Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of muck and construction waste into the river Alaknanda by Tehri Hydro Development Corporation, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, 11/01/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vimal Bhai Vs. Tehri Hydro Development Corporation & Others dated 11/01/2017 regarding dumping of muck and construction waste into the river Alaknanda by Tehri Hydro Development Corporation, Chamoli District of Uttarakhand.

Related Order

Judgement Date: 
11/01/2017
Tags:
Tehri, Dams, Waste Disposal, Alakananda, River Pollution, Chamoli, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Land

Tehri dam displaced families will get land ownership rights

In accordance with the earlier decision of the Supreme Court of India, the Tehri dam displaced families rehabilitated in Pashulok and Pathari areas will be granted land ownership rights.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2016
Pioneer (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tehri, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Land
Natural Disasters

Six die in Uttarakhand cloudbursts, rain brings mercury down

Weatherman has forecast rain or thundershowers in most parts of West Bengal for the next two days

Publication Date: 
30/05/2016
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Rainfall, Tehri, Uttarkashi (D), Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Natural Disasters
Environment

Critics of World Bank projects intimidated: report

Human Rights Watch mentioned the Indian government’s 2015 crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs, particularly Greenpeace.

Publication Date: 
23/06/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Human Rights, India, NGO, World Bank, Hydroelectricity, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tehri, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Urban Transport, Gujarat, Thermal Power Plants
Dams/ Irrigation

Landslide susceptibility zonation of Tehri reservoir rim region using binary logistic regression model

A remote sensing and GIS based landslide susceptibility zonation (LSZ) of the Tehri reservoir rim region has been presented here. Landslide causal factors such
as land use/land cover, photo-lineaments, landslide incidences, drainage, slope, aspect, relative relief, topographic wetness index and stream power index were
derived from remote sensing data. Ancillary data included published geological map, soil map and topographic map. Correlation between factor classes and

Publication Date: 
10/05/2015
Rohan Kumar, R. Anbalagan
Current Science
108
9
1662-1672
Tags:
Tehri, Reservoirs, Landslides, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Geology, Himalaya, Dams
Natural Disasters

Uttarakhand: Met Issues Heavy Rain Alert in Areas Affected by 2013 Flash Floods

Rudraparayg DM Raghav Langar said the Met department issued snowfall alert in areas above 3,500 meters and heavy rain fall alert in areas situated above 2,000 to 3,500 meters, starting from 9 am on

Publication Date: 
26/02/2015
International Business Times
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, Rainfall, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Dehradun (D), Tehri, Uttarkashi (D)
Natural Disasters

Report of expert committee on Uttarakhand flood disaster & role of HEPs

In a significant development on role of hydropower projects in Uttarakhand flood disaster of June 2013, the Expert Body (EB) headed by Dr Ravi Chopra has recommended that at least 23 hydropower projects should be dropped, that hydropower projects played significant role in the Uttarakhand disaster and that there is urgent need to improve the env

Publication Date: 
29/04/2014
South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Dams, Floods, Supreme Court, Landslides, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Riverine Ecology, Biodiversity, Environment Clearance (EC), River Basin, Alakananda, Reservoirs, Tehri, Sedimentation, Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, Geology
Natural Disasters

Assessment of environmental degradation and impact of hydroelectric projects during the June 2013 disaster in Uttarakhand

Successive state governments in Uttarakhand have pursued economic growth through industrialization without taking into account the fragility of the state’s mountains. A massive rain storm in June 2013 exposed the

Publication Date: 
01/04/2014
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Dams, Floods, Natural Disasters, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Map, Biodiversity, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Riverine Ecology, Glacial Melt, Tehri, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Eco-Sensitive Zone, River Pollution, Ganga, Sedimentation, Reservoirs, Forest Clearance, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Hydrology, Supreme Court
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on environmental clearance for hydroelectric projects in the state of Uttarakhand dated 13/08/2013

Expressing concern over the proliferation of hydrolectric projects and their impact on the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the SC has directed the environment ministry to not grant any environmental clearances to the hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand.

Judgement Date: 
13/08/2013
Tags:
Dams, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Supreme Court, Natural Disasters, Floods, Disaster Management, Alakananda, Bhagirathi, Riverine Ecology, Ganga, Tehri, Reservoirs, Hydroelectricity
Dams/ Irrigation

Making of the Tehri myth

Following the calamitous deluge in Uttarakhand, as criticism mounted that too many hydel projects were destabilising the hills, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna claimed that but for the Tehri dam, Ris

Publication Date: 
13/07/2013
Jay Mazoomdar
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Hydroelectricity, Tehri, Dams, Bhagirathi, Alakananda, Haridwar, NGO, Floods

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