June 17, 2014 Money Control Many power companies, including Adani, CLP, GMR, Jindal Steel & Power, JSW Energy and Tata Power are unwilling to submit price bids under the new bidding documents, Association of Power Producers (APP) said in a letter to Power Minister Piyush Goyal. Association of Power Producers, a body representing private electricity […]
June 11, 2014 India Express News Service “All industries in the area will be legally bound to send hazardous waste to hazardous waste dumping facility at Dabhota,” said the board. Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board has introduced additional heavy metal parameters, periodic checking of air quality and ordered disconnection of power supply at […]
Coal Conveyor route surveyed with Police Intimidation Cheyyur, 22 May, 2014: Nearly a hundred policemen were deployed today to prevent villagers from Vilambur and Panaiyur from blocking the survey of their orchards and homesteads to make way for a coal conveyor corridor linking the proposed coal jetty in Panaiyur village to the controversial 4000 MW […]
Cheyyur, 22 May, 2014: Nearly a hundred policemen were deployed today to prevent villagers from Vilambur and Panaiyur from blocking the survey of their orchards and homesteads to make way for a coal conveyor corridor linking the proposed coal jetty in Panaiyur village to the controversial 4000 MW ultra mega power plant in Cheyyur. An […]
April 15, 2014 Ambika Sharma Tribune News Service Solan: The state Pollution Control Board is finally devising a strategy to deal with the situation in the state’s industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN). The move comes in the aftermath of flak from NGOs citing lack of timely action to contain air pollution emanating from BBN. […]
Apr 9, 2014 Soundaram Ramanathan DownToEarth.org NGOs organise community meeting to record grievances and demand action against pollution from Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh industrial area Close to 200 people affected by industrial pollution in Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh industrial area in Himachal Pradesh attended a community meeting organised in Baddi last Saturday. The event was organised […]
April 07, 2014 Arvind Kashyap Hindustan Times Solan: Expressing concern over the failure of the authorities of Himachal State Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board and dawdling approach of industrial houses in following environment laws, several people on Saturday urged the government to initiate the needed corrective measures and take stern action against defaulters to […]