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Green tribunal halts tree felling for Alaknanda-Badrinath hydropower project
Issue Date: Feb 16, 2012
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Alaknanda-Badrinath hydroelectric project challenged in green tribunal
Issue Date: Feb 2, 2012
Activists have challenged the Union environment ministry’s in-principle clearance to the proposed 300 MW hydroelectric project on the Alaknanda river before the National Green Tribunal. The project in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand is proposed three km downstream of the Hindu pilgrimage centre Badrinath.
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Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.