THE controversy over the 1,000 megawatt Cogentrix power projecr in
Mangalore, Karnataka, has come to an
end with the Centre formally giving
its approval to the project in principle
and the Cogentrix management promising to adhere to strict environment
standards.
However, the final environmental
clearance for the project will be issued
only after Cogentrix clears certain queries
and fulfils all conditions stipulated by the
state pollution control board.
The environmental clearance committee of the state government had given
its "conditional consent", following
which the Central Electric Authority
cleared the Rs 4,300 crore thermal power
project on July 28. Meanwhile, Cogentrix
has offered to cut costs by reducing the
construction time.
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