Pune, Oct. 26 -- Maharashtra BJP vice-president Keshav Upadhye on Monday defended the proposed Torrent Power pumped-storage project in Raigad district stating that it would help meet the state's growing electricity demand, and accused opposition leaders of misleading people by raising environmental concerns.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP's state headquarters, Upadhye said Maharashtra's electricity demand had reached a record 38,000 MW in recent days, driven by industrialisation and rising consumption in the agricultural and domestic sectors. Party spokesperson Pankaj Modi was also present.
Upadhye said the state needed to expand its power-generation capacity to meet the growing demand. He described the proposed pumped-storage p...