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Report raises doubts over feasibility
Raising serious doubts over techno-economic feasibility of the Renuka Dam and pointing out glaring infirmities in its environment impact assessment (EIA), the report of the People’s Action for People in Need (PAPN) has stated that the ambitious project would prove to be an “unmitigated disaster” for both the environment and the local community.
- Date:
- 15/03/2010
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Power Projects: New policy prohibits shifting of dam site
Shimla: The hydropower developers will not be able to shift the sites of dam and power house as per the new project allotment policy, under which boundaries will be marked on the ground. They will be required to provide more free power to the government as royalty in case the capacity of the project is enhanced beyond 20 per cent after the preparation of detailed project report.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Narmada command area set to double
Drip, sprinkler tech will help irrigate 35 lakh ha: Vyas
Gandhinagar: Gujarat government’s spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas on Wednesday declared that with sprinkler and drip irrigation added, the total command area available for irrigation under the Narmada project would go up by a whopping 15 lakh hectares (ha).
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
- Source:
- Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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AP may lose out on excess Krishna water
Hyderabad, March 9: The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal is all set to come out with an interim report in August directing that the surplus water from the river be shared by AP, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
- Source:
- Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
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Bhutan for boosting ties with Assam
Bhutan Consul General in Kolkata, Dasho Tsering Wangda has met Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at the latter's official residence and discussed issues of mutual interests.
The top Bhutanese official revealed that Bhutan would start flight operations with Assam on the Guwahati-Bhutan-Bangkok route subsequently to Patna.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
- Source:
- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Renuka Dam: Fresh environment assessment, public hearing sought
Villagers question logic behind giving water to Delhi by submerging Himachal’s forests
Residents of 37 villages in Sirmour district are up in arms against the upcoming Renuka Dam project aimed to supply drinking water to Delhi, as it will submerge or severely affect all these villages in the 24-kilometre area between Dadahu and Khairi.
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
- Source:
- Indian Express (Chandigarh)
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Violence on project-affected people in Himachal Pradesh
On 14 February, 2010 activists of the "Saal Ghaati Bachao Sangarsh Morcha" were subjected to unprovoked and armed attacks by goondas of the contractors of the Hull I hydropower project of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.
- Date:
- Mar 2010
- Source:
- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 45 Issue: 10 pp: 5
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Micro-irrigation sector bullish on higher govt funding
MARKET potential for India’s microirrigation sector could jump as much as 70% to Rs 450 crore over the next several months, following the Centre’s decision to hike earmarked spends for 2010-11 to a record high of Rs 1,000 crore. A significant percentage of funding for several other schemes is also expected to strengthen the sector this fiscal, analysts maintain.
- Date:
- 05/03/2010
- Source:
- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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Govt plans to construct two lakh ponds and check dams
With an aim to provide better irrigation facilities to the farmers of the State, the Agriculture Department has decided to build 1,00,000 non-concrete check dam and similar number of ponds across the State.
- Date:
- 04/03/2010
- Source:
- Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Rajasthan blames Punjab, MP for its water woes
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government may have been drawing a contingency plan to deal with its acute drinking water crisis, but it can do little to help the farmers get adequate water for irrigation.
- Date:
- 01/03/2010
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
