Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (UJVNL) today claimed that the Lakhwar-Vyasi project has been handed over to it and the construction work would start soon. "The state government has given this project to us," said UJVNL CMD Yogendra Prasad.
The government has so far remained non-committal regarding the allotment of the project, which is hanging fire for the last 20 years due to paucity of funds. An investment of nearly Rs 3,000-4,000 crore is proposed in the project.
Sensing that National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) was preparing the revised detailed project report (DPR) of the project, the state-owned UJVNL, whose two major projects
