Excelsior Correspondent
KARGIL, Aug 3: Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC, Kargil Feroz Ahmad Khan has sought retention of the headquarter of the NHPC Power Station at Chutuk Kargil instead of clubbing with its headquarters at Basgo in Leh district as per an order issued by the NHPC authorities recently.
In a letter addressed to the Lieutenant Governor Ladakh Radha Krishna Mathur, the CEC while expressing serious concern over the decision of the NHPC authorities stated that the Chutuk Hydel Project has been established by allotment of most valuable land by the villagers against commitments made by the NHPC authorities.
Khan said that the power station is a source of livelihood to many of the villagers whose ancestral lands have been allotted for its establishment and many locals have underwent physical disabilities in the process of putting up of this power project.
The CEC further stated that this unilateral decision of the NHPC authorities is not acceptable either to the people of Kargil or to the LAHDC Kargil and the commitments made by offices of high standing authorities like the then NHPC heads and the authorities of the erstwhile state of J&K ought to be respected and fulfilled by the concerned at all levels.
CEC Khan appealed the LG Ladakh to take up the matter with the concerned authorities of the NHPC on top priority basis. He further said that the local representatives of the area have already written to the LG in this regard and expressed optimism that an early action would be taken in the matter.
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