Knowledge Summit on Pumped Storage Projects in the Western Ghats
Over the last weekend of June, a select group of researchers, lawyers, campaigners, local communities, and civil society organizations came together in Shimoga for a two-day knowledge summit on Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) in the Western Ghats.
The summit covered a range of interlinked themes:
🔹 Environmental & social impacts of PSPs in the Western Ghats
🔹 Environmental governance & the Right to Information (RTI)
🔹 India’s energy scenario and alternatives to PSPs—with pros and cons
🔹 Cost-benefit analysis
🔹 Local experiences, community responses, and ground-level activism