DEHRADUN: The fate of 56 hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand, with a projected power generation capacity of 963 MW, hangs in balance after the state BJP government on Thursday night abruptly cancelled their allotment. These projects were initiated when B C Khanduri was the CM in 2008.
Following the state government's decision, a two-judge bench of the Uttarakhand high court on Friday dismissed a PIL jointly filed by Delhi-based Ashwini Kumar Sharma and an Uttarakhand-based NGO, Uttarakhand Janhitkari Manch, in June second week. The PIL alleged irregularities in the allotment of these projects.
Sources said the government stepped in a day before the case was to come up in the HC as it feared adverse judicial observations on the projects. The opposition parties in the state, have called for a CBI probe into alleged scams running into crores of rupees. The government would take a final call on these projects after the completion of the court hearings.
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