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Kaup: Experts team reports increased diseases in 15 villages around UPCL

  •   Sat, Mar 13 2021 10:07:39 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Kaup (SP)

Kaup, Mar 13: A committee of experts has submitted its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in which it has mentioned about finding increased lung infections and Asthma in 15 villages located in the neighbourhood of Udupi Power Corporation Ltd's (UPCL) thermal power plant at Nandikoor near Padubidri.

Sometime back the NGT had appointed a committee of experts and asked it conduct a study about the adverse effect of the thermal power plant on the health of the people and submit a report.

The committee has said that lung infection and asthma have increased by 171 and 293 percent respectively in 15 villages located within a radius of ten kilometres from the UPCL plant. This is documented in government hospitals. This survey has not covered information and statistics that may be available in private hospitals.

The committee also has expressed the opinion that between 2010 and 2020, the locals have spent about Rs 74.93 crore towards treatment and to address ill effects of environmental damage caused by the plant.
  

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  • Arif, Udupi

    Mon, Mar 15 2021

    ಮಾಡಿದ್ದುಣ್ಣೋ ಮಹಾರಾಯ. ಮೊದಲೇ ಜಾಗೃತರಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ರೆ ಇಂತಹ ದಿನ ನೋಡ್ಬೇಕಾಗಿತ್ತ. ಅವತ್ತು ಸುಮ್ನೆ ಇದ್ದು, ಈವಾಗ ಏನು ಮಾಡ್ಲಿಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗುತ್ತೆ. ಮೊದಲೇ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರ ಗುಜರಾತಿಗಳ ಬೆನ್ನಿಗೆ ಇದೇ . ಅದು ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಅವರು ಎರಡರಿಂದ ಮೂರನೇ ಚಿಮುಣಿ ತಯಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ. ಬೂಕಂಪ ಬಂದು ಅದು ಬೀಳ್ಬೇಕು ಅಷ್ಟೇ.

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    It is better to ask Adani and family to stay atleast 2 to3 years in that area , then only they will realize.

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  • dsouza, Mudarangadi/udupi

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    Why Adani or Ambani? They are the business peoples. Let the government officials and politicians who gave green signal for the project, make them sit here.

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  • Anilkumar, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    Allowing a chemical unit to operate in middle of residential zone is utter nuisance. All residents and politicians should fight against such issues. Instead our politicians and environmentalist fight against developmental projects like making tunnels in Ghat Section, Attinahole Project, etc. How did they allow Adaani to put up a plant there? It is not late even now. Simply protest with no co-operation from local areas and Municipalities. They will have no option but to close the plant. If Sterlite could be closed, why not this?

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  • Sam, Kudla

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    And so it begins.. people of mangalore, your troubles have just started. The only way to survive the chemical industries is for mangaloreans to wake up and unite. How such dangerous industries were allowed to be setup in high populated areas in the first place..? Hope it’s not too late..

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  • Anand, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    But the so called 'intellectuals" were saying that this govt is favor of Adani

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  • Ramakrishna UR, Bangalore/Ulloor

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    It is high time for closure of all sick polluting units. The plant can easily be converted into solar power plant as natural resource is available abundantly in coastal Karnataka. This project should not have been sanctioned in first place itself, considering ecosensitive coastal Karnataka.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    Gautam Adani is Responsible ...

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    Why blame Adani now.... who sanctioned this Project? It was none other than Veerappa Moily as then CM of Karnataka from CONGiss Party

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  • Ramakrishna UR, Bangalore/Ulloor

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    Why this project is not abandoned and the Adani Group made to pay hefty fines for running a substandard unit? This project has changed many hands & it is a loss making venture. While there is so much thrust towards solar power, why not conver this project into solar one?

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  • Fernandes, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    Dear Mr.Ramkrishna, You are perfectly right, but when top to bottom are corrupt, they don't want. Solar plant is less maintenance activities involved, so less work no kick back local contract work for maintenance. See authority gone to such extent to not to encourage the solar power. In early 2015 Govt purchase the solar power from individual at the rate of approx. 7.56.unit. Now it reduced to approx. 3.56 and billing is net metering. Because of this attitude, no individual is ready to invest huge amount to install soar, thus Govt can show the public shortage of power production and install the unhealthy power plants like UPCL at Nanidikoor.

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  • Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    Really brave by the committee considering it is Adani plant. Good luck trying to get action.

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Sun, Mar 14 2021

    Someone visited our college somewhere when thermal plant to come up decades back. Introducing himself as scientist, he explained that it is fantastic idea as the Ash gets into higher atmosphere and gets into clouds and when it rains, the entire area around gets more fertile. The awareness at that point of time on nature was really low. None questioned including lecturer's. It was great idea then, as farmers used to burn grass or so for ash to make their field fertile. Today, we are more aware of nature and environment back then. We see the ash leftover on banana plants leaves and trees spread by these thermal plants. It is sickening.

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  • Francis, Shirva/UK

    Sat, Mar 13 2021

    Our politicians are busy in religion and caste politics, no time for think about this issue and any other issues, If people don’t wake up undivided DK will turn into Bijapur and Bidar

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  • Alwyn Dsouza, Canada

    Sat, Mar 13 2021

    I lived during my childhood in Mangalore which was clean air and healthy life style. Left in 1987 but every year I visit there. I see common diseases are asthma, skin diseases in many people facing. Very concerning. Petrochemical industry is a great contributor for these issues

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  • Alwyn Dsouza, Canada

    Sat, Mar 13 2021

    I lived during my childhood in Mangalore which was clean air and healthy life style. Left in 1987 but every year I visit there. I see common diseases are asthma, skin diseases in many people facing. Very concerning. Petrochemical industry is a great contributor for these issues

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