'There is a clear relationship between the Char Dham road widening and these landslides.''The situation has further worsened with the massive influx of tourists whose number are running into......
A 13.2 MW small hydro project on the Rishiganga river was swept away in the glacier burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday, but there is no danger of floods in the downstream areas as the water level has......
The 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel for the last 11 days are likely to be rescued in the next few hours or by tomorrow, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) member Lt......
'Above 2,000 metres the gradient of the Himalayas is very steep and if you build any infrastructure (roads, dams, hydro power projects) in these regions, it will not be able to sustain these events......
The government is focusing on horizontal drilling to bring out alive all the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi and it may take less than three days to rescue them if no......
Financial markets and public policy will have to privilege those businesses which not only reduce emissions but try to holistically resuscitate the environment. It will be some time before the full......
Banning hydro projects is not the solution. Government needs to carry out environmental assessment, disaster potential assessment, climate change assessment and put a proper environmental......
Environment ministry wanted a halt to new dams, but Attorney General now says matter to be decided by PMO With the government binding itself in knots over the future of new hydro-dams in......
The power ministry will soon put up a proposal to the Union Cabinet for compensating state-run NTPC, whose upcoming 600-MW hydro-power project at Loharinag Pala in Uttarakhand was scrapped recently......
Goa, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya will initiate schemes to enable 24x7 power to consumers. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has started the process of setting the power sector right,......