For the first time, two days “Flower Show” was organised in Teesta-V Power Station on 8th- 9th Feb’2019 wherein various flowering/ornamental plants & orchids have been displayed with an objective to spread awareness about the native flowering plants & orchids and to inculcate and promote the habit of growing these plants/flowers. Total 22 participants including local people and nurseries from neighbouring areas showcased attractive collection of plants. The event was inaugurated by Mrs. Nibedita Khatua, President, Teesta-V Ladies Welfare Association in the presence of Shri Sahadev Khatua, General Manager In-charge, Colonel Deepak Suri and other Officials of Teesta-V Power Station. The show was visited and highly appreciated by the employees of Teesta-V, their families, students and teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya and local villagers from far-flung areas. The closing ceremony was attended by Shri M. L. Srivastava, Principal Secretary-cum-PCCF, Forest, Environment & Wildlife Management Department, Govt. of Sikkim on 9th Feb’2019. Winners were awarded with Trophies in categories viz. Flowering Plants, Ornamental Plants and Orchids. All the participants were felicitated with participation trophies. The show was concluded with thanks by Dr. A. K. Jha, Senior Manager (Environment).  The two days “Flower Show” which was first of its kind by any power ...

Photograph is from “Pakshi Vihar” established at Indirasagar Power Station, NHDC LTD (A Joint Venture of NHPC LTD and Govt. Of Madhya Pradesh).  This area in outer part of project colony was isolated and neglected as such, it was selected by Project Environment Division as site for “Pakshi Vihar”.  Various fruit bearing trees for example Gular, Jamun, Achar, Badam, Kadamb etc were planted with a planning to attract various native as well as migratory birds at this site. A small pond was constructed to attract birds as well as “pakshi Pyau” (hanging mud pots) were placed at various places and hanged over branches of trees for their drinking water facility. Provision are made to place various kind of grains such as Rice, Wheat, Bajra, Jwar etc every morning at Pakshi Vihar site. These efforts started attracting variety of birds at this site and many of them started preparing nests at around surrounding areas. To encourage bird nesting at “Pakshi Vihar Site” attractive manmade nests have also been prepared with help of waterproof plywood. These nests were placed over many trees at pakshi vihar. It is encouraging that most to the manmade nests are now occupied by various kind of birds ...

Paper by: Ashish K Dash, Dy. General Manager (Environment) and Manoj K. Singh, Sr. Manager (Environment); Environment and Diversity Management Division, NHPC Ltd.       The objective of study is to assess and evaluate the Local area development (LAD) in Sainj valley following the start of construction of Parbati HE Project-III in the Year 2006 by NHPC Limited (a Government of India Enterprise- miniratna). The assessment of local area development is based on comparison of baseline data of Sainj area prior to start of construction of project and data available during construction phase of project followed by reviewing of Govt. policy for Local Area Development Fund (LADF) in project affected area and consultation with people from project affected gram-panchayats located in the vicinity of construction sites to know their perception about the role of Parbati hydroelectric Project Stage-III in local area development of Sainj valley. The result of study shows that there is substantial increase in developmental activities in and around the project area due to the construction of Parbati HE Project-III. Particularly, infrastructural development (road-bridge) led to improvement in communication and accessibility of villages (Manham, Banau, Sapangini,Talara) in Sainj valley, better transport facility for horticulture products of farmers ...