Express News Service First Published : 07 Sep 2009
NABARANGPUR:“The State and Central governments violated the riparian rights of people in downstream areas of Nabarangpur district during implementation of the Upper Indravati Project,” alleged former legislator and State Congress vice-president Sadan Naik.
Addressing mediapersons today, he said the Indravati hydro-electricity project, which was started in 1978 and completed some years back, made the downstream tribal- dominated Nabarangpur district dry.
He said the water of Indravati and its tributaries Padagad, Kapoor and Mooran was diverted to Hati valley to produce 600 MW of power and irrigate 1,01,000 hectares in Kalahandi District.
As per the 1975 inter-State agreement between Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, out of 204 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of water of Indravati dam, 91 TMC was to be used for Indravati project and 45 TMC to be supplied to Madhya Pradesh every year and the rest 68 TMC would be used by Orissa.
But diversion of all the water stock to Hati Valley, Kalahandi, agitated the Nabarangpur people. “To cool off the frayed tempers, irrigation from the Indravati project was promised but 30 years have passed and nothing has been done in this regard,” Naik alleged.
The total irrigation capacity of the Indravati project in Kalahandi is 1,01,000 hectares and now the government is planning to increase it to 1,28,000 hectares. “A Pune-based organisation has completed the project report for this and the Central Water Commission is examining it. This will require 20 MW of power which will be generated using water of Nabarangpur district. Under these circumstances, there would be no water left for people of the district,” Naik claimed.
He threatened an agitation if the issue is not addressed at the earliest
Express News Service First Published : 07 Sep 2009
NABARANGPUR:“The State and Central governments violated the riparian rights of people in downstream areas of Nabarangpur district during implementation of the Upper Indravati Project,” alleged former legislator and State Congress vice-president Sadan Naik.
Addressing mediapersons today, he said the Indravati hydro-electricity project, which was started in 1978 and completed some years back, made the downstream tribal- dominated Nabarangpur district dry.
He said the water of Indravati and its tributaries Padagad, Kapoor and Mooran was diverted to Hati valley to produce 600 MW of power and irrigate 1,01,000 hectares in Kalahandi District.
As per the 1975 inter-State agreement between Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, out of 204 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of water of Indravati dam, 91 TMC was to be used for Indravati project and 45 TMC to be supplied to Madhya Pradesh every year and the rest 68 TMC would be used by Orissa.
But diversion of all the water stock to Hati Valley, Kalahandi, agitated the Nabarangpur people. “To cool off the frayed tempers, irrigation from the Indravati project was promised but 30 years have passed and nothing has been done in this regard,” Naik alleged.
The total irrigation capacity of the Indravati project in Kalahandi is 1,01,000 hectares and now the government is planning to increase it to 1,28,000 hectares. “A Pune-based organisation has completed the project report for this and the Central Water Commission is examining it. This will require 20 MW of power which will be generated using water of Nabarangpur district. Under these circumstances, there would be no water left for people of the district,” Naik claimed.
He threatened an agitation if the issue is not addressed at the earliest
