BS reported that the Uttarakhand government has permitted Larsen and Toubro to restart the construction of its 99 MW Singoli Bhatwari hydel project in the hilly Rudraprayag district.
As per report the move follows intervention by local BJP leaders, including Rudraprayag MLA Asha Nautiyal who met Chief Minister Ramesh P Nishank and demanded the government gave necessary permission for the resumption of work on the project. L&T too had sought permission repeatedly during the past few months.
A top official told Business Standard that the government would shortly sign an MoU with L&T in this regard.
The work on the project was stopped after the government said it wanted additional power from the company for increasing the capacity of the project. The capacity of the project was recently increased to 99 MW from 60 MW.
The official added that “The L&T is now ready to fulfill all the obligations including 12% power to the state on enhance capacity.”
In the month of May, the government asked L&T to stop the construction of the project saying the implementation agreement had not been signed.
Significantly, the government had suspended its two major projects 480 MW Pala Maneri and 381 MW Bhaironghati following an agitation by environmentalist GD Agrawal last year.
(Sourced from Business Standards)
As per report the move follows intervention by local BJP leaders, including Rudraprayag MLA Asha Nautiyal who met Chief Minister Ramesh P Nishank and demanded the government gave necessary permission for the resumption of work on the project. L&T too had sought permission repeatedly during the past few months.
A top official told Business Standard that the government would shortly sign an MoU with L&T in this regard.
The work on the project was stopped after the government said it wanted additional power from the company for increasing the capacity of the project. The capacity of the project was recently increased to 99 MW from 60 MW.
The official added that “The L&T is now ready to fulfill all the obligations including 12% power to the state on enhance capacity.”
In the month of May, the government asked L&T to stop the construction of the project saying the implementation agreement had not been signed.
Significantly, the government had suspended its two major projects 480 MW Pala Maneri and 381 MW Bhaironghati following an agitation by environmentalist GD Agrawal last year.
(Sourced from Business Standards)
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