Dehradun, Sep 10 (PTI) Uttarakhand government has temporarily suspended the work on the 330-MW Alaknanda hydropower project under pressure from local activists, who have opposed it as its reservoir will submerge the famous Dhari Devi temple. The state government has also constituted a high-power committee headed by Garhwal Commissioner to look into the demands of the people and directed it to submit a report within a fortnight's time, officials sources said. The work on hydel project, being built on Alaknanda river near Srinagar town of Pauri district by GVK Infrastructure Company, has been suspended for nearly two weeks, they said. The activists from ABVP, VHP, Mahila Vikas Samiti and Sanyukta Utthan Samiti led by senior BJP leader Mohan Singh Gaonwasi have been agitating in the area for the past three months to press for their demands, including not to increase the height of dam beyond 63 metres to prevent the submergence of the Siddhapeeth Dhari Devi temple and provide employment to affected families.
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