Saidongar-2 PSP, Maval

Notes

• Fresh ToR × Terms of Reference (ToR) The list of studies an EIA must cover, set by the expert committee. Getting a ToR is the first clearance step, not a permission to build. More in glossary → 18 Feb 2025 (EAC × Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) The central committee of experts that recommends ToR and EC for river valley and hydro projects, including PSPs. More in glossary → 29 Jan 2025); draft EIA × Environmental impact assessment (EIA) The study a developer must commission on a project's effects on land, water, wildlife and people before it can get an EC. More in glossary → filed for public hearing × Public hearing A meeting near the project site, run by the state pollution control board, where affected people can object on record. More in glossary → Mar 2026; forest proposal FP/MH/HYD/IRRIG/556376/2025.
• Upper reservoir at Kusur (Maval); the lower reservoir on the Pej is shared with Saidongar-1 and its land is counted there. 35.60 ha forest of 141.44 ha.
• The EAC sub-committee that visited Saidongar-1 on 21–23 Apr 2025 also covered this site (report considered 14 May 2025): Upper Reservoir 2 was 'not accessible by road or foot' and was seen only on drone footage; the approach road takes 15.09 ha of the 35.60 ha forest.
• Storage GWh × MW, MWh and GWh MW is how fast power flows; MWh (or GWh = 1,000 MWh) is how much energy is stored or delivered. More in glossary → implied from 6 h generation.

Timeline

1. March 2026 · Felling Documented #

   Maval PSP × Pumped storage project (PSP) Two reservoirs at different heights: water is pumped up when power is cheap and released through turbines when power is needed. More in glossary → draft EIA: 35.6 ha of forest and about 9,554 trees

   Details and documents

   Torrent's draft EIA for the 1,200 MWⓘ×Documented“Notification and amendments thereof, the proposed Saidongar 2 - Maval PSP (1200 MW)”Saidongar-2 draft EIA executive summary (MPCB), page1 · March 2026 Saidongar-2 (Maval) project, filed for public hearing, puts forest land at 35.60 haⓘ×Documented“acquisition of 141.44 ha in which 35.60 ha is forest area and remaining 105.84 ha is”Saidongar-2 draft EIA executive summary (MPCB), page10 · March 2026 of 141.44 haⓘ×Documented“acquisition of 141.44 ha in which 35.60 ha is forest area and remaining 105.84 ha is”Saidongar-2 draft EIA executive summary (MPCB), page10 · March 2026 and says about 9,554 treesⓘ×Documented“to the reservoir. This project will require 35.60 ha Forest land and cutting of about 9,554”Saidongar-2 draft EIA executive summary (MPCB), page12 · March 2026 will be cut. It shares its lower reservoir with the Karjat project.ⓘ×Documented“acquisition of 141.44 ha in which 35.60 ha is forest area and remaining 105.84 ha is”Saidongar-2 draft EIA executive summary (MPCB), page10 · March 2026

   Saidongar-2 PSP, Maval · Saidongar-2 draft EIA executive summary (MPCB)

2. 14 May 2025 · Clearance Documented #

   EAC considers site-visit report for Karjat PSP

   Details and documents

   A three-member sub-committee (EAC chair G. J. Chakrapani, member Ajay Kumar Lal, MoEFCC's Krishnendu Mondal) visited Saidongar-1 and -2 on 21–23 Apr 2025. It walked the lower reservoir on the Pej but saw both upper reservoirs only on Torrent's drone footage, as they were not accessible, and called them barren table-land. Its five recommendations were narrower approach roads (17 haⓘ×Documented“diversion (17 Ha out of 233 Ha proposed forest land) and should be reflected in the final layout.”EAC 31st meeting minutes, 14 May 2025 (site-visit reports, Annexures I and II), page131 · 14 May 2025 of Karjat's 233 haⓘ×Documented“non-forest land and 233.0 hectares is forest land. Consequently, diversion of forest land is required,”EAC 31st meeting minutes, 14 May 2025 (site-visit reports, Annexures I and II), page128 · 14 May 2025 forest), CWLW-approved wildlife plans, monsoon-only water draw, a muck × Muck disposal Rock and soil dug out for tunnels and caverns, dumped on land set aside for it. More in glossary → plan, and putting site-visit assurances in the EIA. The EAC accepted the report on 14 May 2025.

   Saidongar-1 PSP, Karjat · Saidongar-2 PSP, Maval · EAC 31st meeting minutes, 14 May 2025 (site-visit reports, Annexures I and II) · SANDRP: 2025 decisions (table of EAC minutes)

3. 29 January 2025 · Clearance Reported #

   EAC recommends ToR for Saidongar-2 Maval and Ghosla

   Details and documents

   Same meeting as Saidongar-1 Karjat's ToR. Kamod's ToR application was withdrawn after parameters changed and approved on 12 Mar.

   Saidongar-2 PSP, Maval · Ghosla PSP · Kamod PSP · SANDRP: 2025 env & forest clearance decisions

4. 7 June 2023 · MoU signed, no clearance yet Reported #

   Torrent signs MoU × Memorandum of understanding (MoU) A non-binding agreement between the state and a developer to study and build a project at a site, with a water allocation. More in glossary → for Karjat, Maval and Junnar PSPs (5,700 MW)

   Details and documents

   All three sites described as off-stream with six hours of daily storage; ₹27,000 crore over five years.ⓘ×Reported“Torrent Power Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra for development of three pumped storage hydro projects of 5,700 MW capacity in Maharashtra.”Power Line

   Saidongar-1 PSP, Karjat · Saidongar-2 PSP, Maval · Junnar PSP · Power Line