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Shree Maheshwar Hydro Power Corporation (SMHPC), which is setting up a 400 MW power project on the river Narmada in Khargone district, said today that private agricultural land or houses would not be submerged even after filling of water in the reservoir of the Maheshwar dam up to 154 meters.
A press release by the Company said that a team of experts formed at the instance of National Green Tribunal which inspected the project early this month has stated that there would be no submergence of any villages at 154 meters level.
A report by Khargone Collector filed after surveying the area in the Narmada valley had also ruled out submergence of land after filling of the reservoir up to 154 metres, it said.
The Centre had allowed the Company to fill the reservoir up to 154 meters in May this year.
Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Ltd is the first private sector hydro project in Madhya Pradesh. It is a 400 MW run-off-the-river project on the river Narmada at Mandleshwar in Khargone district, about 100 km from Indore. It is expected to reduce the peak-power shortage in the state by 25 per cent.
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