A forest generated by residents in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district is being destroyed to set up windmills. For two decades people from eight villages in Kalpavalli region in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district laboured hard to turn a vast expanse of wasteland into a forest. But the effort seems to have gone waste as the green cover is being ruthlessly destroyed to set up wind farms. Enercon Wind Farms (Madhya Pradesh) Pvt Ltd, a group company of Enercon (India) Ltd, a subsidiary of the German company Enercon GmbH, is setting up a 20 MW wind energy project in the area.
For full text: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/green-energy-takes-toll-green-cover [2]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/green-energy-takes-toll-green-cover
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/green-energy-takes-toll-green-cover
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wind-energy
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-industry
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