Despite heavy rains causing severe damage to many Government and public properties across, the power generation in State-run hydel power plants has recorded a substantial rise.
After the public feuding over Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is at the centre of another policy dispute with ministries of road transport and commerce for holding up critical development and industrial projects.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests today scrapped two proposed hydel projects on the river Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand and suspended work on another mega project in the state.
