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Punjab Govt to set up hydropower units

The Punjab government has decided to establish small hydropower units at newly constructed barrages including New Khanki Barrage being funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The ADB is extending $

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India ready to alter dam design being built on Chenab

India has expressed its willingness to change the design of Ratle Dam (850mw Hydropower Generation Project) being built on Chenab River in Indian held Kashmir. Following the reservations and serious...

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21 hydel projects in bad shape

An independent audit has revealed that all the 21 hydel power projects run by the J&K State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) are not following the Standard Operating Manual which is necessary...

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Likely Chenab flood may affect 0.3m villagers

The district administration has chalked out a comprehensive plan to meet any eventuality during likely flood in the river Chenab and other nullahs, and feared that according to estimates, 229,368 acres

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Chenab River diversion plan opposed

Led by a former MNA, the growers and inhabitants of three union councils of Bunwala, Chenab Rasoolpur and Bakhtiari staged a demonstration on the bank of River Chenab against the Punjab government's plan

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India agrees to re-examine objections to Kishanganga dam design

LAHORE: India has agreed to re-examine Pakistan’s objections over designs of Kishanganga dam and four other hydroelectric power projects on Jhelum and Chenab rivers. During the third and concluding

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Mountain of trash may be driving Himalayas to disaster

Lalpani, a reserve forest, lies four kilometres off Shimla. For all the protection it is supposed to get, there is a giant heap of rubbish festering in it, a proof of neglect and contempt for...

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Illegal constructions along river banks behind massive destruction

Massive destruction of residential structures along the Tawi, Chenab and Ujj rivers in the Jammu region has once again brought to focus illegal constructions and encroachments on the river banks by people

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Farmers in Chenab basin battle starvation

Were known for prosperity only 10 days back Farmers in the Chenab basin have been struggling for a handful of foodgrain to save their families from starvation after the devastating floods snatched...

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To ensure no water is diverted, Pak team to visit Chenab basin

A Pakistani delegation will visit the Chenab basin in Himachal Pradesh on September 20 to see that there is no diversion of the river waters. During the visit, the first-ever since the Indus Waters

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Lahaul-Spiti residents reject big hydro power projects

Tell govt-appointed panel to prepare policy in favour of small ones Tribals in the snowbound Lahaul-Spiti district Wednesday rejected the construction of big hydro power projects, pleading that the

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Panel to prepare final draft of CEIA study on Chenab basin by 2015

Even as tribals in the snow-bound Lahaul-Spiti and Pangi subdivision of Chamba rejected the construction of big hydropower projects in the Chenab basin on the ground that these would wreak havoc in the

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India ready to alter dam design being built on Chenab

India has expressed its willingness to change the design of Ratle Dam (850mw Hydropower Generation Project) being built on Chenab River in Indian held Kashmir. Following the reservations and serious...

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NDMA issues flood warning for areas in Punjab

SIALKOT: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a weather advisory on Wednesday warning that the area around Punjab's Chenab River could be hit with a flood within a day's span (April

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Move to ease hydropower project allotment norms

State to study rules in Uttarakhand before taking final call After getting a poor response for 37 power projects, the Directorate of Energy (DoE) has proposed a change in its allotment policy to woo

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Jammu heads for major water crisis

State government abandons plan to divert water from the Chenab river Jammu is heading for a major water crisis in the coming years as the PDP-BJP government has almost abandoned the plan to divert water

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River model to help J-Kprepare for floods

The Jammu and Kashmir Government will soon get a 3D terrain model of major rivers called digital elevation model to improve disaster management planning to deal with a deluge like the one in September

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The catastrophe over Jammu and Kashmir in September 2014: a meteorological...

An observational analysis of the catastrophic rainstorm during 4–6 September 2014 over Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) presented in this study shows that the event was unprecedented in terms of the

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Jispa Dam project faces opposition

The 260-mw Jispa Dam project at the snowbound Lahaul valley faces tribal opposition. The dam aims at storing about 0.8 million-acre feet of water to feed 11 major power projects downstream in the Chenab

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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding disposal of debris from the...

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amresh Singh Vs. Union of India & Others dated 30/05/2016 regarding disposal of debris from the construction of the road from Udhampur to Banihal

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