CEC member meets Forest officials over Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project, memorandum opposing project submitted

Sunil Limaye, a subordinate of the Supreme Court-constituted Central Empowered Committee (CEC), held a gathering with Forest Department officials connected Tuesday regarding the highly criticised Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project.

Mr. Limaye met with Chief Conservator of Forests K.T. Hanumanthappa successful Shivamogga to stitchery elaborate accusation astir the ₹10,240-crore project, which has been projected by the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) to make 2,000 MW of power.

The task faces stiff absorption from galore environmentalists and the residents of Shivamogga and Uttara Kannada districts. Objectors reason that the task volition severely harm the pristine ecosystem of the Western Ghats. Furthermore, due to the fact that the projected tract falls wrong the Sharavathi Lion-Tailed Macaque Sanctuary, critics pass that it poses a nonstop menace to the endangered primate species. In airy of these wide objections, the Karnataka High Court has already stayed each groundwork for the project.

Public Appeal

A delegation of Shivamogga residents, led by erstwhile Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, besides met with the CEC subordinate connected Tuesday to taxable a memorandum opposing the project. Mr. Eshwarappa urged the CEC to taxable a study to the apex tribunal recommending against the implementation of the powerfulness project.

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