Green power proposal before BEST
MUMBAI: Sunlight, biomass and wind will be harnessed to light homes in the island city.
MUMBAI: Sunlight, biomass and wind will be harnessed to light homes in the island city.
As the Jaitapur nuclear power project faces local resistance, top officials of India
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday made an emotional appeal for the Jaitapur nuclear power project, saying that he would never tolerate an unsafe project for Maharashtra at any cost. Speaking at the
Only the combined study of all the proposed power projects on the Konkan coastal belt, will give the real picture of the possible impact on the environmental of these plants, says the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). The 200-km-long Konkan coastline is expected to have around 15 thermal power plants, with a capacity of around 23,000MW.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday said
KOLKATA: In a bid to address the growing opposition to the Jaitapur nuclear power plant project, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has finalized a new Rs 650 crore rehabilitation package, which it claims is "10 times" more effective than the existing one. The plant is an Indo-French joint venture. "We have improved the rehabilitation package by 10 times.
Industries Minister Narayan Rane has said the Jaitapur nuclear power project will go ahead and the government is willing to take those opposing the project to Tarapur power station to allay their fears.
LEAVING no stone unturned to push the nuclear power project at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district, the state government has decided to rope in Muslim clerics to convince the predominantly Muslim fishing community in the region that is opposing the project. The fishing community in Nate and Sakhri Nate villages is apprehensive about curbs being imposed on movement of their trawlers and damage to mar
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday confirmed that the
Following the nuclear disaster at Japan
Maha CM Caveat: N-Power Is Inevitable As Natural Resources Are Limited Mumbai: In the backdrop of the nuclear crisis in Japan, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Monday that the state government will not go ahead with the Jaitapur plant unless it is fully secure. But even as Chavan assured naysayers that the government would ensure all safety aspects, he underlined the importance of
MUMBAI: In an apparent play of votebank politics, the Congress-led Democratic Front government on Wednesday doled out generous sops to farmers in its 2011-12 budget in the form of loan waivers and subsidies. Farmers across Maharashtra owe Rs 5,900 crore in electricity bills along with interest and late fees.
Sterlite Industries' proposed copper smelting unit and jetty are a threat to the well being of the people of Ratnagiri. A recent report on the unit supports the people's protest
A thermal power plant (TPP) is threatening to snuff out the 100-year-old livelihood of farmers in Maharashtra's Dahanu taluka. It is alleged that pollution from the unit has led to a steady decline
In a rare judgement, an industry official has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in a pollution case by the court of chief judicial magistrate, Thane, Maharashtra. The court held B V Ajhar,
MPCB serves show cause notice to nuclear plant for non compliance with environmental laws
Clouds of uncertainty hang over the jobs of sub-regional officers (sro) of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (mpcb). The threat is from mpcb's recently launched assessment programme, which
Sewage treatment plants in Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani
Pollution control boards remain hot seats for babus
Reeling under highly dilapidated conditions due to sheer negligence, the Belapur Fort might just be on the verge of getting the deserving facelift. Speaking to the newspersons, the Thane civic chief Nandkumar Jantre has said that the Belapur Fort will be declared as a heritage site.