High Court issue notices to Govt, NHPC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued notices to the state government and the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) on a petition by inhabitants of two villages in Gurez tehsil of Bandipora in north Kashmir which are getting dislocated by the ongoing construction of the 330-megawatt Kishanganga hydroelectric project. While issuing notices, a division Bench of the High Court directed the respondents to file their response to the petition, which has now been treated as a public interest litigation by the HC, within four weeks. The NHPC’s Kishanganga hydroelectric…

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