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>>JAMMU, India, April 11 (Reuters) - India's Jaiprakash Industries Ltd
>>signed an agreement with the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir on
>>Sunday for a 450-megawatt hydro-electric power plant, a minister said.
>>
>>``This is a leap forward towards the harnessing the vast potential of
>>1,000 megawatts of hydel resources in the state,'' Jammu and Kashmir
>>chief minister Farooq Abdullah said at the signing ceremony.
>>
>>The project, at Bhagliar in Jammu, will take five years and cost 34.95
>>billion rupees ($819 million), a government statement said.
>>
>>A consortium of Germany's Siemens AG and Vevey Ltd will execute the
>>electromechanical part of the project as agreed with the state last
>>year, it said.
>>
>>Abdullah said the state planned several other energy projects which
>>would power the northern region of the country.
>>
>>Reuters
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>>Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:52:43 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: KashmirEnvironmentalWatchAssociation KEWA <kewa_com@yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Urgent attention : Kashmir again to be faced with a number of
>>Large Dams
>>
>>Dear Friends,
>>
>>While plans last year to build large dams in Kashmir were shelved under
>>political and environmentalist pressure - plans by the government have
>>been resurrected to develop a number of project which will cause
>>irreversible damage to this Himalayan environment and result in the
>>displacement of indegenous people.
>>
>>A Reuters article from today is attached below, more information will
>>be forthcoming. Any advice and help in preventing these destructive
>>projects is most appreciated.
>>
>>Nasir Tak
>>KEWA
>>
>>India's Kashmir, Jaiprakash Ind sign pact
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