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In 2007 the ''Hindustan Times'' reported that the site for the project was selected "after the Central Electricity Commission carried out a detailed feasibility study and gave its go-ahead completely overlooking sensitivities of local alphonso growers." (Alphonso is another name for a variety of mango). The newspaper reported that the "3,000-acre piece of land originally earmarked for the project spreads over four villages with a population of about 4,000." It was also reported that the project was opposed by "a determined group of alphonso mango farmers who have refused to yield even an inch of their land" for the project as there is no alternative land available for alphonso farming.<ref name="Mango">Samiran Saha and Gaurav Choudhury, [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Giriye-power-project-Mango-farmers-not-to-give-up-land/Article1-259697.aspx "Giriye power project: Mango farmers not to give up land"], ''Hindustan Times'', November 25, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/story/186945 "Maharashtra yet to take a call on Girye ultra-mega power project"] The Financial Express, December 18, 2006.</ref>