The government has decided to declare the 135-km stretch between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand as an eco-sensitive zone, a move that will ensure that large projects, like a hydel-power project would no longer be allowed to come up in this area.
An in-principle nod in this regard was granted on Monday during the second meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) chaired b
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/135-km-stretch-ganga-ukhand-declared-eco-sensitive
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ganga
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-basin
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
