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Power States - Other States ‘Panang hydro-electric project will destroy Dzongu’ Sarikah Atreya Gangtok, May 22 The six-member Independent Committee on Big Hydro Projects has said that the 280-MW Panang Hydro Electric Project will completely and permanently destroy the environment of Dzongu in North Sikkim. At a press conference here, the members said the project would “not only destroy the place with deep and unique religious sentiments attached” but would also destroy “the unique Lepcha community’s abode”. According to members, the Sikkim Government, partly under pressure from the Union Government, had hastily committed itself to develop about 42 big hydropower projects without consulting the people of the State and without also considering the implications for the environment, the people’s culture, and even the future returns on investment. The team said that the State Government, instead of assessing and realising the potential of power generation in Dzongu and other regions of the State, had drawn up an MoU with a firm for the Panang project. “The Government should suspend or declare a moratorium on the project for five years and in the meantime take up the small and micro hydro projects in the region and also see the how the Teesta V project performs,” the team members added. More Stories on : Power | Environment | Other States
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