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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Uttarakhand upset over eco-sensitive zone

Uttarakhand upset over eco-sensitive zone

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published Published on Apr 26, 2013   modified Modified on Apr 26, 2013
-The Hindu


Dehra Dun: The Uttarakhand Government would request the Centre to review the notification on eco-sensitive zone between Gomukh and Uttarkashi as its implementation would adversely affect all development activity and economic progress of the region.

Briefing newspersons after a high-level meeting at the Secretariat here on Thursday, Chief Secretary Alok Kumar Jain said it had been decided to seek a review by the Centre after discussing the legal aspects, adverse effects and practical issues involved.

Hydropower projects of 1,743 MW capacity would be closed if the notification was implemented. This will cause a loss of Rs.2000 crore to the State .The mining and construction (hotels and resorts) and land use conversion would be affected between Gomukh and Uttarkashi, Mr. Jain said, adding that the State Government had already taken measures to protect the Ganga and the environment.

The Chief Secretary said there was a lot of difference between the draft notification and the actual one. In the draft, only 100 metres area on the banks of the Ganga was included but in the actual notification, the entire area (water supply area) from Gomukh to Uttarkashi has been included in the eco-sensitive zone, he said.

Earlier, the ban was on constructing hydropower projects above 25 MW, but now hydropower projects above 2 MW capacity had been banned. He said objections raised by the State Government regarding the draft notification had been ignored.

A resolution passed by the Vidhan Sabha had been sent to the Centre for studying it. The Chief Minister has also sent a letter objecting to the declaration. Social activist Avdhash Kausha said it seemed that the Centre had notified the eco-sensitive zone at the behest of the "anti-development" agenda led by G. D. Aggarwal and his friends who were lobbying for the American and French companies pushing hard to sell uranium for power production to India.


The Hindu, 26 April, 2013, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/uttarakhand-upset-over-ecosensitive-zone/article4655728.ece


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