TWO COMMITTEES CONSTITUTED TO MONITOR TEHRI PROJECT

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The Tehri Hydroelectric Project Stage-I of 1000 MW is being implemented by the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation, a joint venture of the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The project is being implemented after due environmental clearances from the Ministry of Environment and forests and with an appropriate rehabilitation and resettlement package. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, has constituted a Project Level Committee comprising representatives of the concerned Ministries of the Central Government as well as relevant subject matter specialists to undertake periodic review of the environment and R&R issues associated with the project.

In view of the sensitive nature of the project and public concerns, the Government of India has decided to constitute a high level Inter-Ministerial Review Committee consisting of Secretaries of the Central Ministries of Environment, Power, Social Justice and Water Resources, to periodically review the environment and rehabilitation and resettlement issues associated with the Tehri Hydroelectric Project and also review the recommendations of the Project Level Monitoring Committee. Chief Secretaries of Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal will be Special Invitees to its meetings.