myworksenv: 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010

3 Dead in Haldia Gas Leak

HALDIA: A mysterious gas leak left a supervisor and two contract labourers dead at a Haldia Petrochemicals naphtha cracker unit early on Sunday.

Supreme Court bans Mining in Haryana's Aravali hills

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): Having cracked the whip on ragging in educational institutions, the Supreme Court on Friday also banned all mining activity in Haryana’s Aravali Hills, describing the ongoing ecological degradation as very serious

Narmada Authorities proceed with impunity

Even as the CAG audit found that SSNNL had diverted the central funds from canal construction to unintended purposes, permission has been granted to raise the Narmada dam height - Himanshu Upadhyaya, India Together, May 11, 2010

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http://www.indiatogether.org/2010/may/gov-narmada.htm

Read CAG's Outcome Audit of Irrigation Component of Sardar Sarovar Dam:

http://www.cag.gov.in/html/cag_reports/gujarat/rep_2009/coml_chap2.pdf

Hydroelectric projects, tunnels may wreak havoc

By R Sreedhar

Monday, December 6, 2010

GANGA : MATU PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION: Save the free flow of Ganga and protect it from harmful hydroelectric projects.

A LETTER TO PM:

All three projects are on the three sides of the unique DEVPRYAG confluence where Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers meet to create the Ganga.

You are requested to take this immediate action as an initial step to protect the free flow of our National River, the Ganga.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

Environmental Shortcomings and Social Oversight Characterize ADB Support to Thermal Power Plant in India. - Research Study

The Sipat Thermal Power Project is part of the first loan syndication deal of an Indian corporation under the Asian Development Bank’s Complementary Finance Scheme. This is a relatively new multitranche instrument of the Bank through which US$300 Million (approximately Rs 13.15 Billion) has been loaned to the public sector, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). It is apparent that ADB’s finance scheme should have strictly followed the safeguards, providing a window for redressal of grievances.

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By Ramamurthi Sreedhar