(a) whether environment clearance to the Srinagar Hydropower Project has been given for a
63 metre high dam;
(b) if so, whether the developer is making a 90 metres high dam;
(c) if so, whether Ministry modified the Environment Clearance to the project and allowed
making of 90 metre high dam;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e) if not, the action Ministry proposes to take if the project is illegally making a
90 metre high dam?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH)
(a) The environmental clearance accorded to the Srinagar hydro electric project in
Uttarakhand on 3rd May, 1985 does not indicate the height of the dam.
(b)&(c)As per information available in the Ministry, the project developer is constructing
a 90 metre high dam as approved by the Central Electricity Authority and the environmental
clearance accorded by the Ministry has not been modified.
(d)&(e)Do not arise, in view of the replies to parts (b) and (c).