Overview
- The Indian Express report, shared publicly by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, says Adani Green sought to revise the sanctioned 1,500 MW pumped‑storage project in Satara from Rs 5,675 crore to Rs 56.75 crore.
- A complaint filed on October 30 led the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to direct the Maharashtra state forest department to investigate on November 6, and the state department has opened a probe.
- If the lower cost is accepted the deposit for wildlife sanctuary conservation would fall from about Rs 227 crore to roughly Rs 2.27 crore, a change that would reduce mitigation and protection funding tied to the project.
- The opposition Congress called the reported revision a “scandal of gigantic proportions” on November 13 and renewed demands for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to examine the Adani Group’s operations.
- There has been no immediate public response from Adani Green, the Maharashtra government, or the central government and investigators’ findings and any regulatory or parliamentary steps are still developing.