The hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh
are damaging natural resources. Some 58 percent of the test-checked hydropower
projects reported no afforestation at all. In Himachal, A total of 559
run-of-river hydro projects with an aggregate generation capacity of 10,131 MW
were allotted from November 1991 to January 2012. Meanwhile, 13360 hectares of
land in Jammu & Kashmir is under encroachment. Jammu’s 9469 hectares and
Kashmir’s 3890 hectares are occupied by land mafias, although regular attempts
are made from the officials to evict them.
June 4, 5
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