(ET)
The government expects to resume work on two of the country’s largest hydroelectric projects, planned by the NHPC at Lower Subansiri and Dibang in Arunachal Pradesh with a combined capacity of 4,800 MW, as the green tribunal has quashed appeals stalling them.
The government has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court against stay on the two projects without a hearing. However, the organisations opposing the projects are preparing to approach the Supreme Court, according to people aware of the matter.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday rejected an appeal filed by social activists against the constitution of a three member expert committee to study the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
