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Activists protest against plan to fell trees in Rajasthan’s Shahbad forest for hydro power project

Activists protest against plan to fell trees in Rajasthan’s Shahbad forest for hydro power project

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Representative image. | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E A group of environmental activists, concerned citizens and the villagers have registered a strong protest against a proposal to fell more than four lakh trees in the biodiversity-rich Shahbad forest situated in Rajasthan’s Baran district for the installation of a hydro power plant. The locals travelled to New Delhi to draw the attention of higher echelons of power to the issue. The Union government has reportedly given permission to a Hyderabad-based private company to set up the 1,800 MW hydro power plant in 408 acres of the forest land. The locals have pointed out that the felling of trees would destroy the forest and adversely affect the ecology of the area, besides depriving the region’s tribal population of its livelihood. The people’s delegation met Jhalawar-Baran MP Dushyant Singh and gave him a memorandum on the subject addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prashant Patni, Sarpanch of Kujed village panchayat and a delegation member, said a memorandum was also delivered to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday. …

Solar, wind, hydro and nuclear to power India in years to come: PM Narendra Modi | Latest News India

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India has decided to build its future based on solar, wind, nuclear and hydro power. Under the PM Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme, PM Modi said every power consumer can become a power producer. (Reuters photo) “Today’s India is preparing a base not only for today but for the next thousand years”, PM Modi said while speaking at the 4th Global Renewable Energy Investor’s Meet and Expo (RE-INVEST) in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar. “India is very well aware of its energy needs and requirements to make it a developed nation by 2047”, he said. PM Modi reminded that India had decided to build its future based on non-fossil fuel sources including hydropower and nuclear energy, as there was dearth of reserves of oil-gas. Under the PM Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme, PM Modi said every power consumer can become a power producer. Also Read: Why India must prioritise women in climate action He explained that a small family which consumes 250 units of electricity in a month, generates 100 …

Hydro projects can get in-principal clearance before impact study: Govt to states | Latest News India

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​ Proposed hydropower projects can be given in-principle approval before studies are conducted on carrying capacity and cumulative impact assessment of a river basin, the environment ministry has informed state governments, raising concerns by environmental experts. The cumulative impact study of a river basin would take into account environmental flow, biodiversity, muck disposal sites, traffic flow in the region and resettlement and rehabilitation, among other issues, the ministry had said in 2013 (Shutterstock) “Since grant of approval under the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980 is a time taking process, the Forest Conservation Division of the MoEFCC may consider grant of ‘in-principle’ approval under the Adhiniyam following due process subject to the conditions that Carrying Capacity Studies(CCS) and Cumulative Impact Assessment Studies(CIS) as per the OM NoJ-11013/I/2013-IA-I dated May 28, 2013 shall be carried out, except for the first hydro-electric Project in a river basin where such study CCS and CIS need not be carried as mentioned in the aforesaid OM, and based on the outcome of such study the ‘final’ shall be granted for …