The Kerala Govt.plan to implement hydro-power project at ecologically sensitive Athirappilly in Thrissur district is aimed at ecological disaster. This decision is an insult to the Mother Nature and a U-turn from the previous stance of the LDF. In this context, after many years of hibernation on Kerala matters, Congress leader A.K. Antony coming against the Athirappilly hydel project is praiseworthy. The CPM-led State government is now keen to implement it.
The implementation of the project on the downstreams of Chalakudy river would convert that area into a dumpyard of construction materials which would severly affect fauna and flora. It is well researched and reported that a new dam spending several crores of rupees is no longer feasible to Kerala. Hence, the present plan to book some quick bucks by politicians and bureaucrats will not be permitted by the peope of Kerala at any cost.
The reason for both LDF and UDF standing for the dam when in power and speak against it when out of power is curious.
K A Solaman
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