BHUBANESWAR: Days after opposing the Polavaram mission in Andhra Pradesh at the inter-state assembly in New Delhi, leader minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not permit its building.
Naveen, in a letter to the Prime Minister, expressed deep worry for sacrificing Odisha's hobby for the debatable mission. "It is unfortunate that the construction of the project is going on at a rapid pace despite pendency of the matter in the Supreme Court," Naveen mentioned.
Accusing it of not qualifying the national standards, Naveen puzzled grant of 'national mission' tag for the Polavaram multipurpose mission on river Godavari. The mission will supply irrigation to 2.91 lakh hectares and can generate 960 MW of hydropower. It has additionally doable to satisfy the ingesting and business water provide to Vishakhapatnam and the steel plant.
Odisha executive, alternatively, claimed that the mission, in its current form, would submerge 25 habitations in Motu tehsil in Malkangiri district and inundate around 7656 hectare of agricultural and woodland land.
"The Magnitude of the consequences that the people of Odisha will have to face viz, the submergence of tribal lands, flooding of fertile lands, mass displacement of villages, all of which can be avoided if only an opportunity is given for a final resolution of the disputes pending before the Supreme Court," Naveen famous including the mission, if allowed to finish ahead of resolve of pending circumstances, will purpose everlasting harm to Odisha's hobby.
In 2007, the state executive had filed an authentic go well with in the apex court docket in opposition to building of the mission and challenging quite a lot of clearances given to it.
The leader minister additionally accused the Andhra Pradesh executive of taking up its building unilaterally violating norms of the Godavari Water Dispute Tribunal (GWDT) and much ahead of acquiring clearance of the Central Water Commission.
The mission works are going on with out accomplishing any public listening to in Odisha, which is a mandatory requirement for purchasing any environmental clearance. "The issue of public hearing is pending in the apex court for disposal. It is surprising that neither the concerns of those most affected by this project are considered not their involvement is sought," Naveen identified.
He mentioned the Union ministry of setting, woodland and climate change has issued the abeyance on 'stop work order' thrice-- January 1, 2014, June 23, 2015 and August 12, 2016---without accomplishing any public listening to by means of the mission authority in the affected spaces in the territory of Odisha.
To minimize the detrimental have an effect on of the mission, Naveen mentioned the mission will also be reformulated as consistent with GWDT award with out causing massive scale submergence in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
The mission has additionally been a political device for the ruling BJD here to target the successive governments at the Centre for his or her anti-Odisha attitude.
Naveen, in a letter to the Prime Minister, expressed deep worry for sacrificing Odisha's hobby for the debatable mission. "It is unfortunate that the construction of the project is going on at a rapid pace despite pendency of the matter in the Supreme Court," Naveen mentioned.
Accusing it of not qualifying the national standards, Naveen puzzled grant of 'national mission' tag for the Polavaram multipurpose mission on river Godavari. The mission will supply irrigation to 2.91 lakh hectares and can generate 960 MW of hydropower. It has additionally doable to satisfy the ingesting and business water provide to Vishakhapatnam and the steel plant.
Odisha executive, alternatively, claimed that the mission, in its current form, would submerge 25 habitations in Motu tehsil in Malkangiri district and inundate around 7656 hectare of agricultural and woodland land.
"The Magnitude of the consequences that the people of Odisha will have to face viz, the submergence of tribal lands, flooding of fertile lands, mass displacement of villages, all of which can be avoided if only an opportunity is given for a final resolution of the disputes pending before the Supreme Court," Naveen famous including the mission, if allowed to finish ahead of resolve of pending circumstances, will purpose everlasting harm to Odisha's hobby.
In 2007, the state executive had filed an authentic go well with in the apex court docket in opposition to building of the mission and challenging quite a lot of clearances given to it.
The leader minister additionally accused the Andhra Pradesh executive of taking up its building unilaterally violating norms of the Godavari Water Dispute Tribunal (GWDT) and much ahead of acquiring clearance of the Central Water Commission.
The mission works are going on with out accomplishing any public listening to in Odisha, which is a mandatory requirement for purchasing any environmental clearance. "The issue of public hearing is pending in the apex court for disposal. It is surprising that neither the concerns of those most affected by this project are considered not their involvement is sought," Naveen identified.
He mentioned the Union ministry of setting, woodland and climate change has issued the abeyance on 'stop work order' thrice-- January 1, 2014, June 23, 2015 and August 12, 2016---without accomplishing any public listening to by means of the mission authority in the affected spaces in the territory of Odisha.
To minimize the detrimental have an effect on of the mission, Naveen mentioned the mission will also be reformulated as consistent with GWDT award with out causing massive scale submergence in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
The mission has additionally been a political device for the ruling BJD here to target the successive governments at the Centre for his or her anti-Odisha attitude.
Naveen Patnaik urges PM Modi not to allow construction of Polavaram project
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