Thermal power plants in Vidarbha may impact the environment

The drought-ravaged Vidarbha region is the place where as many as 89 thermal power plants have been lined up in the region that locals fear will destroy fertile agricultural land and cripple farmers. These plants will require 1,942 million cubic metres of water, originally meant for agriculture, and impact the irrigation potential of 4.82 lakh hectares of land, an area 12 times the size of Greater Mumbai.
The thermal power plant set up by Indiabulls Pvt Ltd, had faced major protests in the

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