SUPPORT മാധവ് ഗാഡ്ഗില് കമ്മിറ്റി റിപ്പോര്ട്ട്
From the Report Regarding
| the permission for the proposed hydro-electric project at Athirappilly | | |
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| Considering
(1) the biodiversity richness,
the high conservation value,
highly significant |
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| fish fauna
with type locality of five new species and as many as 22 endemic and 9
critically |
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| endangered
species, the bird fauna with 75% of
the endemics of the Western Ghats, and the |
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| unique
riverine ecosystem not seen in other areas in the State, (2) the impact of the project |
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biodiversity and the ecosystem, some of which may be irreparable, (3) the
impact on |
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| downstream
irrigation and drinking water, (4) the questionable technical feasibility of
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| project,
(5) the meagre amount of power that could be generated from the project,
(6) impact |
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habitats of the primitive Kadar tribes
of the area, (7) the high cost of
construction |
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considering the ecosystem services and environmental cost, and (8) the |
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| judgment of
the honourable High Court of Kerala made on 17 October 2001 directing the |
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| KSEB to
“take all necessary steps to repair and restore to full capacity , all the
existing |
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| Hydro
Electric Projects to ensure that the generation of power as envisaged is
obtained and |
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| also to take
steps to ensure that transmission losses are minimized and that theft of
energy |
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and to the extent possible eliminated altogether”, the WGEEP recommends to |
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| the MoEF
that the Athirapilly -Vazhachal area should be protected as such and the |
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| permission
for the proposed hydro-electric project at Athirappilly should not be given.
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| WGEEP
further recommends that the Chalakudy River should be declared as a fish
diversity |
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| rich area,
to be managed on the pattern of ‘Conservation of biodiversity rich areas of |
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| Udumbanchola
taluka’ in Kerala. |
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