Uttarakhand High Court dismisses petitions filed by hydropower companies
According to the case, the Uttar Pradesh government conceptualised the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project in 1981 with a capacity of 330 MW
The Uttarakhand
High Court has dismissed petitions filed by various hydro-power project companies against the Uttarakhand government, upholding the water tax on hydropower generation.
A single-judge bench of Justice Lokpal Singh passed this verdict on Friday (February 12). According to the case, the Uttar Pradesh government conceptualised the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project in 1981 with a capacity of 330 MW. The project development was entrusted to the Irrigation department of the erstwhile UP Government and was planned to be developed with World Bank funds.