GMR suffers setback in its hydel power project.

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests has turned down a request by the GMR Group to extend the validity for preparing the terms of reference for a hydel power project being set up in Arunachal Pradesh.

The EAC while refusing to extend the validity of the terms of reference (ToR) also suggested that the company hold a public meeting before August 2014. The EAC noted that extension of the ToR validity is up to August 9, 2014, and there are no convincing reasons for considering the case for extension of the validity of ToR for the project at this stage.

'There is sufficient time to hold a public hearing by the APSPCB before August 2014. Therefore, the committee did not consider the case fit for extension of the validity of ToR at this juncture for Talong HEP (225 MW) in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh,' the EAC said in the minutes of meeting held last month.


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