Sikkim

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date:

01/04/2008

Author(s): Heffa Schucking

Source: Urgewald

Tags:

Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim

Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date:

01/04/2008

Author(s): Heffa Schucking

Source: Urgewald

Tags:

Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim

Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date:

01/04/2008

Author(s): Heffa Schucking

Source: Urgewald

Tags:

Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim

Dams/ Irrigation

NHPC: people don't matter

India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation has made a name for itself as one of the country's most ruthless corporations. As a state-owned company, NHPC has been able to ignore the conditions set out by India's Environment Ministry, state legislation and in project agreements to guarantee the rights of people affected by its projects. This report by Heffa Sch

Publication Date:

01/04/2008

Author(s): Heffa Schucking

Source: Urgewald

Tags:

Narmada Valley, North East, Teesta, Dams, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Lower Subansiri, Sikkim

Teesta Stage-V hydroelectric project commissioned

Bringing relief to the power-starved States at the onset of summer, the State-run National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) announced the commissioning of all the three units of the 510 MW Teest

Publication Date:

31/03/2008

Source: Hindu

Tags:

Teesta, Dams, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Sikkim

The ground beneath her feet

The mountains in Sikkim are being drilled with explosives to make long tunnels to dam rivers for hydel power projects, despite warnings of geological damage.

Publication Date:

30/03/2008

Source: Business Standard

Tags:

Ecology, Rivers, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Sikkim

Bharalu, Kolong among 71 most polluted rivers

The river Bharalu and Kolong are among the 71 most polluted stretch of river in the country, according to a study by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Publication Date:

21/03/2008

Source: Assam Tribune

Tags:

River Pollution, Kolong, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National River Conservation Directorate, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim

Sikkim exceeds TB control targets

Sikkim's Tuberculosis Cell (STC) has surpassed its target in the fight against Tuberculosis with 130 per cent detection and 88 per cent cure rate since the programme launched in 2002.

Publication Date:

21/03/2008

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Tuberculosis, Sikkim

Small Bandaids For Big Wounds

The arbitrary takeover of land is one of the country's biggest faultlines today. New legislation proposed by the government does little to fix this, says VIJAYAN MJ

Publication Date:

08/03/2008

Source: Tehelka (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, POSCO, Narmada, Teesta, Hydroelectricity, Displacement, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Legislation, Supreme Court, Orissa (Odisha), Sikkim

Dams/ Irrigation

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