clearance has given a major boost to Nuclear Power Corporation for its proposed 10,000-Mw nuclear power project at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. In an interview with Sanjay Jog, NPC CMD S K Jain spells out the state-run company
Decision was difficult but was a balancing act, says Ramesh.
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) today okayed the 10,000-Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra, to be developed by the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) in collaboration with French power equipment maker firm Areva.
The Union environment ministry has cleared the construction of a 9,900MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh made this announcement in Mumbai on Sunday and said that his department has prescribed 35 conditions and safety measures. The Union envi Nov.
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has sought environmental clearance for 6x1650 MW power generating complex to be implemented in phases at village Madban in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. NPCIL has signed an agreement withe the French company AREVA for establishing this complex which will initially come up with two 1650 MW units.
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government on Wednesday approved a new sand mining policy, which makes it compulsory for contractors to obtain permission from the Gramsabha, (the elected body of villagers) for sand mining and extraction. The policy says the Revenue Department should give sand mining licences only through a bidding process.
Villagers from Madban, Niveli, Mithgavhane, Karel and Ansure, the five villages which will come under the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Ratnagiri district, gathered in Mumbai on Wednesday, protesting against revenue minister Narayan Rane
Heavy downpour in western parts of the state have left farmers a worried lot. While rains are playing havoc with kharif crops such as soyabean in Northern Maharashtra, damage to rabi crops such as paddy over a vast stretch
Radioactive releases from the proposed plant of Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) in Maharashtra are expected to be insignificant and their impact would be negligible, according to the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri).
SINDHUDURG (Maharashtra): Professor Madhav Gadgil, chairman of the ecology expert panel on Western Ghats, heard villagers and officials during his ongoing visit to Konkan. He observed that "prima facie there were deficiencies in some of the environment impact assessment reports'' for the power as well as mining projects in the coastal districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.
