Final clearance has been received for the construction of lakhwad Multi-purpose project from the Union Government’s Forest and Environment Ministry.
Sanction has been received to transfer lease of 768.1552 hectares forest land for UJVNl. A Government order has been released in this regard by Forest and Environment Ministry on Jan 31, 2014. This information was given by the Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar. The Chief Secretary said that the State Government has made all necessary arrangements for the project construction. This 300 MW lakhwad multipurpose project will benefit Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. This Rs 3,966.51 croreproject will generate 612.93 million unit electricity, 33,780 hectare irrigation facility and 78.83 MCM Drinking water.
The first stage of sanction was received from forest advisory committee in November 2013. After complying with the norms of the first stage, the Uttarakhand government had placed a demand for the final clearance. Fund for catchment area treatment plan was also deposited. It may be recalled that the during undivided Uttar Pradesh, forest land 768.1552 hectare land area in lakhwad’s Dehradun and Tehri Garhwal was transferred to the Irrigation Department for the multipurpose project.