Hydel Projects in Uttarakhand

Subject – Geography

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

Concept –

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.
On the list are –
- 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.
- 1000 MW Tehri Stage II,
- 444 MW Vishnugad Pipalkote,
- 99 MW Singoli Bhatwari,
- 76 MW Phata Buyong,
- 15 MW Madmaheshwar and
- 5 MW Kaliganga-II.