Picture source = https://www.firstpalette.com/craft/rainforest-diorama.html   BIODIVERSITY   Q. What is Biodiversity? Ans. : Biodiversity/Biological diversity refers to all the variety of life that can be found on Earth (plants, animals, fungi, micro-organisms etc.) as well as to the communities that they form and the habitats in which they live. It forms the web of life of which we are an integral part and upon which we so fully depend. It deals with the degree of nature’s variety in the biosphere. This variety can be observed at three levels; the genetic variability within a species, the variety of species within a community, and the organisation of species in an area into distinctive plant and animal communities constituting ecosystem diversity.   Q. Why should we be protecting Biodiversity loss? Ans. : Biodiversity is of great importance in order to maintain stable ecosystems. It provides sustainability of fundamental resources which are essential for existence of living being including human on this planet. It acts as natural wealth for socio economic development and provides balance in natural processes. A wide verity of natural products support various industries as agriculture, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, horticulture, construction, waste treatment etc. The loss of biodiversity threatens our food supplies, ...

NHPC’s Teesta-V (510 MW) Power Station, in Sikkim has been rated as an example of international good practice in hydropower sustainability, according to an independent report by the accredited assessors of International Hydropower Association (IHA). The 510 MW power station, owned and operated by NHPC Limited, was reviewed by a team of accredited assessors using the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol. The report has now been published and available online as  https://www.hydropower.org/news/indian-hydropower-project-an-example-of-good-practice-in-sustainability    The assessment, the first of its kind in India, was conducted between January and June 2019 and involved two visits to the project area, with stakeholder interviews from 4-13 March. According to the report, Teesta-V met or exceeded international good practice across all 20 performance criteria. It met proven best practice in its management of asset reliability and efficiency, financial viability, project benefits, cultural heritage, public health, and erosion and sedimentation. Teesta-V is also the first hydropower project globally to publish results against new performance criteria covering its resilience to climate change and mitigation of carbon emissions, after the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) was expanded in scope in 2018.   The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) is the leading international tool for measuring the sustainability of hydropower projects, ...

टनकपुर पावर स्टेशन में पावन पर्व “हरेला पखवाड़ा” का शुभारंभ 20 जूलाई 2019 को बड़े ही हर्षोल्लास के साथ किया गया। टनकपुर पावर स्टेशन द्वारा औषधीय उद्यान पर बनाई गई नवीनतम विवरणिका (brochure) का विमोचन किया गया। विवरणिका के द्वारा टनकपुर पावर स्टेशन के औषधीय उद्यान व परिसर में मौजूद पौधों के उपयोगिता की जानकारी दी गई है। इसके विमोचन का मुख्य उद्देश्य औषधीय पौधों के संवर्धन एवं इसकी उपयोगिता का प्रचार-प्रसार करना है जिससे कि प्राचीन चिकित्सा की विरासत को संरक्षित किया जा सके। हरेला पखवाड़ा के अंतर्गत आवासीय परिसर, बैराज परिसर, सिल्ट इजेक्टर, पावर हाउस के विभिन्न खाली स्थानों पर फलदार, औषधीय एवं सजावटी पौधों की 10 प्रजातियों के करीब 250 पौधों का रोपण किया गया। साथ ही साथ करीब 300 फलदार पौधों का वितरण भी स्थानीय लोगों मे किया गया जिससे आस-पास की हरियाली बनी रहे तथा लोगों में पौधारोपण के प्रति जागरूकता बढ़े। विभिन्न कार्यक्रम आयोजित करते हुए लोगों में पर्यावरण संरक्षण एवं संवर्धन के प्रति जागरूकता हेतु दिनांक 27.07.2019 को नुक्कड़ नाटक, लोकसंगीत व व्याखान का आयोजन किया गया। पर्यावरण संरक्षण पर व्याखान तथा बेथनी जीवन धारा, टनकपुर के कलाकारों द्वारा पर्यावरण संरक्षण पर नुक्कड़ नाटक, जागृति गीत, औषधीय पौधों की उपयोगिता, शुन्य कचरा, औषधीय ...