NMDC to shift its proposed power plant location from UP.

NMDC, which is in the process of setting up a 500-MW power plant in Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh, has decided to shift the location of the project in view of the objections raised by a committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests earlier.

According to official sources, Mecon, consultant for the power project has come up with three alternative sites and the Expert Appraisal Committee has asked the miner to prepare a detailed plan with regard to the environmental issues on the site at Turkadih-Siswa.

The EAC earlier refused to give clearance for the project on the grounds that place where the project is proposed, is fertile agriculture land and suggested the company to come out with alternative lands.

'Mecon has identified three alternate sites within and outside Gonda, with the help of Topo Sheets and Satellite imageries and extensive field survey. The EAC asked them to prepare Environmental Management Plan keeping Turkadih-Siswa site in mind,' a source in the know of the development told PTI.

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