A petition on the matter said the scarcity has been caused by the withdrawal of water by several entities, including the Kishanpur canal and two thermal plants.
Move comes at a time when state is locked in a tussle with Punjab & Haryana over the cess, while power generation companies have even moved HC challenging the levy.
Tunnelling work by NTPC, say activists and geologists, have accelerated land subsidence, while widening of roads for Char Dham project has destabilised Joshimath's ecology and geology.
The abbreviation of the exams which is the same as the name of the country's largest power producer, has been widely used to refer to the controversial test in media reports.
The fuel will mainly be used at power plants located far from domestic mines, which are most vulnerable to disruptions. India has been grappling with shortages of coal since August.
The New Delhi-based company is also looking to sell its stake in NTPC-SAIL Power Co., a joint venture with SAIL for supplying electricity to the steelmaker’s mills and townships.
Officials say NTPC plans to build large renewable energy parks for which it has secured land for 5-gigawatt facility in Gujarat. It will also set up offshore wind power plants.
In an interview with ThePrint Thursday, Christopher Ahlberg, CEO of Recorded Future, said China-linked RedEcho is a ‘sophisticated group’ that is good at targeting specific entities.
NTPC is in focus as one of its hydropower projects — Tapovan Vishnugad, at Dhauliganga river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district — has been damaged in the floods.
In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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