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10 months on, Govt fails to resume work on rattle power project: Saroori

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/21/2020 11:32:52 AM

Y B News Jammu, Jan 20 It was about 10 months ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi re-inaugurated the prestigious 850 MW Rattle Power Project, the work on which hit the road blockade following the fiasco between the GVK limited and L&T after the main developer faces the financial crisis— thus shows inability to carry forward the constitution work of the project. This was said by J&K Congress Committee Vice President, G.M Saroori while meeting with various deputations from Drabshalla and Bunjwah blocks. Earlier the project was inaugurated by the former PM Manmohan Singh during UPA II government in presence of former CM of J&K Ghulam Nabi Azad, Omar Abdullah and others. Saroori said that J&K Govt fails to resume work on Rattle Power Project added that 6 years had passes since the Rattle project was left abandon, Jammu and Kashmir Government fails to resume work on it. He said that though the people and political class was against handing over the project to NHPC that will cause major dent to J&K economy, but unemployed youths are keen and are waiting for the restoration of the work. He said that Union Government should hand over the 390 MW Dool- Hasti Power Project to J&K for compensating the losses suffered by the UT of J&K due to implementation of GST and abolition of Lakhanpur Toll Plaza that will cause Rs.1500 Cr losses to J&K, annually. Saroori said once touted as big hope for the power deficit Jammu Kashmir, 850-MW RattleHydroelectric Power Project (RHEPP) is in limbo for the past 6 years, after the developer fled the project site midway. He expressed concern over the Government's failure to tap up the water potential in Drabshalla area of Inderwal constituency for the generation of electricity and it's failure to resume the work on the power project. He said large number of youth have become idle after the company abandoned the work on the project way back in 2014. Former Minister J&K urged the Government to take appropriate steps in starting the work on the Rattle power project, which he hope will provide employment to the unemployed youths. The 850 MW Rattle HEP was awarded to M/S GVK Limited on BOOT bases under Independent Power Producer mode in June 2010, but the construction work on the project has been abandon by the company.