{"id":386600,"date":"2020-11-27T12:21:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T06:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=386600"},"modified":"2020-11-27T13:32:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:02:57","slug":"tamil-nadu-proposed-sillahalla-hydroelectric-project-in-nilgiris-raises-ecological-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/tamil-nadu-proposed-sillahalla-hydroelectric-project-in-nilgiris-raises-ecological-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu: Proposed Sillahalla hydroelectric project in Nilgiris raises ecological concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed Sillahalla Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (SPSHEP) in Tamil Nadu\u2019s mountainous Nilgiris district has evoked serious concerns among local residents and environmentalists.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to address peak-time power deficiency, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDGO) proposed SPSHEP to produce 1000 MW at Kundah taluk in Nilgiris. The project aims to construct two reservoirs and tunnels in Kundah region. This is in addition to the 10 existing dams and reservoirs in the Kundah-Bhavani basin.<\/p>\n<p>As per a study conducted by WAPCOS Limited, the estimated cost of this project has been pegged at Rs. 4205 crores. An upper reservoir would be constructed in Bembatty village on Sillahalla stream which measures 260-feet in height. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed Sillahalla Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (SPSHEP) in Tamil Nadu\u2019s mountainous Nilgiris district has evoked serious concerns among local residents and environmentalists. In a bid to address peak-time power deficiency, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDGO) proposed SPSHEP to produce 1000 MW at Kundah taluk in Nilgiris. The project aims to construct two reservoirs and tunnels in Kundah region. This is in addition to the 10 existing dams and reservoirs in the Kundah-Bhavani basin. As per a study conducted by WAPCOS Limited, the estimated cost of this project has been pegged at Rs. 4205 crores. An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}