Sentences with phrase «construction of dams for»

«Apart from the herdsmen, there is also need for us to use our influence to secure assistance from the federal government in the area of construction of dams for irrigation as well as storage facilities» he said.

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The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade applauds the B.C. government for its decision to proceed with construction of the Site C dam.

Over the past year, improvements to the 182nd Street dam on the Bronx River have been taking place, in preparation for construction of the -LSB-...]

On the construction of the Tamne dam, President Mahama said, construction of the project stalled during the rainy season to allow the area to dry up for continuation.

«I was here sometime in July on the Accounting to the people tour, we cut sod for the construction of the Bolga - Bawku road and the Tamne Dam.

«We must therefore ask pertinent questions on how much the Federal Government allocates for rehabilitation of dams, construction of irrigation facilities and storage facilities to boost agriculture in the southwest.

«Apart from the herdsmen, there is also the need for us to use our influence to secure assistance from Federal Government in the area of provision of irrigation facilities, construction of dams to encourage irrigation as being done in other parts of the country.

These include the flood - control dam at Mount Morris, New York, oversight of the lower Great Lakes (Lake Erie and Lake Ontario), review and permitting of wetlands construction, and remedial action for hazardous waste sites.

The Federal Government has approved N497 million for the construction of the Ijegu Yala Dam in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River.

Wilson resident Marek Kobialka, a construction engineer with the Niagara Power Project, recently received, on behalf of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), an award from the Western New York Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI - WNY) for superior work practices related to the repair and restoration of the dam face of the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant (featured in the background).

------------------------------------ Congressman Chris Gibson announced the House adopted a bill to extend the deadline for the start of construction of the hydroelectric project at the Cannonsville Dam.

In 2014, FERC granted New York City a 2 - year license to build a hydroelectric plant at the Cannonsville Dam, Preliminary work in 2015 led to the discovery of subsurface conditions, necessitating repairs and an extension of the deadline for the start of construction.

«Along with the Government policy of Planting for Food and Jobs, we have also initiated the policy of One Village One Dam, and I am glad to note that this policy is taking off this year, and for the three northern regions this year we expect the construction of a total of 570 dams.

In 1928, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill authorizing $ 175 million for the construction of the Boulder Dam (later rechristened the Hoover Dam) outside of Las Vegas, and the town went wild.

Janos Vargha «s campaign against to stop construction of a dam on the river Danube brought communist hardliners to their knees — and set the scene for the raising of the Iron Curtain

For many Africans and Africa observers, the massive Medupi and Kusile coal plants being built by South Africa's Eskom at a cost of more than $ 20 billion, or the 6,000 - MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under construction on the Blue Nile River for an estimated $ 4 billion, are hallmarks of the continent's progress toward electrificatiFor many Africans and Africa observers, the massive Medupi and Kusile coal plants being built by South Africa's Eskom at a cost of more than $ 20 billion, or the 6,000 - MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under construction on the Blue Nile River for an estimated $ 4 billion, are hallmarks of the continent's progress toward electrificatifor an estimated $ 4 billion, are hallmarks of the continent's progress toward electrification.

Pollution, urbanization, and construction of dams and reservoirs are jeopardizing the water supply for nearly 80 percent of the global population (pdf), an international team of environmental scientists concluded in a comprehensive study published in September.

Additionally, the authors» modeled seven potential explanations of declining range, including date of construction of the nearest dam, dry season river discharge, distance from the edge of the former range and length of river section to identify the factors responsible for the decline.

The dam is slated for construction on the Xingu River in the midst of the Amazon rainforest and upstream from a national park that is home to indigenous groups.

The agreement between Israel and Jordan, which sets out an agenda for future negotiations, lifts that threat, allowing talks to begin with the World Bank and the US government to finance construction of the Wahda, or Unity, dam.

«The construction of large dams then slowed down for the last 20 years as we became more aware of their negative effects on people and ecosystems.

Fewer than 800 individuals remain, and the construction of a dam and road threaten the prime habitat of the ape, which is distinguished from its cousins by, among other things, frizzier hair and a taste for caterpillars.

He worked for a time for an environmental group attempting to stop construction of a large dam across the Mekong, and when the effort failed, he wrote publicity materials for a cement exporter.

There are also contractors for each phase of construction: heating, electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, road building, bridge and dam erection, and others.

For over 50 years, Oklahomans have enjoyed the truly magnificent Grand Lake of the Cherokees created by the construction of the Pensacola Dam.

«The House at Kawinal,» the artist's first solo exhibition in the US, will present a recent performance for video, Life in His Mouth, Death Cradles Her Arm (2016), together with a new body of sculptures inspired in part by the artist's research into the effects of the construction of the Chixoy Hydroelectric Dam in Guatemala in the early 1980s.

BOURKE - WHITE, Margaret Couple posing in phone booth at the \ «Dam Mugshot \» in town built for construction workers of the Grand Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, WA., 1937 13 5/8 x 10 1/4 inches Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1937

Initially drafted in 2003 with the support and input of NGOs, the bill had been changed so much by the time it first arrived in parliament in 2010 that 73 leading civil - society organizations said it would «open the door for irreversible destructions [of] the country's nature» by allowing land uses such as mining, urbanization, tourism facilities, dam construction, and other forms of energy development to have priority over protection.

Activists Force Suspension of Construction Activists had been camping near the waterfall in protest for more than a week, the paper reported, forcing the dam company, Robshin Ltd., «to suspend its construction and evacuate its heavy equipment from the construction Construction Activists had been camping near the waterfall in protest for more than a week, the paper reported, forcing the dam company, Robshin Ltd., «to suspend its construction and evacuate its heavy equipment from the construction construction and evacuate its heavy equipment from the construction construction site.»

On March 8th, news broke that Dalton Avancini, president of construction empire Camargo Correa, would confirm that his company paid R$ 100 million (US$ 30 million) in bribes to two political parties — President Dilma Rousseff's Workers» Party (PT) and it's main ally in the ruling coalition, PMDB — in exchange for construction contracts for the Belo Monte Dam.

The real disaster, IMO, is that for 30 years we've been subjected to the politically correct groups (Greens, «Progressives», Left etc.) blocking construction of dams.

TomFP - I think you might be supportive of smart planning for infrastructure to ensure availability of adequate low cost energy that is a clean as possible, you might also support construction of dams and water retention facilities necessary to provide freash water and safeguard againest floods.

In 2011, in what many see as evidence of hope for Myanmar's fledgling democracy and the environmental movement, President Thein Sein halted the dam's construction and vowed the project will not proceed for as long as he's in office.

With a colleague, I contributed to the Club's campaign to prevent the construction of two dams in the Grand Canyon by preparing economic analyses, for example.

One of those was the Pakitzapango dam, proposed for construction along the Ene River Valley, home to the indigenous Asháninka community.

And of great concern is the fact that «islands are not counted as part of area calculations for land impacted by dam construction.»

«I want to see the legal framework surrounding dam construction, and developers, properly accounting for the long - term impacts versus energy outputs of dams.»

Employing a political ecology framework, I endeavor to articulate the multiple levels at which this issue unfolds, describing the correlation between the circulation of climate change discourse and the resurgence of hydroelectric power at the global level; how this situation has been engaged at the national level within contemporary Costa Rica; and how all of this plays out in contestation concerning dam construction within specific sites in the country, particularly the controversial Río Pacuare in the eastern highlands, where the merits of a major dam proposal have been questioned for more than two decades.

I describe a recent resurgence in the construction of hydroelectric dams, both large and small, around the world, spurred, in substantial part, by their newfound description as a form of «clean energy» capable of mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions largely responsible for anthropogenic contributions to global climate change.

Hydropwer accounts for the overwhelming share of China's alternative energy mix, but is perhaps also the one of the more controversial alternative energy options due to the ecological and social impacts of dam construction.

Turkish environmentalists cheered when a protection board thwarted the construction of 22 dams planned for the Black Sea province of Rize.

Turkey's «Prince of Pop» has been breaking hearts and turning out hits for well over a decade, and last fall he capitalized on his stardom by releasing a single to benefit a campaign to stop construction of the Ilısu Dam.

Though the Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project would not have involved building a huge dam, as Circle of Blue reports, the run - of - river project still would have diverted a 16 kilometer stretch of the river through pipes to generate electricity.In addition to stopping the project, construction on which had been on hold for over a year after scientist AD Agarwal nearly died in a hunger strike protesting the plan, a 135 kilometer stretch of the Bhagirathi River upstream of the town of Uttarkashi will be designated an «environmentally sensitive area», prohibiting future hydro or similar development projects.

Medha Patkar has been a central organizer and strategist of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), a people's movement organized to stop the construction of a series of dams planned for India's largest westward flowing river, the Narmada.

In Thomas representatives of the Saik» uz and Stellat» en First Nations brought an action for alleged damages arising out of the construction and operation of a hydroelectric dam, authorized by the Government of British Columbia, by Rio Tinto Alcan and its predecessors on the Nechako River since the early 1950s.

CAREER SUMMARY More than 30 years of experience in the direct leadership in various important projects, which include the execution, supervision and management of multidisciplinary undertakings that can be all summarized in the following areas: Site solution, Planning design and Construction, technical specifications for civil works, estructural and equipment hoisting, earth movements, grounds, hydraulic works, dams, roadwa...