Dams/ Irrigation

Kanhar Dam protest: Tribal feared dead after police firing

BILASPUR: Residents of many villages in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, besides UP, have been protesting against Kanhar dam being built in Amwar village of Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district of UP.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2015
Arjun Chouhan
Times Of India (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Kanhar, Dams, Jharkhand, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, Tribals, Dams/ Irrigation
Environment

Police firing on Kanhar anti dam protestors on Ambedkar Jayanti

Publication Date: 
14/04/2015
India Environment Portal
Tags:
Dams/ Irrigation, Kanhar, Sonbhadra, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment, Cost Benefit Analysis, Land Acquisition, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Forests, Deforestation, Tribals, High Court, Uttar Pradesh
Energy

More power to Sonbhadra, but will its population get strength

On paper, any district would be envious of Sonbhadra, the district which has footprints of all of the world's five economic powerhouses.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2015
Subhash Mishra
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Sonbhadra, Thermal Power Plants, Water Pollution, Electricity, Energy
Energy

Sun powers winds of change in rural UP

LUCKNOW: At a primary school in Saraidand village of Sonbhadra district, dozens of students rush to queue up before a tap to quench their thirst from pure RO water. This is a new phenomenon.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2015
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Sonbhadra, Solar Energy, Rural Electrification, LEDs
Dams/ Irrigation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Kanhar Dam in Uttar Pradesh, 12/03/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Om Dutt Singh & Ors. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. dated 12/03/2015 regarding Kanhar Dam in Uttar Pradesh.

The counsel appearing for MoEF submits that the original letter of 1980 granting Forest Clearance to the Project Proponent is not available in the records of the MoEF. Similar stand is taken by the Project Proponent. However, both of them submit that the preceding and subsequent transactions establish that clearance was granted.

Judgement Date: 
12/03/2015
Tags:
Kanhar, Dams, Uttar Pradesh, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Clearance, Sonbhadra
Dams/ Irrigation

Kanhar Dam: Delaying tactics by MOEFCC and State of U.P. in order to create fait accompli

It seems that protection of environment and forests is no more the agenda of MOEFCC. The same path is being followed by the State government of U.P. which in spite of saving its natural resources, is deeply responsible for violation of Article 48 A of the Indian constitution which casts a duty on the State Government to protect and improve environment and safeguard forests and wildlife of the country.

Tags:
Kanhar, Dams, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Uttar Pradesh, Sonbhadra, Forests, Irrigation, Gram Sabhas, Tribals, High Court, Land Acquisition, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

Kanhar dam case: Green panel pulls up environment ministry

The National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the union environment ministry in the case of the controversial Kanhar dam in Uttar Pradesh within one week, failing which a Rs 25,000 fine woul

Publication Date: 
23/02/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Kanhar, Dams, Environmental Health, Sonbhadra, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment
Mining

Illegal minning done in the knowledge of mining minister

Illegal mining in Sonebhadra district has been done in the knowledge of Mining Minister Gyatri Prajapati and well strong syndicate comprising of public representatives, media persons, transporters

Publication Date: 
05/02/2015
Preetam Srivastava
Pioneer (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Sonbhadra, Mining, Minerals, Illegal Trade
Environment

NGT to decide the fate of Kanhar dam Wednesday

The National Green Tribunal will take up the final hearing in the case of the controversial Kanhar dam in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
04/02/2015
Zee News
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Sonbhadra, Kanhar, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Dams, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment
Water Pollution

Arsenic in water: Sonbhadra admn told to form panel

The Allahabad High Court has asked the District Magistrate and Chief Medical Officer of Sonbhadra to form a committee to look into the issue of arsenic contamination of drinking water in several vi

Publication Date: 
15/01/2015
Indian Express (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Sonbhadra, Arsenic, Drinking Water, Water Pollution, High Court, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Fluoride, Health Effects

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