Water Diversion Project

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said he had contacted Union Minister for Environment and Forests(MoEF) Prakash Javadekar and once again urged him to withdraw or keep in abeyance his ministry's green nod to Karnataka's Kalasa-Banduri water diversion project, which the Goa government has repeatedly opposed.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday wrote to Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar, urging him to withdraw green clearance to Karnataka's controversial Kalasa-Banduri dam and water diversion project, across the Mhadei river.

China has started yet another large water diversion project with $2.8 billion investment in central China's Hubei Province which will benefit nearly five million people after completion.

The contract from Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd is for diversion of flood water from Sakleshpur to Kolar/ Chikkaballpur (East) under Yettinahole diversion project package IV, the company said in a statement.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said he had contacted Union Minister for Environment and Forests(MoEF) Prakash Javadekar and once again urged him to withdraw or keep in abeyance his ministry's green nod to Karnataka's Kalasa-Banduri water diversion project, which the Goa government has repeatedly opposed.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday wrote to Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar, urging him to withdraw green clearance to Karnataka's controversial Kalasa-Banduri dam and water diversion project, across the Mhadei river.

China has started yet another large water diversion project with $2.8 billion investment in central China's Hubei Province which will benefit nearly five million people after completion.

The contract from Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd is for diversion of flood water from Sakleshpur to Kolar/ Chikkaballpur (East) under Yettinahole diversion project package IV, the company said in a statement.