The Downstream Anti Dam Committee (DSADC) has strongly voiced against forthcoming public hearing on controversial 3000 MW Dibang Multipurpose Project fixed next month.
DSADC Secretary Marting Lego informed ATNS that the committee would totally oppose the proposed hearing on Dibang mega dam at Roing slated for October 24 and also on October 28 at New Anaya to be conducted by Arunachal Pradesh Stat...
Faced with the growing public outcry in Assam over the impact of the big dams on the environment, the Power Ministry has decided to apply brakes in clearing hydropower projects upstream of Brahmaputra river, according priority to projects of strategic importance. Rapid environment impact studies on major tributaries of Brahmaputra river are to be completed in six to nine months.
Pending completion ...
India will fast track hydro power projects in Arunachal Pradesh to counter the Chinese buildup in the area. China is developing a hydel project on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. Beijing may have assured that the project would not impact the flow of the river into India, but New Delhi is not sitting back. It is focusing on setting up projects on the Siang River, which what the Yarlung Tsangpo is kno...
Voicing its concern over construction of mega dams in the upper reaches of Brahmaputra river, Assam Government on Saturday called for review of the Master Plan on construction of multi-purpose projects to ensure that riparian rights of the State is not denied and flood moderation is taken care of.
In his address tabled at the 55th meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), Chief Minister, T...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will raise the concerns of the State vis-à-vis adverse downstream impacts of the Lower Subansiri Hydro-electric Project at a meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) tomorrow. He will follow it up at another meeting with the National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) authorities the next day.
The NDC is concerned with approval and implementation of all ma...
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