New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The proposed Rs 9,167-crore multipurpose hydropower dam on river Ujh in Jammu & Kashmir's Kathua region is inching towards reality. The two central green panels have given nod to the diversion of 4,350 hectares of land including about 680 hectares of forest land and felling of over two lakh trees for the project, which they said is of 'national importance'.
The project, which envisages construction of a 116-metre dam, is part of India's endeavour to step up use of the water available under the Indus Water Treaty and is proposed on rive Ujh, a tributary of River Ravi that flows into Pakistan--a part of the Indus river basin system.
It was considered for environment and forest clearance by the Union Environment Ministr...