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Public hearing on
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Silchar, Dec. 16: The Manipur government will
convene yet another public hearing in Tipaimukh
subdivision soon in a bid to gauge the extent of
public opposition to the controversial hydel project.
The authorities in
Manipur and the North East Electric Power
Corporation (Neepco) held the last public hearing on
environmental issues regarding the Tipaimukh project
in Tamenglong district in December last year.
The Manipur government had stated that there would be
no more public hearings. But the last public hearing
was held under pressure from the Union home ministry,
which was flooded by a stream of complaints from
Manipur about the “lackadaisical way in which
the public hearings on the project were held” .
The multipurpose Tipaimukh project, which was first
mooted in the fifties, was delayed for reasons ranging
from revised investigations, change of the dam site
and environmental issues.
At present, a host of environmental lobbies, including
an NGO named Action Committee Against Tipaimukh
Project, and the Hmar tribal bodies are up in arms
against this hydel project. The Hmar tribal bodies
have been opposing the project fearing possible
flooding of their habitat following the construction
of a vast reservoir by the hydel project authorities.
The delay in execution of this project has also led to
a rise in its cost from Rs 2,869 crore to Rs 6,000
crore.
Neepco has floated a global tender for international
competitive bidding for engineering, procurement and
construction of this project with December 31 as the
deadline. But the project is awaiting final clearance
from the Union ministry of forest and environment,
along with the approval of the Union cabinet committee
on economic affairs.
Neepco has been making progress in the project’s
detailed survey and investigation.
It has also commenced work related to development of
infrastructure like accommodation of the staff at
Tipaimukh and repairing the roads as well as
developing a river route on the Barak leading to the
site from Karimganj via this town. In December 2006,
Union minister for power S. Shinde had laid the
foundation stone for this project at Thanlon under
Churachandpur district.
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