Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of S D Loda Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/04/2025. The state of Arunachal Pradesh and Itanagar Municipal Corporation was directed by the NGT, April 8, 2025 to file their counter affidavits on the setting …
People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) has demanded the Reliance Power Limited (RPL) for immediate payment of compensation money to the project affected people of 700 MW Tato-II hydel project in West Siang district of the state. Extending constant support to the genuine demands of Project Affected Peoples’ Action Committee, Tato, …
The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet has approved to allocate the 330 mega watt Kurung Kumey Hydro Power Project to the North East Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) for execution. The cabinet in its sitting on November 1 last also approved establishment of Gas Power Plant in Miao under Changlang district and establishment …
New Delhi : The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation's 3,000-MW Dibang project in Arunachal Pradesh will soon be taken up for faster clearance by the Prime Minister-headed Cabinet Committee on Investment. The R16,000-crore project, billed as the country's largest hydropower project till date, has been stuck for over six years due …
ITANAGAR, October 30: “The time has dawned for Arunachal to set in motion a Green Farming Policy to build a prosperous, healthy and happy Arunachal. Only then can we ensure food and economic security for the farmers and a disease free younger generation in the coming decades,” declared C Jayakumar …
New Delhi, October 29: Against the backdrop of hue and cry over Chinese aggression in Arunachal Pradesh, the Union Home Ministry has said that several strategic projects in the northeast are facing problems for not getting environment clearance. “The Home Ministry was having major problems in getting environment clearances for …
It is the country’s longest road project under PMGSY The Centre has cleared the 157 km Miao-Vijaynagar road project that will connect the remote Vijaynagar circle in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh along the India-Myanmar border, 100 km of it passing through the Namdapha National Park. Touted to be the …
The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chattra Parishad (AJYCP) on Monday strictly warned the NHPC and asked them not to restart the construction work of the lower Subansiri hydel project. “Several organisations including the AJYCP have been demanding for the closure of construction work of the hydel project. By calling for a …
The Assam Government is silent over the issue of forest clearance to the 1750- MW Demwe Lower Hydel Project, which is being constructed on the inter-State Lohit River at the Parasuram Kund point in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh by a private sector firm. This is seen as a case detrimental to …
Setting a blistering pace, Tamil Nadu has halved its infant mortality rate (IMR) in the past decade while abunch of other states – Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka – have shown significant decreases of around 40%. The overall IMR for the country has gone down by a third. This emerges from the …
NEW DELHI, October 20: A fact that is likely to generate a wide–scale controversy amongst the environmental activists in the northeastern States, as many as 10,846.6382 hectares of forest land was diverted for non–forest purposes in the region. Such forest land was diverted for building dams, mining and other non–forest …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said that his government is committed to increase the State’s forest cover by another 90 per cent by controlling shifting cultivation, arresting forest fires and over–grazing, and curbing illegal removal of forest produce, while at the same time undertaking plantation through TFC, CAMPA, SFDA, …
Stalled Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said a Centre-appointed expert panel has suggested additional safety measures in the construction of the stalled Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project by NHPC. The central decision was conveyed in a letter by the Union Minister of State for Power …
The seismic activity in the south of the Pir Panjal range in Doda district is not new and is a continuous process that leads to earthquakes in the region. “The Himalayan region has been witnessing seismic activity on a regular basis. After May 1, it has gone up, particularly in …
Sources say the cost of setting up the power plant is Rs 5,000 cr; the project has already received forest and defence nod Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is known to be in talks to purchase a 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, that belongs to Hyderabad-based Kineta …
With the China factor looming large, the Centre is belatedly trying to make up for lost time in setting up hydroelectric projects on the Brahmaputra’s Siang Basin in Arunachal Pradesh. China spikes India's proposal for joint mechanism on Brahmaputra Of the 25 projects totalling over 11,000 MW allotted to developers …
Three Congress ruled States in the northeast have achieved the dubious distinction of being the “least developed” States. A committee appointed by the Union Finance Ministry has identified Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya and seven other States across the country as “least developed”. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan …
Arunachal Pradesh government has approved in principle the revised city development plan for the State Capital for its planned growth and accelerated development. Chief Minister Nabam Tuki approved the plan after a threadbare discussion on a blueprint presented by Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats Private Ltd, a consultancy agency, under the …
Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Ninong Ering has called for preservation of wildlife and forest resources in Arunachal Pradesh to help develop tourism and create employment opportunities in the sector. Addressing a meeting at Pasighat in East Siang district yesterday organized by the Daying Ering Wild Life Foundation …
Itanagar, September 23: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Monday asserted that free power to every home is possible if the people facilitate speedy execution of all ongoing hydro–power projects in the state. The Chief Minister’s assertion came in the backdrop of mass public protest on various upcoming hydro …
About 13.3 per cent of youth in the country are unemployed according to the third annual employment and unemployment survey report conducted by the Labour Bureau of the Union Ministry of Labour and Unemployment. Interestingly, the highest unemployment percentage is among graduates, which is around 14 per cent, while there …
