More than 3700 Families will be Displaced, Over 2 Lakh Trees Cut for Hydroelectricity Project in Jammu Kashmir
A multi-purpose hydro-electricity project- Ujh is coming up in the Kathua district of Jammu Kashmir. At least 214,502 trees are being cut for this purpose.
As per a report published by Hindustan Times, The project is envisaged on river Ujh, which is a tributary of River Ravi that flows into Pakistan and is part of the Indus river basin system. The project will include the construction of a 116m-high concrete face rock-fill dam (CFRD) and power generation of about 186MW.
The Ujh Project requires a total land of about 4,350 hectares, twice the size of Delhi airport. Of the total land required, the submergence area is 3,450 hectares which includes 329 hectares of government land, 680.1 hectares of forest land, and 2,441 hectares of private land.
The project, as per the report will in...