TUESDAY, 12 JUNE 2012
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The agitation by the affected people of the Lower Suktel Project
area entered the second day on Tuesday.
“Today, we are sitting here along
with villagers of Barpita, Khagasabahal and Khuntpali demanding speedy
execution of the Lower Suktel Project. So far no official from the district
administration has come to us for discussion. We condemn the reported statements
of Additional District magistrate that the demands of Lower Suktel Action
Committee are not acceptable,” said president of the action committee Gopalji
Panigrahi.
A villager of Khuntpali said, “We
supported the district administration and accepted compensation seven years ago
against the wishes of other villagers of the affected area. However, till today
we have not received our total compensation and hence we are not in a position
to leave the village. We cannot construct new houses at the proposed rehabilitation
site. We are deprived of all Government facilities there. Government should
take immediate steps so that we could get all the compensation and leave the
place.”
In a related development, members of
the Lower Suktel Budi Anchal Sangram Parishad, who are opposing the
project, held a meeting at Banchhorpali on June 10 which was attended by
residents of 12 villages going to be submerged in the project, which
include Pardhiaapalli,Gadshankar, Dunguripali, BanchhorPali, Kumiaapali,
Antapali, Buda Bahal, Dharuapali, Kapil Bahal, Tabalbanji, Baghdunguri
and others. It was attended by, among others, Uday Singh Thakur, Ghunusahu, P
Rajput and others.
After long deliberations, the meeting
decided to oppose the project and demanded direct discussion with the Chief
Minister on this issue. Rather than constructing big dams and projects, the
Government should construct small barrages for optimum utilisation of water
resources for drinking and irrigation purposes. The meeting also condemned the
fraudulent purchase of land going on in the submerged area of the Lower Suktel
Project by different people, said Satya Banchhor of the Sangram Parishad.
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