New Delhi: Three days after Sikkim BJP unit He wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his concerns about the recent wink given by a central panel to resume the construction of the Teesta-III hydroelectric project, Congress also opposed the approval on Wednesday, claiming that the measure was an “thoughtless authorization” as The threat of disaster. He continued to persist on the dam site.
“There are also cascade effects and multiplication in downstream rooms. We had issued a detailed statement on this issue on August 24, 2024, ”said the Secretary General of Congress and former Minister of Environment, Jairam Ramesh, in X.
Referring to the sudden floods linked to the outbreak of the glacial lake that destroyed the Teesta-III project in October 2023, Congress had alleged last year that Hydel projects in ecologically fragile regions had emerged in recent years “without thinking properly to its cumulative cumulative of its cumulative.
“The dams in La Teesta are the main one, but not the only example of how, in the name of development, ecology is being altered fundamentally, with serious consequences for this and future generations,” he said. The party had also marked that a series of hydroelectric projects in the Teesta had caused the river to become more prone to floods, eliminating sections of National Highway 10, Kalimpong’s life line in Western Bengala and Sikkim.
The president of BJP Sikkim, Dr. Thapa, on February 2, wrote to Modi, urging him to direct the immediate retention of the green panel for the Teesta-III project until all the necessary scientific reviews, including the maximum flood study Probable revised, are completed and validated independently.
Thapa also urged the prime minister to ask for a new and integral Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIA) to incorporate recent climatic data, risks of flooding of glacial lake (Glof) and the ecological challenges of the State before the final decision.
The expert panel had on January 10 given its conditional wink to certain amendments in the green authorization to resume the construction of the Teesta-III project of 1,200 MW. Redesigning the dam and replacing the ‘rock filling dam with a concrete face’ with a ‘concrete severity dam’ is one of the amendments.
However, the panel put a condition, saying: “All the necessary permits of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA)/Central Water Commission (CWC) or any other agency regarding the design of the project and other security parameters will be obtained before starting the construction work of the project. “
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