Look at this. Barack Obama can say that ‘It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient’ but our political leaders in India don’t seem to attach any importance to it. See for example the case of 200 MW Gundia hydel power project in Hassan, Karnataka. Being located in the Western Ghats one expects that the least a government can do is to get a clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Unfortunately the Karnataka government is going ahead with the project without listening to either the protesters or the experts from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
It is true that the present government harped on development and governance to come to power. Is this the kind of development this State is condemned to?
When will the Chief Minister and the KPCL listen?
For more on the project and the opposition to it click here.
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