Activists oppose Centre’s nod to select hydropower projects in Uttarakhand
The Hindu
A group of prominent persons including Rajya Sabha MP Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh and historian Ram Chandra Guha write to the Union Environment Ministry.
A group of environmentalists, historians, geologists and intellectuals have petitioned the Union Environment Ministry to recant its endorsement of seven hydroelectric power projects (HEP) in Uttarakhand. The signatories include Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh, MP, Rajya Sabha; Justice Giridhar Malviya, Chancellor, Benares Hindu University, Ravi Chopra, chairman, Supreme Court-appointed expert body on impacts of hydro projects (2013), Shashi Shekhar, ex-Secretary, Water Resources Ministry and Ram Chandra Guha, historian. Also read |More Related News