(a) whether the attention of the Government has been drawn to the newsitem captioned “pending 30 water projects†appearing in Rashtriya Sahara dated August 24, 2002;
(b) if so, the facts of the matter reported therein; and
(c) the time by which the projects are likely to be
cleared?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) to (c) Yes, Sir. There are 33 multi-purpose/Hydro
Electric Projects with installed capacity of 6085 MW
sanctioned /cleared/returned by Central Electricity
Authority involving inter-state aspects. Clearance of
these projects will depend upon the promptness at which the
observations of the Central Appraising Agencies are
complied with.