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Terming the Ministry of Environment and Forest's decision to allowfilling up the Maheshwar dam upto a level of 154 metres as"illegal and illegitimate", the Narmada Bachao Andolanhas demanded a withdrawal of the decision. The NBA has given a call for a massive rally, comprising thousandsof project affected people, on Sunday and has reiterated itswarning of a jal satyagraha if the MoEF failed to withdraw its decision. The controversial Maheshwar dam project, India's firstprivately-financed hydro-electric project, is one of the 29 bigdams planned across the river Narmada. It is being promoted byShree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Ltd. (SMHPCL), a subsidiaryof MW corp., which is the restructured avatar of the S.Kumar'sgroup. "The MoEF order is based on false information given by thedistrict collector, Khargone, and the State government that nolands and houses would be submerged if the reservoir is filled upto 154 meters," NBA leader Alok Agrawal told The Hindu . "The order states that the closure of the gates and theimpoundment will be supervised by a team comprising members of theState and Central governments, and that the impoundment will bestopped if any submergence of lands and houses takes place. It isthus clear that the MoEF is itself aware that there will besubmergence of houses and lands at 154 metres," he said. "Further, the order has ignored the glaring fact that 85% ofthe 10,000 affected families of the 61 affected villages remain tobe resettled and that no single land-holder has been allotted landand rehabilitated till date," said Mr. Agrawal. A massive rally will be taken out in Mandleshwar by the affectedpeople on Sunday, May 13th to demand the withdrawal of "thisirrational decision", the NBA said in a statement. The rally is expected to be attended by NBA supporters from allover the country including well-known Supreme Court advocatePrashant Bhushan, Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey, andrepresentatives of other organisations and dams in the Narmadavalley. The SMHPCL welcomed the MoEF decision in a statement. "Wewelcome the MoEF decision for filling the Maheshwar dam up to alevel of 154 metres. The decision was long overdue and it has beengranted by the Union government on the basis of factual reports ofcompetent government agencies, which have categorically stated thatthere would be no submergence of any village if the dam is filledup to 154 metres," Alok Sinha, director SMHPCL said in astatement. I am an expert from multi-touchtabletpc.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Wifi Mobiles Phones , 7 Inch Touchpad Tablet PC Manufacturer, 3G Wifi GPS Mobile Phones,and more.
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