SHIMLA: Green activists have started opposing the construction of dams along the Yamuna basin. They claimed that cumulative geological impacts of three huge impoundments – Tehri, Kishau and Renuka Dam in almost parallel valleys of a Himalayan region – adjacent to one another are not even being considered. Recently in …
The city of Delhi gets a lot of rain every year, more than sufficient for its needs, but it does not use that rainwater. The city gets huge quantity of water from dams and rivers from long distances, equal to one of the highest quantity of water in the nation …
Environment impact assessment and other screening processes have evolved into methods of rubber stamping all proposals, both good and bad. The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, met people in 32 villages of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh last year and asked …
The proposed Renuka and Kishau dams on the Yamuna have again become a bone of contention among the beneficiary states of UP, Haryana, Himachal, Delhi and Rajasthan following the opinion of the Union Ministry of Law and Justice that the
by Manshi Asher THE Renuka dam project, to be set up by the Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation limited in Sirmaur district, has been in the news for more than a decade. The project has been a pipe dream, literally and figuratively, for the government of Himachal Pradesh, which hopes to …
The Environment Appraisals Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests has agreed in principle to the construction of the Renuka Dam in Himachal Pradesh. With this clearance, the work on the dam is expected to pick up and conclude in six years time. The Dam, on the Giri River, …
Payment for use of eco-services like water has now become a reality in Himachal. The upcoming multi-purpose Renuka Dam, that will quench the thirst of millions in Delhi and produce 40 mega watt electricity for Himachal, is the first project in the state where use of water by the beneficiaries …
Towards purchase of land for the project by Himachal Govt. Work on the project had been hanging fire Project promises to alleviate Delhi water scarcity problems -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW DELHI: Giving much needed impetus to the long-pending Renuka Dam project, the Delhi Jal Board has decided to release Rs.300 crore to …
Completion of three Yamuna basin schemes only will solve Delhi's water problems- Arabinda Ghose It sounds cruel to say this, but the stark reality is that only when three projects in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand, hanging fire for more than two decades, are completed, water woes of Delhites can be …
The Central Water Commission failed to secure an agreement between Delhi and Haryana over sharing of water and power from the Renuka Dam at meeting here on Monday. With Delhi refusing to give in to Haryana's demands and depart from the agreement signed in 1994 on sharing of water and …
