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Posts Tagged ‘ tipaimukh dam ’


NEDF demands DPR in dialects

Sep 1st, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

Imphal, September 01, 2009: North East Dialogue Forum has demanded that Detail Project Report (DPR) and Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) should be translated into major languages – Manipuri and other dialects, specially Hmar and Rongmei and made the copies available to the people in Manipur.



NEEPCO seeks clearance from Mizoram govt over Tipaimukh project

Jun 8th, 2009 | By khmonish | Category: Manipur, Mizoram

Imphal, June 7, 2009 : Amidst the objections from various circles, officials of NEEPCO will be holding a meeting with the Mizoram government on June 10 for obtaining forest clearance tag from that state which is still pending even though there has been reports doing the round that there is the possibility of intervention of [...]



Tipaimukh dam now turns prey to fraud

Feb 4th, 2009 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

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Lamka, February 03, 2009: Eight youths, including a teenage girl were deceived by an agent who allegedly collected money worth tens of thousands from them in return for a falsified job at the yet to be cleared and controversial marred Tipaimukh mega Dam project.



Impact of industrialisation policy on state discussed

Dec 20th, 2008 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

IMPHAL, Dec 18, 2008: A three-day workshop on decreasing settlement areas in the state due to the industrialisation policies of the Indian government was organised by the Citizens Concern for Dam and Development (CCDD) at Khuman Lampak youth hostel in Imphal today.



CM reviewed security at project sites

Dec 20th, 2008 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

Imphal, Dec 18, 2008: A high level meeting of the Apex Security Co-ordination chaired chief minister O Ibobi today reviewed the security deployment in various mega projects taken up in the state and in the bye-election to the Moirang Assembly constituency, a highly reliable source said.



Neepco asked to study dam break scenario

Nov 17th, 2008 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

Guwahati, Nov. 15, 2008: The ministry of environment and forests has asked the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) to study the downstream impact of the 1500MW Tipaimukh multipurpose hydro-electric project in Assam.



Dummy of “Environmental Clearance Letter” to Tipaimukh dam torn apart,

Nov 9th, 2008 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

Dhaka, 08 Nov. 2008: Following the usual course of secretive and covert methodology for months together, the Indian authorities stepped ahead for issuing the must-required environment clearance letter to the Tipaimukh Dam project on 24 October, discovered in the website of the relevant Ministry website of the Indian Government on 30 October. The dam authorities [...]



Environmental Clearance for Tipaimukh Dam by MoEF

Oct 31st, 2008 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

A notification letter sent to the Chairman & Managing Director, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO) by Dr. S. Bhowmik, Additional Director, MoEF regarding the Environmental Clearance for the Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project.
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Tipaimukh dam – Forest clearance yet to be obtained

Sep 21st, 2008 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

IMPHAL, September 20, 2008: As the State Forest Department has been overlooked on the issue of bio-diversity in the report prepared by a consultant hired by NEEPCO in to seek environmental clearance of the proposed 1500 MW Tipaimukh Multipurpose Project, the bio- diversity report of the project is likely to be reviewed.



PM’s Veto Sought To Stop Tipaimukh Dam

Sep 19th, 2008 | By neitham | Category: Manipur

Dimapur, September 18, 2008 (MExN): In the backdrop of the Center meeting today to issue clearance for the Tipaimukh Mega Dam project, the Sinlung Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights Organization (SIPHRO) and Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights, Delhi (NPMHR) has sought the intervention of the prime Minister of India to stop the project from taking [...]