Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) on Friday organised a public hearing for environmental clearance for a 1600 MW coal-based ultra-supercritical thermal power plant in Dadri Khurd village of Sadar tehsil, Mirzapur. The project is to be established by the
Adani Group.
Local villagers, former minister and Madihaan MLA Ramashankar Singh Patel, additional district magistrate Shiv Prasad Shukla, the regional environment officer of Sonbhadra, and representatives of the Adani Group were present in the hearing.
The MLA said that the power plant would provide employment to people and lead to the development of the district.