The 99.8 MW Tamakoshi V, which is being built in the Gaurishankar Conservation Area, was facing obstacles in its construction due to lack of forest land tenure rights.
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The construction of the indigenously invested Tamakoshi V Hydropower Project, which had been stalled for 10 months after obtaining the land tenure rights of the national forest area, has been fully operational.
The construction of the 99.8 MW Tamakoshi V, which is being built in the Gaurishankar Conservation Area, was hampered due to not obtaining the forest tenure rights. Although the construction of the main tunnel was underway, the work on other works including audit tunnels 2, 3 and 4 was completely stopped due to not obtaining the land tenure rights.
The project started work by depositing Rs 70 million in forest land use revenue immediately after obtaining the land tenure rights, said Ram Prasad Yadav, Managing Director of Tamakoshi V. He said that an additional Rs 40 million in revenue was paid to the government for using local resources.
The Cabinet meeting in the second week of Magh had decided to grant land tenure approval to the project. ‘The construction of the project took a long time to get the right of occupancy due to the hassle of the government agencies,’ he said, ‘Now the work of the project will move forward at a fast pace, after a month the project will gain momentum with the target of completing it within the deadline.’
It is estimated that the construction of the Tamakoshi V project under the ‘People’s Water, People’s Investment’ will cost 21 billion. Yadav said that the Tamakoshi V project, which is being built under the EPC model, will be moved forward at a fast pace with the target of completion by Asad 2085.
Accordingly, the preparation for the invitation to bid under ‘Lot Two’ has reached the final stage and will be opened in a few days, he said. The Chinese company Sino Hydro, which was entrusted with the civil work, had been hindering the work of the project for one and a half years due to the right of occupancy of the forest area at the construction site. Due to which Sino has been cutting workers. Yadav said that the work will be taken forward with the consent of the Gaurishankar Conservation Area and the District Coordination Committee for the use of local resources such as stones and sand.
‘All legal complications have been resolved for the construction of the project, now there will be no obstacles anywhere,’ he said, ‘There has been some delay in the construction of the project due to the long-standing land tenure issue, now the work will gain new momentum, we can complete it within the stipulated time.’
The Ministry of Forests had stopped the work of the Tamakoshi V project due to the dispute in the forest sector. The Supreme Court had rejected the amendment to the law to build infrastructure and development structures in the park and conservation area. Due to which the work of the project under construction in the park and conservation area was stopped.
In the writ petition against the decision, the Ministry of Forests was asked to make a law to move forward with the project, but the full text has not been received, saying that the work of the 20-megawatt Rolwaling Khola project being built by the Tamakoshi V and Upper Tamakoshi projects has been stopped since Ashad 20. A project official said that construction company Sino Hydro may claim compensation for the period after the work was stopped for a long time.
