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UPSC Prelims 1980Question 83Environment

Silent Valley Project in Kerala was dropped because

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  1. (a)Ecologists pointed out that the project will set up an environmental imbalance
  2. (b)India will have to spend a huge amount of foreign exchange to complete the project
  3. (c)Skilled labour and cheap power were not available
  4. (d)Some political controversy arose regarding the project

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