February 5, 2015 A panel of experts appointed by the Himachal Pradesh government has said that popular opposition to large hydel power projects on the Sutlej is being fanned by the establishment’s “indifference” to the problems of the people. The panel has rejected the conclusions of a report prepared earlier for the union government, which […]
Tribune News Service Shimla, January 23 Seeking intervention of the state government to ensure that there is no law and order problem arising out of the workers’ strike at the Karcham-Wangtoo and Baspa projects, Manoj Gaur, Executive Chairman of Jaypee Group, met CM Virbhadra Singh today. Even as the conciliation meetings held in the recent […]
On 8th and 9th December 2014, the Directorate of Energy organised Public Consultations in Rekong Peo and Pooh (Kinnaur District) on the Cumulative Environment Impact Assessment Study conducted for the Satluj River Basin. The study, which had the mandate to assess the over all cumulative impacts of the ongoing and proposed hydropower development in the […]
The Himdhara Team put together a photo exhibition for the India River’s Week 2014 titled ‘Disappearing Lifelines of India’s Hydro State’. The exhibition highlights the impacts of operations, under-construction and planned Hydro projects in the five river basins of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh is India’s largest hydropower producing state and has a planned potential of […]
Himdhara made a detailed submission on the critique of the Cumulative Impact Assessment report of Satluj Basin conducted by ICFRE. The study was conducted for the Himachal government after the Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change urged it to assess the cumulative impacts of hydro power projects on all the river basins of […]
हिमाचल प्रदेश सरकार ने पर्यावरण व वन मंत्रालय के निर्देश पर 2013-2014 में जल विद्युत परियोजनाओं के प्रभावों का आंकलन करने के लिये भारतीय वानिकी अनुसंधान एवं शिक्षा परिषद् (ICFRE),देहरादून को नियुक्त किया। हिमाचल प्रदेश में सबसे पहले सतलुज घाटी का सामुहिक पर्यावरण प्रभाव आंकलन किया गया। आंकलन के अंतिम प्रक्रिया के दौरान किन्नौर व […]
A Photo Essay on the impacts of blasting and tunneling for hydroprojects (Photos by Sumit Mahar) Tunneling for hydropower project using the blasting technique can be compared to mining or quarrying. It has a series of direct and indirect impacts which have already been documented. Among the most serious impacts of tunneling that are likely to […]
Now in a dismantled state, the 4.8 MW Aleo II hydro project, situated between Aleo and Prini village in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh made it to the news recently, but for wrong reasons. The reservoir of the newly built Aleo II hydro project on the Aleo nallah, a tributary of the Beas river, collapsed […]
SHIMLA: Environmentalists denounce the process as an ill-timed eyewash; Force Government to conduct Consultations at Tehsil levelA public consultation on the Cumulative Environment Impact study of the Satluj river basin conducted today at Jhakhri today saw uproarious scenes with the project affected people of the Satluj valley and environmental organisations vehemently protesting against the conduct […]
Shimla Published on Saturday, 26 October 2013 Environment activists have asked the state government to declare Kinnaur a disaster affected area in view of the destruction caused by heavy rains and snow during the month of June this year. Appalled by the government apathy towards reckless and unplanned development in the tribal district, the […]