Web28 jan. 2024 · Posters urging "NTPC Go Back" have appeared in Joshimath, a subsiding Indian Himalayan town where roads are cracking and houses crumbling -- a crisis locals … WebThere are infrastructure projects worth INR40,000 crore coming up in the Chamoli district. NTPCs Tapovan-Vishnugad project is one of them. Scientists have, time and again, declared Joshimath ecologically fragile as it is situated on an old landslide deposit, and advised against projects that involve blasting to cut mountains, tunnelling, and unabated …
No link between sinking of Joshimath and NTPC tunnel projects, …
Web5 jan. 2024 · The extent to which the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project and Helang bypass are responsible for over … Web8 apr. 2024 · These floods also probably contributed to cutting at the toe of the mountain on which Joshimath is perched. 9. Financial institutions like the Asian Development Bank that have funded the NTPC project also failed to take account of the possible risk from these constructions not just prior to implementation but even after the 2024 tragedy. 10. driving 24 hours straight
Joshimath subsidence not linked to NTPC tunnelling: Centre in …
Web10 apr. 2024 · The National Green Tribunal (NGT) stayed the Rs 72,000 crore Great Nicobar Development Plan, which includes the project for building a transshipment hub. Environmentalists have expressed concerns over the potential damage the development plan poses to the flora and fauna in an ecologically sensitive region. The government is … Web5 jan. 2024 · The extent to which the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project and Helang bypass are responsible for over 500 houses in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town developing cracks must be investigated, experts have told Down To Earth. WebLocals have blamed the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) 520-MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project, under construction in the area, for exacerbating Joshimath’s land subsidence. On December 24, 2009, a tunnel boring machine punctured an aquifer some three km from Selang village, which is only about five km from Joshimath. driving 20 hours straight