Despite Supreme Court freeze, 7 Uttarakhand projects get ok, 1 flash-flood hit

Friday, 27 August 2021Newsdesk

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.

New Delhi, 27 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, 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. The others are the 1000 MW Tehri Stage II, 444 MW Vishnugad Pipalkote, 99 MW Singoli Bhatwari, 76 MW Phata Buyong, 15 MW Madmaheshwar and 4.5 MW Kaliganga-II.

Source - The Indian Express