No fresh permission to hydel projects in Upper Ganges region in 6 years: Javadekar | India News
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The government has not given permission to any new hydroelectric project in the Upper Ganges region in the last six years, environment minister Prakash Javadekar told Rajya Sabha on Monday. Replying to supplementary queries during the Question Hour, he said the ministries of Environment, Jal Shakti and Energy have decided not to grant fresh permission to any hydel project in the region, but asserted that hydel projects are required in other parts of the country as it is clean energy. "In the last six years no fresh permission ha...
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