New Delhi, June 10 -- The Union government is looking to give speedy clearance to a Rs.22,700-crore hydropower project in Sawalkote on the Chenab so that work can commence by next year and the power ministry is on track to decide which agency should build it, two officials aware of the development said. The Sawalkote project, among four proposed hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir, has been granted the status of a nationally important project and is expected to generate 1,856 megawatts (MW) of electricity, one of the officials said. The project has been hobbled due to curbs imposed by the Indus Waters Treaty.P10
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