Environment ministry recommends completion of 7 hydropower projects in upper Ganga in Uttarakhand

NEW DELHI: Sidelining several concerns of experts on allowing construction of hydropower projects in ecologically fragile Himalayas, the Union environment ministry has recommended allowing completion of 7 hydroelectric projects on upper Ganga in Uttarakhand, including the one that was damaged in flash floods in Chamoli in February this year killing several people.

These projects were put on hold by the Supreme Court after the Kedarnath tragedy in 2013, killing over 5000 people with several still missing.