They said that MoEFCC had granted an environment clearance to the four stages back in April 2010 with the condition of a 10-year validity. Stage II, III and IV are to be constructed on same mountain and have faced massive opposition from the local tribal population on the grounds that these will spell doom for their lives, livelihoods and biodiversity. They said this area in the high Himalayas, falling in the Satluj Valley, which is known for its geological and ecological vulnerability, is also the site of Stage 1 of the 243 MW Integrated Kashang Hydropower Project, which is already operational. In a representation sent to the Chairperson of Expert Appraisal Committee, River Valley Projects, MoEFCC, around 990 signatories have submitted that on April 30 a large portion of a steep mountain in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh slipped down to village Pangi destroying apple orchards and killing one Nepali migrant worker. Close to 1000 representatives of various community and social organisations, environmental action groups, students, academics and concerned individuals have written to the Union ministry for environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) demanding that no extension to environment clearance should be given for Integrated Kashang Hydro project in geologically fragile, ecologically diverse, tribal district Kinnaur. SHIMLA: Green activists are once again up in arms against the Kashang hydro electric project in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.

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