PRESS NOTE: 9-10-2015
Matu
demands to Indian Banks to Make Safeguard policies
Matu
Jansangathan,
demands
to Indian Banker Association to make Rehabilitation/
Resttalment and Environment safeguard policies
before
funding any Hydro
Electric Projects.
Matu said
that most
of the dam companies taking loan from different Indian and Foreign
agencies like World Bank,{http://web.worldbank.org }
Asian Development Bank {www.adb.org},
Japan Bank of International Corporation {www.jbic.go.jp},
HDFC, Panjab National Bank, State Bank of India etc.Most of the
foreign agencies have there own Rehabilitation/
Resttalment and Environment safeguard policies apart
of Indian Government policies for project affected people and locale.
But unfortunately Indian Banks do not have any such policies. Project
proponent use this lacuna to skirt
issues
related with Rehabilitation/
Resttalment and Environment.
To support the argument
Matu also
given few examples like...
- In Alaknanda River Japee Group's HEP Vishnu Prayag HEP is responsible for the destruction which occurred in the downstream area and villages namely Lambagarh, Vinayak Chatti, Pandukeshwar, Govindghat, Pinola ghat etc. Because Vishnu Prayag HEP proponent did not opened the gates of the dam when heavy amount of water came due to heavy rainfall happened in upper stream of Vishnu Prayag HEP on 16-17 June, 2013.
- On the same river downstream Srinagar Hydro Power Project of GVK is responsible for the destruction because the dumping of “muck” on three banks of Alakhnanda River is flagrant violation of environmental norms. No walls were deliberately constructed to avoid flowing of “muck” in the river here.
Matu
given the reference of Ravi Chopra Committee seted by the Ministery
of Environment, Forest & climate Change on order of Hon'ble
Supreme Court dated
13/8/2013
that Dam had played a big role in June, 2013 Uttarakhand calamity.
Matu
also
mentioned that when in
the current scenario Indian Banks are giving funds to various Hydro
Electric Projects,
it is their responsibility to make Rehabilitation/
Resttalment and Environment safeguard policies and
also expect
them to take up this very issue in immediate consideration.
Vimalbhai and
Puran Singh Rana
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