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Hydro Attraction (Cached) 25.5.2013 Outlook Business
The Nathpa Jhakri project in Himachal Pradesh is India’s largest hydropower plant
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Forest Department to plant one lakh saplings, says Rai 22.5.2013 Hindu: Mangalore
Stating that the Forest Department will be made “people and environment friendly”, Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B. Ramanath Rai said here on Tuesday that he intends to plant one l...
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Normal water supply from 22nd: BWSSB 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Li's visit yields little on Brahmputra (Cached) 22.5.2013 Down to Earth
China goes ahead with dam construction, while both countries classify hydrological data in the name of national security China plans on constructing a 50 metre high dam, and tunnel water at this bend from an altitude of 3,000 metres to harness the energy as it falls 2,000 metres—at a rate of 15 metres per kilometre Homepage Teaser: China goes ahead with dam construction, while both countries classify hydrological data in the name of national security ...
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Nuke power and energy needs 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Water level at Mettur hits 17-year low 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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India-China Accords 22.5.2013 Central Chronicle » Editorial
The visit of new Chinese Primier Mr Li Kequiang as his first foreign tour is... more »
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No change in stand on river diversion: Ramanath Rai 22.5.2013 deccanherald.com
No change in stand on river diversion: Ramanath Rai
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No change in stand on river diversion: Rai 22.5.2013 deccanherald.com
No change in stand on river diversion: Rai
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Rai assures to increase green cover 22.5.2013 Mangalore - City - The Times of India
B Ramanatha Rai, the newly inducted minister for forest, ecology and environment, on Tuesday vowed to increase the state's green cover.
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Modi Misleading People on Kalpasar Project: Activists (Cached) 22.5.2013 Outlook Wires

Activists here today alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was misleading people on the Gulf of Khambhat Development Project (Kalpasar), touted to end water woes of the arid Saurashtra region.

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Govt sets time frame for implementation of Jermain dam project (Cached) 21.5.2013 Zee News : States
Uttarakhand government on Tuesday set a time frame to launch construction of the long awaited Jamrani multipurpose dam project on Gola river in Nainital, awaiting implementation since 1975.
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DR Congo waits on funding for Grand Inga 21.5.2013 Guardian: Environment
Complete set of Grand Inga dams on the Congo River would generate a massive 40,000MW of electricity The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo River with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank and other financial institutions expected to offer finance and South Africa agreeing to buy half of the power generated. French, Belgian, Chinese, Brazilian and African engineers have, over 60 years, all hoped to dam the Congo. But decades of civil war, corruption, and the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) reputation as a failed state have limited the hydropower developments at Inga Falls to two relatively small dams, built in 1972 and 1982. These, dubbed Inga 1 and 2, have a theoretical capacity of 1,400MW but produce only about half that. A new $20bn development to generate a further 4,800MW was announced over the weekend in Paris with work planned to start in October 2015. According to the DRC government, working with European and other consultants, five further ...
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Demolish illegal structures on Yamuna, Hindon flood plains, says green tribunal (Cached) 21.5.2013 Down to Earth

Passes injunction to prevent illegal structures from being built along Yamuna flood plain in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered demolition of all illegal structures on riverbed and flood plains of Yamuna and Hindon in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

The five-member bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, observed that the authorities, including the Uttar Pradesh’s irrigation department claim to have issued notices to the persons who have raised unauthorised  constructions on the flood plains of the Yamuna, but that these had no effect.

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28 years of Earth’s surface changes on Google (Cached) 21.5.2013 Down to Earth

Watch a city expand or a glacier shrink through a series of satellite images

It is now possible to track how the landscape across the world has changed in the recent past. Google has released a new environment monitoring platform, Google Earth Engine, which brings satellite images of the planet’s surface over the past 28 years on to viewers’ screens, giving people the opportunity to look at land surface changes at any place on the earth.

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Activists lambast Modi for politicising water scarcity issue 21.5.2013 Latest News
Social activists in Gujarat on Tuesday lambasted Chief Minister Narendra Modi for taking political milage out of drought situation in Saurashtra region and making false claims on hydro projects like Narmada dam and the ambitious Kalpasar project ...
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Modi misleading people regarding Kalpasar project: activists 21.5.2013 Latest News
Activists here today alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was misleading people on the Gulf of Khambhat Development Project (Kalpasar), touted to end water woes of the arid Saurashtra region. Modi, who holds the Kalpasar portfolio, has ...
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Govt sets time frame for implementation of Jermain dam project 21.5.2013 Latest News
Uttarakhand government today set a time frame to launch construction of the long awaited Jamrani multipurpose dam project on Gola river in Nainital, awaiting implementation since 1975. Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar held a meeting with Central Water ...
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Modi misleading people regarding Kalpasar project: Activists (Cached) 21.5.2013 Zee News : States
Activists here on Tuesday alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was misleading people on the Gulf of Khambhat Development Project (Kalpasar), touted to end water woes of the arid Saurashtra region.
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How illegal salt making threatens Sambhar Lake's ecology (Cached) 21.5.2013 Rediff: Business
Even the sweltering heat of April does not deter the 10,000-odd tractors, mostly Ferguson-Masseys, from ferrying unrefined salt extracted from the brine of this largest inland saltwater lake in Asia.
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