NGT Stops Land Acquisition For Renuka Dam

However, former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in 2010 had refused to give forest clearance to the project despite a ministry committee approving the project. The petitioner had claimed that the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the project was inadequate and there were several discrepancies in the total areas to be acquired for the project and the families likely to be affected.

The EIA report, the environment clearance (EC) letter and the affidavit filed by HPPCL in the court had three different sets of data. Read the full report here.

Source: Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi.