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New Delhi : Amid reports of a moratorium on projects in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, the Nuclear Power Corporation has said that its ambitious plan to build mega atomic power plants in the region was not put on hold.
"Jaitapur project is not a part of this stay," a Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) spokesman said.
The NPCIL, along with French company Areva, is setting up two nuclear power plants of 1,650 MW each at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district. The Jaitapur project entails building a total of six nuclear power plants.
The NPCIL official said that the public hearing for the project was held on May 16 this year. A recent notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests has imposed a four-month moratorium on new projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts from August 16 to December 16.
The NPCIL official said that the Jaitapur nuclear project in Ratnagiri does not come under this moratorium. The Jaitapur project is being developed as part of the civil nuclear agreement India had signed with France after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) agreed to allow India to take part in international nuclear commerce.
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