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Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL), which is constructing the 850 MW Ratle Hydroelectric Project successful Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, connected Saturday (December 13, 2025) said it whitethorn propulsion retired of the task if the medication failed to halt threats and interference from locals and politicians.
“There is simply a batch of unit connected our workers. The mode locals and politicians enactment is undemocratic and should not happen. If the outsiders don’t let america to work, we whitethorn person to permission the project. It volition origin a batch of losses arsenic we person paid slope guarantees, invested successful machines and material. But we cannot conscionable the intolerable demands similar hiring further staff,” Harpal Singh, main operating serviceman of the dam task from Hyderabad based MEIL, said.
Mr. Singh warned that the prevailing concern had the imaginable to compromise the information and prime of the project. “We question enactment from all. We person a secular character. We can’t enactment arsenic an hold of oregon articulation immoderate governmental party. Unless we person a bully enactment atmosphere, the information and prime of the task could beryllium compromised,” helium said.
The Ratle task is simply a tally of the stream strategy located connected the Chenab astatine Drabshalla colony successful Kishtwar. The task was approved successful 2021 astatine a full outgo of ₹5,281.94 crore, with the scheduled commissioning day acceptable for May 2026.
The occupation for the institution began connected December 4, erstwhile the caput of its quality resources squad was allegedly attacked and beaten portion connected the mode to the residential quarters. “The incidental dispersed fearfulness among the workers,” Mr. Singh said.
The institution alleged that it was nether unit from section politicians to prosecute much section workers for the project. “I privation to underline to locals, the territory and State administration, and the Union Ministry of Power that the institution has nary vacancy,” Mr. Singh said.
The task presently employs 1,434 workers. “From Kishtwar, we person 900 workers. From adjacent Doda and Ramban, we person 220 and 24 workers respectively. Around 215 workers are from extracurricular arsenic the task requires specialised labour too,” Mr. Singh said.
The serviceman said the task had been marred by blackmail from politicians, attacks, and mendacious tribunal cases. “Many person been recruited due to the fact that of section interference. We are making a 133 metre precocious dam and underground energy procreation of 850 MW. It is simply a cardinal project,” helium added.
In September this year, the institution had planned to retrench 300 workers. “We stopped astatine 200 workers retrenched only. We adjacent assured locals that we would prosecute successful lawsuit of immoderate vacancy,” Mr. Singh said.
