An otherwise-supportive Ministry of Power (MoP) has chosen to blame NTPC for the forest hurdle affecting the construction of the 800 MW Koldam HEP, the power major's first foray into the hydel realm. - The ministry is of the opinion that the issues raised by the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) would not have come up if the project were on schedule.
- A helpless NTPC has asserted that the project faces delays because of the excruciatingly slow progress of civil works by the Italian-Thai Development PLC (ITD). The severe cashflow problems faced by ITD and the consequently inadequate mobilization of resources have added to deferral caused by a series of geological and hydrological problems encountered at the project site, according to the power major, arguments that have failed to move the ministry.
- Accordingly, the ministry has now asked the power firm to make all out efforts to resolve the environmental issue and ensure that the project is not delayed further.
- In the wake of present circumstances, however, the project is likely to miss even its latest commissioning deadline of March 2012.
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