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 ...

पर्यावरण एवं विविधता प्रबंधन विभाग की दो दिवसीय (28 फरवरी से 1 मार्च, 2019) वार्षिक बैठक का उद्घाटन सत्र निगम मुख्यालय (नीर शक्ति सदन, पंचम तल सभागार) में सम्पन्न हुआ, इस अवसर पर माननीय अध्यक्ष एवं प्रबंध निदेशक महोदय श्री बलराज जोशी, निदेशक तकनीकी श्री जनार्दन चौधरी, कार्यपालक निदेशक (पर्यावरण एवं विविधता प्रबंधन) श्री ए के मिश्रा, कार्यपालक निदेशक (मानव संसाधन) श्री अविनाश कुमार, मुख्य महाप्रबंधक (मानव संसाधन) श्री संजय साराभाई, मुख्य महाप्रबंधक (सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी) श्रीमती सावित्री श्रीवास्तव सहित अनेक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी समुपस्थित थे। उद्घाटन सत्र में निगम मुख्यालय, विभिन्न परियोजनाओं/ पावरस्टेशनों में पदस्थ पर्यावरण क्षेत्र में कार्यरत अधिकारी ही नहीं अपितु एनएचडीसी एवं सीवीपीपी  के पर्यावरण अधिकारियों ने भी प्रतिभागिता की।   उद्घाटन सत्र में अपना स्वागत उद्बोधन देते हुए श्री ए के मिश्रा, कार्यपालक निदेशक (पर्यावरण एवं विविधता प्रबंधन) ने पिछले एक वर्ष के दौरान निगम की पर्यावरण क्षेत्र में हासिल की गयी उपलब्धियों का विवरण  प्रस्तुत किया। साथ ही सभी पर्यावरण अधिकारियों को सम्बोधित करते हुए उन्होंने कहा कि अपने तकनीकी ज्ञान का प्रयोग उन्हें निगम को नवीन पहल और दृष्टिकोण प्रदान करने के लिये करना चाहिये। निदेशक (तकनीकी) श्री जनार्दन चौधरी ने कहा कि समयपर्यंत पर्यावरण की नीतियों में जटिलता आती जा रही है ऐसे में ...