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Articles for Tapovan Vishnugad

The Ganga’s Last Stand: How Bureaucracy and Hydropower are Choking India’s Sacred River
1 day, 15 hours ago

The Ganga’s Last Stand: How Bureaucracy and Hydropower are Choking India’s Sacred River

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 13, 2025 20:48 IST - 16 MINS READ The Ganga and the Himalaya are sacred to millions of Indians, yet these iconic entities of veneration face unjust and unethical treatment. Supreme Court initiates inquiry into impact of HEPs In 2012 the Wildlife Institute of India recommended cancelling 24 proposed dams in the Ganga basin, citing their potential …

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Month later, rehabilitation eludes residents in India’s Joshimath
1 year, 11 months ago

Month later, rehabilitation eludes residents in India’s Joshimath

Al Jazeera  

As houses and roads began to crack, about 240 families were temporarily relocated and many others fled the Himalayan town out of fear. Navin Juyal, a geologist currently studying the cause of sinking land and damaged houses in Joshimath, says the town reached a “tipping point” on January 3. “The town is built on the debris of an old landslide …

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Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower plant: NTPC project at the heart of Joshimath crisis
1 year, 11 months ago

Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower plant: NTPC project at the heart of Joshimath crisis

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:45 IST Tapovan Vishnugad, the 520 MW hydropower project undertaken by NTPC, has been controversial at least since 2009, as it is again now in January 2023. In 2009, when the Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower project’s tunnel boring machine on Dhauliganga river punctured an aquifer near Selang, it led to a daily discharge of millions of …

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INTERVIEW | Ravi Chopra: ‘It is madness’
1 year, 11 months ago

INTERVIEW | Ravi Chopra: ‘It is madness’

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:45 IST For nearly four decades, Ravi Chopra, research scientist, author, and former director of the People’s Science Institute in Dehradun, has led projects dealing with development, environment, and disaster mitigation in the Himalayan belt. He has served on several government committees, including chairing the Char Dham Pariyojana Committee and the one studying the impact …

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GROUND REPORT | Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect
1 year, 11 months ago

GROUND REPORT | Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:45 IST By the end of 2022, there had already been several reports of local protests about the “gradual sinking” of Joshimath, a small Himalayan mountain town in the northern State of Uttarakhand. But it was only on January 5, several days after cracks began to appear in hundreds of houses and the matter became …

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Joshimath Sinking: NTPC says tunnel one km away from town, 1.1 km below ground
2 years ago

Joshimath Sinking: NTPC says tunnel one km away from town, 1.1 km below ground

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A 12-kilometer long tunnel connected to the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project is 1 kilometers away from Joshimath town and at least a kilometer below the ground, state-owned NTPC has told the power ministry explaining its project has no role in the subsidence of the region. A head trace tunnel, which connects water intake at the dam site to …

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Joshimath Sinking: NTPC says tunnel one km away from town, 1.1 km below ground
2 years ago

Joshimath Sinking: NTPC says tunnel one km away from town, 1.1 km below ground

India TV News  

Joshimath sinking: A 12-kilometer long tunnel connected to the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project is 1 kilometers away from Joshimath town and at least a kilometer below the ground, state-owned NTPC has told the power ministry explaining its project has no role in the subsidence of the region. A head trace tunnel, which connects water intake at the dam site to …

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Joshimath not last, many Himalayan towns, villages will sink, warns Expert
2 years ago

Joshimath not last, many Himalayan towns, villages will sink, warns Expert

Live Mint  

Environmentalist Vimlendu Jha on 10 January has warned that Joshimath is not the last town to witness the sinking tragedy and said that many Himalayan towns and villages will sink in the coming years. “This is not the last Joshimath, resilience of Himalayas can’t be tested further, many Himalayan towns and villages will sink in coming years,” he said. Explaining …

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