The vulture eye of hydropower on river water : RajdhaniDaily.com

Ilam. There is a provision that a hydropower project must release a minimum of 10 percent of its water into the river. The government has made a provision in the 2001 Hydropower Development Policy to maintain the environmental flow of water. When a dam is built in a river, there is a provision that 10 percent of the water or the result of the environmental impact assessment of the hydropower project, whichever is higher, must be released into th…