Ramesh said the ministry would financially assist the state, even as he expressed his discontentment over the Ken-Betwa River linking project, saying that it would destroy the Panna Tiger Reserve
"We are trying to help the Madhya Pradesh government with about 200 crore rupees and the relocation programmes of three villages are left - Panna, Kanha and Bandhavgarh, and today I have said that we would be allocating 200 crore rupees to the state government for village relocation programmes," Ramesh told reporters, while on a tour in the reserve on Saturday.
He also praised the relocation programmes that the reserve was carrying out.
Ramesh said the ministry would not give clearance for the Ken-Betwa River link project and that he has briefed the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and Union Water Resources Minister Salman Khursheed, on its disadvantages. Read the full report here.
Source: Daily India, Panna (Madhya Pradesh.
