Kishanganga Project: Villagers want resettlement policy redrafted

J&K HC tells state govt, NHPC to file response within four weeks The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today issued notices to the state government, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) authorities and other officials, respondents in a petition seeking to quash the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy-2007. The policy was drafted by the NHPC and J&K Government to rehabilitate the villagers affected by the Kishanganga hydroelectric power project in Bandipora district. The High Court has given these respondents four-week time to respond to the averments made in the petition filed by…

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