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Indigenous Gujaratis Win River Linking Pause

-TheCitizen.in

7 dams, 3 weirs, 2 tunnels and a canal

A people’s movement against a river linking project in Gujarat and Maharashtra has won a significant victory in south Gujarat, where Adivasi dominated areas have been on the boil the last few weeks over plans to execute a Par-Tapi-Narmada interlinking project that would divert the “surplus water” of these rivers in the Western Ghats to water scarce areas in Kutch and Saurashtra.

Media reports on Tuesday quoted Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil as saying that New Delhi had agreed to put the brakes on the project. Efforts to reach out to him were in vain. “The central government has assured us that until Maharashtra and Gujarat, which are the two states involved, give their written consent for the project, it cannot be given a go-ahead,” Paatil reportedly said.

However, those spearheading the movement demanded a whitepaper on the issue saying their protests would continue until an assurance is received in black and white.

“Our movement will continue till the Centre issues a White Paper on the issue. We have no faith in the announcements of party leaders who might be trying to mislead the people. They might say that the project is on hold and revive it once the elections are over. It was finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman who had announced the move to execute the project on February 15 in the Parliament. A written document is what we seek,” said Anant Patel, a Congress MLA from the region who is among those spearheading the protests under the banner of ‘Dam Hatavo, Jungle Bachavo Sangharsh Samiti’.

The state goes to polls this winter. BJP leaders are reportedly reminding voters that the project was launched in 2010 by the second Manmohan Singh government.

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