Despite Supreme Court freeze, 7 Uttarakhand projects get ok, 1 flash-flood hit
Eight years after the Supreme Court imposed a moratorium on clearing hydro-electric projects in Uttarakhand following a flash flood that killed over 5,000 people in June 2013, the Union ministries of Environment, Power and Jal Shakti have reached a consensus on allowing construction of seven hydel projects on the Ganga and its tributaries in the state.
The consensus was conveyed in a consolidated affidavit placed in the Supreme Court on August 17 by the Environment Ministry.
On the list is NTPC’s 4×130 MW Tapovan Vishnugad project which was ravaged by a flash flood in the Dhauli Ganga river in Chamoli district in February this year.
