Rally opposes NPCL's thermal power plant
Terming the coal-based thermal power plant of Nagarjuna Power Corporation Limited (NPCL) as "totally harmful" to the eco-system, political parties here jointly organised a huge rally to oppose the project.
By PTI |
UDUPI: Terming the coal-based thermal power plant of Nagarjuna Power Corporation Limited (NPCL) as "totally harmful" to the eco-system, political parties here jointly organised a huge rally to oppose the project.
Cutting across party lines, leaders of all political parties demanded that state government withdraw all clearances given to the NPCL's project saying it was harmful to the "ecologically-sensitive" coastal region of Karnataka.
They warned that the people would not allow NPCL to set up its plant at Nadikur, near Padubidri in Udupi district.
The rally later in a resolution said the project was being forced on the people, who were fighting against polluting industries for the last 20 years.
Speakers charged that the state government, which had assured the people not to permit any mega industries in the district before conducting a capacity study, had thrown all its assurances to favour NPCL.
Though public hearings were mandatory before setting up any project, NPCL had not held even a single such meeting, they alleged.
The speakers included Manorama Madhwaraj, BJP MP from Udupi, junior pontiff of Udupi Pejamar mutt, Sri Viswaprasanna Thirtha and Pramod Muthalik, state unit president of Rastriya Hindu Sena.
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