The Ministry of Environment and Forests gave a green signal to Ratle Hydro Electric Project Pvt Ltd, a GVK Group company, to increase the capacity of its power project from 690 MW to 850 MW.

Ratle Hydro Electric Project, which is constructing the project on Chenab River in Kishwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, is expected to start operations in 2017 and it will provide 16 per cent of its output to Jammu and Kashmir free of any charge.