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Mini-hydel projects pose a threat to Western Ghats [1]

76 projects commissioned, 300 are being implemented

The Western Ghats, which has made it to the coveted list of World Heritage sites, is facing a serious threat from mini-hydel projects in Karnataka. According to K. Ramesh, a senior officer of Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd. (KREDL), 76 mini-hydel projects have already been commissioned and 300 are in various stages of implementation. Sources in KREDL disclosed that permission had been accorded for setting up 72 mini-hydel projects in the Western Ghats. Of these, 44 are coming up along the Netravati and its tributaries.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2012
Muralidhara Khajane [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Western Ghats [4], Netravati [5], Hydroelectricity [6], Environmentalists [7], High Court [8], Forests [9], Panchayats [10], Ecology [11], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [12], Forest Act 1980 [13], Power Transmission [14], People - Animal Conflicts [15], Power Industry [16], Wildlife [17], Environment [18], Karnataka [19]

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