Stiff opposition to Pranahita project
“Are you from Andhra?” was the question posed to the Maharashtra Engineering team by villagers from Shivni in Gond Pimpri taluk of Chandrapur and Kungadmal of Gadchiroli district, sources recalled.
“Their team was also warned of dire consequences if they helped us,” added a member of the Adilabad team.
“We tried in vain to explain to the angry villagers that this was only a proposed site for the barrage. We also wanted to tell them about the quantum of compensation but to no avail,” another member said, on conditions of anonymity.
The team also faced a barrage of questions from villagers in Gundaipet in Kutala mandal of Adilabad district on their return journey.
“When you stopped survey work in Maharashtra, why are you continuing it here,” the villagers are reported to have argued.
“Acquiring national status should be preceded with pacifying people from the 8 villages in Maharashtra which are at the risk of losing nearly 1,700 acres of land. The government should take up the issue in consultation with Chief Secretaries, Irrigation Ministers of both States and Collectors of Adilabad, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli,” a senior Irrigation official suggested.
“Are you from Andhra?” was the question posed to the Maharashtra Engineering team by villagers from Shivni in Gond Pimpri taluk of Chandrapur and Kungadmal of Gadchiroli district, sources recalled.
“Their team was also warned of dire consequences if they helped us,” added a member of the Adilabad team.
“We tried in vain to explain to the angry villagers that this was only a proposed site for the barrage. We also wanted to tell them about the quantum of compensation but to no avail,” another member said, on conditions of anonymity.
The team also faced a barrage of questions from villagers in Gundaipet in Kutala mandal of Adilabad district on their return journey.
“When you stopped survey work in Maharashtra, why are you continuing it here,” the villagers are reported to have argued.
“Acquiring national status should be preceded with pacifying people from the 8 villages in Maharashtra which are at the risk of losing nearly 1,700 acres of land. The government should take up the issue in consultation with Chief Secretaries, Irrigation Ministers of both States and Collectors of Adilabad, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli,” a senior Irrigation official suggested.
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