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Delegation tells Jairam Ramesh area covered by project will be reduced to 80 hectares State urges Centre to give environmental clearance for plant in Chhattisgarh 
Threatened?:Activists are concerned with the environmental impact of the Gundia project on the Western Ghats. Bangalore: The State Government has urged the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to conduct a fresh environmental assessment survey for the 200 MW hydro-power project proposed at Gundia. Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL) proposes to set up the plant on the border of Dakshina Kannada and Hassan districts. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Minister for Energy Shobha Karandlaje said a delegation, led by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, met Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and urged him to grant fresh environmental clearance for the project. The project is proposed to be set up on 160 hectares of forest area in the Western Ghats and environment groups have objected to the comprehensive environmental impact assessment and management plan, prepared by a Bangalore-based institute on the project. The delegation told Mr. Jairam Ramesh that the area covered by the project would be reduced to 80 hectares to lessen the impact on the environment. The Centre responded positively to the request and the State Government expects to obtain the environment clearance soon, she said. Many activists argue that the Netravati is the lifeline of Dakshina Kannada. If the perennial springs were to dry up owing to the project, it would be difficult to meet the drinking water requirement of the district. ‘Save The Western Ghats' campaign, the Appiko movement, and the Bangalore-based Kenneth Anderson Nature Society have been opposing the project. The Minister also urged the Centre to grant necessary clearances for the much-awaited pit-head thermal power plant being set up by Karnataka in Chhattisgarh. The Centre had not given environmental clearance due to the delay in coal allotment by the Ministry of Coal. Ms. Karandlaje has blamed the Union Government for delaying the allotment of coal to thermal plants proposed to be set up in the State. She said the Centre had only been giving assurances and had taken no steps to allot coal. During the two-day visit to New Delhi, she requested the Union Minister of Coal to expedite the allotment to the State. ‘No shortage' She said there was no shortage of power in the State and the supply was 164 million units against the demand for 169 million units. The load-shedding was imposed only to set right technical snags or repairs in the power plants, she said.
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