Tag: hydro projects

Power Ministry, DRDO ink pact for early warning system for vulnerable hydro projects

The Ministry has initiated implementation of EWS in hydro power projects, especially those located in upper reaches of hilly regions.

December 27, 2022

PM Modi launches mega pharma, hydro projects in poll-bound Himachal

This is the Prime Minister's ninth visit to the state in the five years and second in almost a week.

October 13, 2022

SJVN aims to harness hydropower in Arunachal Pradesh

SJVN CMD Nand Lal Sharma informed about this during a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Chowna Mein at New Delhi.

February 23, 2020

Hydro projects of 5,950 MW capacity stalled, policy for revival on the cards

The government might be prompted to bring in a hydro policy at the earliest.

January 6, 2019

HP ‘Kulhs’ bear the brunt of small hydro projects

The traditional community managed gravity flow irrigation system in Himachal Pradesh villages, ‘kuhls’ are bearing the brunt of small hydro-electric projects (SHPs) on rivulets and streams. Referred as ‘environment-friendly’, the small hydro projects are damaging perennial water channels (‘kuhls’), flowing through villages for irrigation, owing to lack of monitoring on the ground and absence of …

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May 7, 2018