Baramulla, Dec 21: Pollution Control Committee (PCC) Baramulla today held a day long public hearing in Boniyar Uri to address the environmental and social impact of expansion of Uri I Stage-II Hydroelectric Power Project regarding extension of 240 MW spanning in an area of 102 hectare (underground), being developed by National Hydro Power Corporation LTD.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr Zahoor Ahmad Raina, presided over a public hearing camp. Sub District Magistrate Uri, Jatin Kishore, Regional Director State Pollution Control Committee Kashmir, District Officer PCC, Member Block Development Council, Tehsildar Boniyar, General Manager NHPC, Other concerned officers, PRIs and citizens from Boniyar and adjoining villages attended the camp.
At the outset the NHPC officials provided a comprehensive presentation regarding draft (EIA) plans for Uri-I Stage-II and discussed the impacts of expansion on environmental and socio economic wellbeing of the local society and the measures to be taken by the company/agency for maintaining ecological balance.