Friday, January 4, 2013

WR Secy invites aggrieved people for talks with CS .



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Friday, 04 January 2013 18:52
SUDHIR MISHRA | BALANGIR
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Principal Secretary of the Water Resources (WR) Department Suresh Chandra Mahapatra on Thursday extended invitation to members of the Lower Suktel Budi Anchal Sangram Parishad for direct and detailed talks with the Chief Secretary in Bhubaneswar within next 10 days.
He was addressing the residents of the villages, which are to be submerged due to construction of the project dam, at Gadshankar-Dunguripali, 20 km from the Balangir district headquarters here.
Participating in the discussion, Lower Suktel Budi Anchal Sangram Parishad president Udaya Singh Thakur pointed out that they are in favour of construction of small check dams which would cause zero displacement besides providing irrigation.
“Our area is known as a vegetable basket of the district. Why shall we leave this place and lose of our land and livelihood? Once we are displaced, we would be forced to begging. If the Government is serious, it should provide fertile land to farmers in the command and irrigated areas first and then discuss with us.” Thakur argued.
He pointed out that even today people displaced for the Hirakud Dam in Sambalpur district are yet to get compensation. “Once the construction of the dam is over, nobody would remember us,” he said.
Thakur alleged that many people have purchased lands in the area since 2001 in connivance with Government officials for getting fat compensation. If the project is shelved, it would be a great loss for them, for which they are clamouring for the Lower Suktel Project, he said, adding that even till December 31, registration of lands in this area was going on.
For a meaningful solution to the issue, it would be better to have detailed talks with the Chief Secretary. A meeting with the Chief Secretary could be fixed in the next 10 days, said Principal Secretary Suresh Mahapatra after listening to various points presented by the members of the Budi Anchal Sangram Parishad.
Expressing regret over the neglect to members of the Parishad in the recent round of talks on the project held in Bhubaneswar, Mahapatra explained the benefits of irrigation and flood control of the multipurpose  Hirakud Dam and the steps taken by his department in constructing  small barrages and their advantages to people.
Later, Mahapatra visited two dam site villages, Pardhiapali and Koindapali, and held talks with people there. Among others, the district Collector, the Superintendent of Police and other district-level officials accompanied Mahapatra.
Earlier in the morning, the police detained Samajwadi Party district president Arun Mishra as a preventive measure.

1 comment:

  1. Sri Ghunu Sahu is the President of Budi Anchal sangram Parishad.

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