It is not only mining sector that will get affected by the report of Western Ghat Environment Panel. Hydro-power projects in the region stretching across five states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Goa may also see red.
According to officials, the Environment ministry’s panel recommended the government to not give a go-ahead to as many as two proposed hydel power projects in Karnataka and Kerala together worth over Rs 5,500 crore. The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), set up by the environment ministry last year to assess the current status of ecology of the Western Ghats region has reportedly said that the Gundia Hydro Electric Project should not be executed. The WGEEP had submitted their observations months back but the environment ministry is yet to make the report public.
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