Daijiworld Network – Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Feb 18: Kaup block Congress president, Gangadhar Suvarna, has termed efforts being made by the JDS to gain political mileage out of problems relating to Udupi Power Corporation Ltd’s (UPCL) plant at Nandikoor, as ludicrous. “The efforts being made by a few political personalities to gain publicity and political benefits by taking up fight on behalf of the affected people at a time when the works of the plant have come to an end and it has started generating power, are ludicrous. This is nothing but cheap effort to get political mileage,” he alleged.
“I fail to understand the purpose behind the call given for district bandh on March 5 by JDS leader, U R Sabhapaty, after visiting the fly ash site on Wednesday. Rather than calling for a bandh, he could have made genuine efforts to find ways to reduce the ill-affects of fly ash and fight to provide justice to the people affected by saline water. Bandh always heaps untold miseries on the common people,” he noted.
In a press statement, Gangadhar Suvarna said that in the meeting of Congress activists held in Padubidri on February 11, discussions were held about problems created by the above project. He said that a memorandum has already been submitted by a delegation led by Oscar Fernandes and Vasant Salian, and that they have got assurance from the concerned, to find a solution to this problem soon.