Mangaluru, May 21: The green activists of coastal Karnataka who have been protesting against the multi-billion Yettinahole water diversion project have not forgotten the words of chief minister designate H D Kumaraswamy, who as an opposition leader not only had termed it as a “money looting project” but also had promised to conduct a detailed enquiry into it if he became the chief minister.
Even as the Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress are discussing modalities of HDK-led coalition government, Dinesh Holla, convener, Sahyadri Sanchaya, which is spearheading the campaign against the controversial project, said that if an enquiry was conducted people would come to know how much money has been looted.
“HDK had also promised to find out a solution to the water scarcity in parched districts. He should now reveal the solution instead of continuing to waste money in the name of Yettinahole project, Mr. Holla said.
Holla also said that the new chief minister and forest minister should immediately clarify their stance on the project.
Shashidhar Shettty, convener, National Environment Care Federation (NECF), took to Facebook to remind the CM designate of his old promise. Mr Shetty said that the JD(S) leader had stated in Mangaluru in December 2017 that the project was unscientific and would not help people of the parched districts.
Meanwhile, a group of green activists in Dakshina Kannada have decided to meet all all new MLAs of Dakshina Kannada to make their stand clear on the project. In seven of the eight constituencies of Dakshina Kannada BJP candidate have registered victories in recent polls while Congress won only one.
Even though the controversial project was launched by previous BJP government in the state, the saffron party leaders in the coastal Karnataka had started raising voice against it to woo green activists, after Congress government, which came to in the state in 2013, decided to continue the project. On the other hand, BJP leaders in parched districts had been slamming Congress government for delaying the work of Yettinahole proeject.
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