The dam or 'weir' of Nagarjuna Small Hydro Project (15 MW) on a side tributary of Kempehole river in the Western Ghats. The dam is deep inside mature Western Ghats reserve forest.
The dam or 'weir' of Nagarjuna Small Hydro Project (15 MW) on a side tributary of Kempehole river in the Western Ghats. The dam is deep inside mature Western Ghats reserve forest.
The dam or 'weir' of Nagarjuna Small Hydro Project (15 MW) on a side tributary of Kempehole river in the Western Ghats. The dam is deep inside mature Western Ghats reserve forest.
The dam or 'weir' of Nagarjuna Small Hydro Project (15 MW) on a side tributary of Kempehole river in the Western Ghats. The dam is deep inside mature Western Ghats reserve forest.
The dam or 'weir' of Nagarjuna Small Hydro Project (15 MW) on a side tributary of Kempehole river in the Western Ghats. The dam is deep inside mature Western Ghats reserve forest.
The dam or 'weir' of Nagarjuna Small Hydro Project (15 MW) on a side tributary of Kempehole river in the Western Ghats. The dam is deep inside mature Western Ghats reserve forest.
The dam or 'weir' of Nagarjuna Small Hydro Project (15 MW) on a side tributary of Kempehole river in the Western Ghats. The dam is deep inside mature Western Ghats reserve forest.
The dam and diversion of the Nagarjuna Small Hydro Project causes the stream to dry out to a trickle. This stream runs dry for almost two kilometres through otherwise unspoiled Western Ghats forest.
Power-line to the International Power Corporation Ltd. Small Hydro Project of 18 MW capacity on Kempehole river. According to the CDM request letter the power-line runs over barren ground and no trees were needed to be taken down. Unless a magic corridor
Dam of the International Power Corporation Ltd. Small Hydro Project of 18 MW capacity on Kempehole river, approximately 21 meters in height, higher than many 100+ MW projects in the country.
Dam of the International Power Corporation Ltd. Small Hydro Project of 18 MW capacity on Kempehole river, approximately 21 meters in height, higher than many 100+ MW projects in the country.
Dam of the International Power Corporation Ltd. Small Hydro Project of 18 MW capacity on Kempehole river, approximately 21 meters in height, higher than many 100+ MW projects in the country.
Agro-waste, fuel for the Biomass project, is collected from as far as 200 kilometers away, e.g. from coffee plantations in the Western Ghats. Here the waste is weighed as it is paid for per tonnes. At the 25 MW RK Power Gen biomass project in Hiryur, Karn
Another water harvesting structure, Anicut, in Karauli. it is a lowest place of this region, as per villagers traditional knowledge, so they made anicut store water for over the year, animal used to drink and people used it for household things
Another water harvesting structure, Anicut, in Karauli. it is a lowest place of this region, as per villagers traditional knowledge, so they made anicut store water for over the year, animal used to drink and people used it for household things
Social activist who made this structure in Karauli district, another water harvesting structure, Anicut, in Karauli. it is a lowest place of this region, as per villagers traditional knowledge, so they made anicut store water for over the year, animal use
Social activist who made this structure in Karauli district, another water harvesting structure, Anicut, in Karauli. it is a lowest place of this region, as per villagers traditional knowledge, so they made anicut store water for over the year, animal use
Villagers and social activist who made this structure in Karauli district, another water harvesting structure, Anicut, in Karauli. it is a lowest place of this region, as per villagers traditional knowledge, so they made anicut store water for over the ye
Social activist who made this structure in Karauli district, another water harvesting structure, Anicut, in Karauli. it is a lowest place of this region, as per villagers traditional knowledge, so they made anicut store water for over the year, animal use
Social activist who made this structure in Karauli district, another water harvesting structure, Anicut, in Karauli. it is a lowest place of this region, as per villagers traditional knowledge, so they made anicut store water for over the year, animal use
In 1995, the Supreme Court ordered 538 polluting tanneries operating in the heart of the Kolkata to relocate to the outskirts. The tanneries relocated to Bantala, 20 km away, but 17 years later its business as usual.
The 1100 acre Calcutta Leather Complex in Bantala opened in 2005. Now its a living hell with untreated effluents flowing all over and solid waste choking storm water canals. In a bizzare planning in 2006, the state government of West Bengal opened an Info
Leather shavings and trimmings- end products of finished leather- are dumped on the roadside next to the ecologically sensitive Ramsar site of East Kolkata Wetlands.
Illegal units operating outside burn and boil the leather trimmings to make fertilizer and fish feed. The chromium used in processing leather can leach into the ground water polluting the East Kolkata Wetlands, a 2009 inspection report from the union mini
There is no solid waste treatment facility inside the leather complex. Hence the crude burning and boiling outside. After repeated complaints from the IT firm Cognizant, some of the solid waste is now being sent to Haldia, 130 kms away.
Inside the walled units, workers use a host of chemical processes to treat leather, but without even the bare minimum protection of gloves. There are 308 tanneries operating at the leather complex.