German nuclear waste train arrives at destination

DANNENBERG: A train carrying a cargo of nuclear waste from France to Germany arrived at its destination on Monday following severe delays due to mass protests, police said.

“The train arrived at the unloading station at Dannenberg at 9:25 am (0825 GMT),” a police spokeswoman told AFP.

The 123 tonnes of radioactive waste must now be loaded onto lorries for the final 20-kilometre (12-mile) stretch by road to the storage facility in Gorleben in northern Germany.

After a weekend of heavy protests, which at times turned violent as police with truncheons charging demonstrators, protestors aimed to block access to the underground site.

Activists had done everything in their power to delay the arrival of the train, including sitting on the rails, removing stones from the tracks to make them impassable and, in one case, abseiling from a bridge onto the

German nuclear waste train arrives at destination

DANNENBERG: A train carrying a cargo of nuclear waste from France to Germany arrived at its destination on Monday following severe delays due to mass protests, police said.

“The train arrived at the unloading station at Dannenberg at 9:25 am (0825 GMT),” a police spokeswoman told AFP.

The 123 tonnes of radioactive waste must now be loaded onto lorries for the final 20-kilometre (12-mile) stretch by road to the storage facility in Gorleben in northern Germany.

After a weekend of heavy protests, which at times turned violent as police with truncheons charging demonstrators, protestors aimed to block access to the underground site.

Activists had done everything in their power to delay the arrival of the train, including sitting on the rails, removing stones from the tracks to make them impassable and, in one case, abseiling from a bridge onto the

India releases extra water into Sutlej

Staff Report

LAHORE: India has started to release extra water from its Bhakra and Pong dams into Pakistan’s Sutlej River, SAMAA reported Sunday.

According to Flood Forecasting Center, water level in Sutlej River is rising at Ganda Singhwala point, bringing the storage capacity down to 18 feet only.

The FFC confirmed that India started to release water into Sutlej after recent rains filled up its Bhakra and Pong dams.

The water level is expected to rise further in the next 24 hours, the FFC said, but added there is no immediate threat of flooding anywhere in the river. SAMAA

India releases extra water into Sutlej

Staff Report

LAHORE: India has started to release extra water from its Bhakra and Pong dams into Pakistan’s Sutlej River, SAMAA reported Sunday.

According to Flood Forecasting Center, water level in Sutlej River is rising at Ganda Singhwala point, bringing the storage capacity down to 18 feet only.

The FFC confirmed that India started to release water into Sutlej after recent rains filled up its Bhakra and Pong dams.

The water level is expected to rise further in the next 24 hours, the FFC said, but added there is no immediate threat of flooding anywhere in the river. SAMAA

India working to dry up river Chenab as well

India is planning to construct Swal Kot Dam. After the construction of the dam river Chenab would also dry up like Ravi. Swal Kot Dam is expected to be higher than Tarbela and Mangla.

The height of the Swal Kot Dam is 646 feet and the storage capacity of Swal Kot Dam is expected to be 13 times higher than the disputed Baglihar Dam. In comparison the height of Tarbela is 485 feet while Mangla is 453 feet high. The project would cost $2 billion dollars and would produce 1200 MW of electricity. Swal Kot Dam is being constructed on river Chenab near the district Doda and Udham Pur which is just 70miles away from Pakistan. The design of the dam has been prepared by a Norwegian company.

River Chenab would be completely dried up if the construction of the project would go ahead. Experts believe that if the construction is not stopped then the Pakistani economy specially the Agriculture sector would be completely destroyed.

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India working to dry up river Chenab as well was first posted on February 8, 2010 at 10:56 am.