PTI | Jammu | Updated: 21-02-2021 21:10 IST | Created: 21-02-2021 21:10 IST
A Grievances Redressal Committee (GRC) on Sunday visited the site of 624 MW Keru Hydro Electricity Project (HEP) in Jammu and Kashmir s Kishtwar district to resolve the issues of locals, an official spokesman said.
The residents raised several grievances like seeking preference to local youths during recruitment in the project, payment of pending compensation under Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) Plan, water supply scheme for adjoining hamlets and a protection wall along the link road to Keru project site, the spokesman said.
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Responding to the grievances, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Amir Hussain assured them that 80:20 ratio of locals and non-locals would be ensured in the recruitment process at all stages. Various components of the R&R plan were also discussed and participants were informed that water crisis, payment of pending compensation and construction of a protection wall wo