Yashodhar Bangera
Daijiworld Media Network - Moodbidri (SP)
Moodbidri, Jan 3: Expressing strong reservations about the proposed ordinance which plans to ammend stipulations relating to acquisition of land for projects involving infrastructure, electricity generation, industrial area etc, the Matrubhoomi Samrakshana Samiti has decided to fight against the ordinance tooth and nail. As per the proposed ordinance, the conditions relating to obtaining of consent from not less than 80 percent of land owners whose properties are proposed to be acquired, as well as need to conduct carrying capacity of the environment, are sought to be done away with.
Matrubhoomi Samrakshana Samiti convener, Kiran Manjanbail, said that the committee, which strongly opposes the proposed setting up of mega thermal plant at Niddodi, has decided to approach President of India to extend support for efforts to stop this ordinance from being implemented. The committee, which was hoping to heavily rely on these two aspects to stop the power project from becoming a reality, now pins hope on the support of the President.
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In an emergency meeting convened on Friday January 2, the committee members decided to send a memorandum to the President of India, urging him to withold or withdraw this ordinance. Kiran Manjanbail said that the proposed ordinance, which was approved by Narendra Modi cabinet, rings death knell for to the farmers and environment. He said this action of the central ministry had made people to doubt whether this government is committed only to serving the interests of mega industrialists. The committee decried the way in which the people in the government, who had earlier been talking in support of farmers and environment, have suddenly sacrified these principles and policies.
President of the committee, Alphonse D'Souza, working president, Poovappa Gowda, secretary, Vinodhara Suvarna, vice president, Stany D'Souza, Kallamundkoor gram panchayat president, Joachim Correa, gram panchayat member, Rama Gowda, Niddodi Billava Sangha president, Jaya Poojary, progressive farmer, Rama Poojary, Kallamundkoor Billa Sangha president, Gangadhar Poojary, and committee members, Varadaraya Kamath, Madhava Gowda and Shambhavi Shetty, were among those who participated in the meeting.