Chouhan Seeks PM’s Intervention on Maheshwar Dam Issue
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asked for his intervention on the Maheshwar Dam issue, which is facing objections from Ministry of Environment, reported ANI.
“We have appealed to the Prime Minister to intervene and help the people of Indore and Devas to get water and Madhya Pradesh in getting rid of power crisis,” Chauhan was quoted as saying after his meeting with Singh.
“We have requested the Prime Minister and he has assured of resolving the issue after holding discussion,” he was quoted as saying.
The chief minister even alleged that the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh have an agenda to stall developments projects in the state, said report.
“We feel that Jairam Ramesh is working like the activists of Narmada Bachao Andolan. He is not seeing from a development perspective, people’s perspective, water and electricity point of view but is only concerned only of environmental issue, which is one sided,” Chauhan was quoted as saying.
It may be mentioned that the Union Environment Ministry has instructed suspension of work on the Maheshwar dam as long as people displaced by the project are rehabilitated.
The state government says that if the project is stopped at this juncture, it will result in the loss of 702,000 units of power per day starting in 2010, report said.
The state government had earlier written to the Prime Minister asking for his intervention on the issue.
