On Sunday, at a meeting held at India Peace Centre, Civil Lines, a pressure group followed a five-member fact-finding committee was formed to oppose Adani Pench Power Limited (APPL) in Chausara village, 160 km from Nagpur in Chhindwara district.
The team consisting of Baba Shelke, Yashwant Telang, AK Ghosh, Sunil Chokhare and Seema Sahu will visit the proposed project site and submit a report on August 7. Based on the report, a signature campaign will be launched in the city against the project and a memorandum will be submitted to Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan.
Dr Sunilam, ex-MLA from Multai and founder chief of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, and Advocate Aradhna Bhargava, chief of the Mahila Sangharsh Samiti, who are spearheading the stir against the power plant, said that the project not only threatens Pench Tiger Reserves and its corridors to Kanha but also will snatch away drinking and irrigation water meant for Nagpur region. Read the full report here.
Source: Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Nagpur.
