Cancel permission to hydro power projects: Former Union secy to govt
The New Indian Express | Dec 19, 2022
Sarma said the government seems to have not taken nod from the National Commission for STs before taking the decision on the projects.
VISAKHAPATNAM: Former Union Energy secretary EAS Sarma has said the consent given by the State Cabinet for hydro-pumped storage projects at Kurukutti and Karrivalasa in Parvathipuram Manyam and at Yerravaram in Alluri Sitarama Raju district is in ‘gross violation’ of the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act and the Forest Rights Act.
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