Thank You, Monideepa!

Thank You, Monideepa!
Brahminical Rule Remains Intact, Intllegentsia Bengal Ensures that!

Indian Holocaust My Father`s life and time - twenty Three


Palash Biswas


Thank You, Monideepa!I have been writing and talking continuously on Dandkaranya Refugees along with all the ousted Dalit Bengalies from Bangla Geopolitics ,scattered all over India, facing deportation drive and deprived of human and civilrights, mother tongue and reservation. Now the Brahminical system strips them off citizenship with the new citizenship act denying their status as partition victim refugees.

Kolkata Intelligetsia fights a brave fight on issues like Singur and nandigram, whichis nothing but a Dalit Muslim Insurrection. TASHAM has objections against Chemical Hubs. Mahashweta Devi writes daily column. Joy Goswami wrote mind blowing poems. Artists have walked on streets and many of the intellectuals have snapped relations with Ruling Left.

But the scenerio remains the same as CPIM continuous to rule and implemet its disastrous Capitalist Development and sustains itself with well armed Gestapo grassroot network as well as scientific rigging machinery. The Ruling Brahmincal Class has made amockery of Ideology. They are up against US imperialism but welcomes the US Mancs including DOW to rule Bengal as well as India. They speak against INdo US Nuclear deal and also plan a Nuclear Power Plant in Haripur which is only possible when the agreement goes operational as Nuclear reactor has to be imported.
They Boast of Panchayati Raj, rural development and land reforms, but they don`t hesitate to evict Rural Bengal for indiscriminate industrialisation and urbanisation!

They agitate against SEZ countrywide put commits Nandigram Genocide and the rain of state sponsored terror seems to be infinite.

They led the refugees. They Invited Dandakaranya Refugees and massacred them in Marichjhanpi!
They are most vocal to implement OBC quota but they have not identified the OBC castes in Bengal till this date. More over, they deny any sapce to Dalit Movement in Bengal and deny every opportunity to SC, ST, OBC and minorites. Reserved posts are translated into general quota very smoothly or the posts remains vacant until caste hindu candidates accomodated.

It is a WWF show, Ruling Class v`s Ruling class! Budha V/s Mamata Bannerjee. The most of the mediapersons and members of Kolkata Intelligentsia happen to be Brahmins. While they use the underprevileged masses for personal milage, political powergame and individual supremacy and bargaining, they maintain complete silence over Dalit and minority issues. It is complete blackout.

Nandigram and Singur issues suit them and they have not to get bullet injuries or suffer any personal loss, they pose standing United. It does not change the social equation. Brahminical Rule remains intact. But reservation, quota, Sacchar Committee report and dalit or minority movement threaten their dominance! Whatever movement is allowed or publicised , that is under the leadership and sponsorship of the Ruling Class. As the folk is in vogue and demand . It is made a sophisticated marketable commodity. The banded and branded Folk is very saleable. But the Ruling classes never entartain the people and society where from the folk is originated.

Thus, our appeals to the Politicians and Intelligentsia goes abegging. They won`t respond. They wont react. They won`t publish or broadcast anything related to the SC ST and dalit refugee issues.

Mahasheta Devi does not respond. Mamta Bannerjee is never known to stand by refugees and Dalits.
I have been writing continuously on these issues. Not even a single dispatch is responded or published in Bengal. But we have echoes elsewhere rather worldwide!

I send these writeups to individual orgs, icons, parties and media persons without getting any response. Sanhati Udyog or Tasham has not to respond on dandkarany. But, as tribal pepole are involved and one or two tribes may be wiped out , I expected Mahashweta devi to write.

Despite all its Absolute Power, I expect the Ruling Left won`t like another Marichjhanpi at all! If the Dandakaranya Refugees are evicted to accomplish the Polavaram Dam plus Godavari -Krishna Riverlink, you won`t help to stop the repeatation of Marichjhapi Incident. Thus, I hoped that the party and the government should have tyaken notice. No. It did not happen.

But this afternoon I got a surprise call from Monideepa Bannerjee from NDTV. She discussed Dandkaranya Refugee problems at length and assured me that NDTV is going to take up the matter. She informed me that she intends to go to Marichjhanpi.
Thanks Monideepa!
I know the Brakha Dutta team is capable to inform the Nation which RTI denies!

Why is all this happening now? Going by the words of the observers of Orissa’s so called mineral-based industrial development and the growing opposition to displacement by industries in the recent years, the companies dealing in minerals became conscious about their social responsibility only after the police firing in Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur in which 13 tribal men and women and one policeman were killed on January 2 last year.

In post-Kalinga Nagar situation, almost every company started making attempts to show that they were actually not exploiting the mineral resources of the State for their own gain, but were `genuinely’ concerned for the wellbeing of the people of Orissa, particularly the tribals and poor people living in the interior regions.

The long wait for Posco’s $12-billion Orissa project is over. After two years, the South Korean steel giant is all set to begin construction work …
Mittal to set-up steel plants in Orissa, Jharkhand IndiaPost.com
Orissa expects project worth Rs 2,00000 cr to start in 10 yrs Hindu
At long last, corporate houses that are mostly into exploitation of the rich mineral resources of Orissa have started expressing their ‘concern’ for the State’s development. The numerous hoardings dotting the skyline in Bhubaneswar, particularly the VIP routes, give enough indication in this regard.

Going by the catchphrases on these hoardings, if one company wants just to see Orissa smile,
the other wants to become a partner in the State’s progress. Yet another company says that their greatest joy is in serving the villages of Orissa.

Dandkaranya Dalit Bengalies don`t know the destined fate. They experienced Partion Holocaust and Marichjhapi Massacre! Would they survive this time?

It is my concern. I am thankful to everyone who is interested in this rescue operation!
Pl ring me!
Once again, Thank You, Monideepa!

Meanwhile Nepal protests Big Dams in India bordering Nepal and wants them decommissioned!
Here is a Nepal Rising write Up!

Certain agreements signed between two governments are really shocking. Right now a big part of our plains, the Terai, is under water. Dozens of people have been killed, thousands rendered homeless, and their crops destroyed by the waters blocked by the dams built close to the Nepalese border by India. Flooding due to the dams has become an annual phenomenon during the rainy season.
Parliamentarians want the government to officially make a request to demolish those dams situated along the border.
Ties With Neighbours: Asset Or Liability? [ 2007-7-30 ]
The Rising Nepalhttp://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=24024

The Tamil Nadu government had also written to the Chief Ministers of peninsular States, including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Maharashtra and Puducherry, for a meeting on interlinking of rivers in the peninsular region, which could be hosted by Tamil Nadu.

Responding to Tamil Nadu at the meeting, Mr. Premachandran said water was a State subject and the State legislature, "expressing the unanimous will of the people", had passed a resolution on September 6, 2003, against the link. "The Kerala Government has already communicated our strong reservations on the link to the NWDA in September, 2003 itself."

Reviewing the progress of the NWDA, Mr. Soz said the Detailed Project Report of the Ken-Betwa link between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh was expected to be completed in 2008.

Draft MoUs sent

Draft MoUs had been sent to Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link; to Gujarat and Maharashtra for the Narmada-Par-Tapi link; and to Gujarat and Maharashtra for the Damanganga-Pinjal link.

According to the Minister, a meeting of the Consensus Group for discussing the technical details of the Godavari (Polavaram)-Krishna (Vijaywada) link had been held between Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. The views of the Andhra Pradesh Government were awaited.


Normal life was affected in Nandigram today due to a 12-hour bandh called by the anti-land acquistion committee, BUPC, against yesterday’s firing and police lathicharge in which one person was killed and five others injured. Superintendent of Police, East Midnapore, G Srinivas, said 400 policemen had been stationed at Nandigram as a precautionary measure and the stituation was peaceful. Shops and establismnents were closed and vehicles were off the roads. The Block Development Office (BDO) and the local panchayat office also remained closed, police said.
The situation remained tense as supporters of both the CPI(M) and the Trinamool Congress led Bhoomi Ucched Pratirodh Committee had gathered in strength at Bhangabera, Tekhali Bazar, Jananir-it-bhata, Shatengabari, Paharganj bordering Nandigram and Khejuri, police said.

Fifteen injured in yesterday’s incident have been been admitted to Nandigram primary hospital. About 500 BUPC supporters were camping outside the hospital claiming that the injured were their supporters, police said.


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Manmohan speaks to Andhra CM over police firing
New Delhi: With the Left training its guns at the Congress Government in Andhra Pradesh on the police firing incident in Khammam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today spoke to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhara Reddy and expressed regret at the "unfortunate incident."

"The Prime Minister reiterated the government’s commitment to redistribute surplus land and fulfil its stated commitments to the rural poor, especially the landless," PM’s Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru said in a statement.

The Chief Minister informed the Prime Minister of the steps taken and of instituting a judicial inquiry into the incident, he said.

The Prime Minister expressed his regret at the unfortunate incident, Baru said.

Singh conveyed his heartfelt sympathy for the next of the kin of those who died in the firing and enquired about the welfare of those injured.

Six activists of Left parties were killed in the police firing at Mudigonda during a land distribution agitation on Saturday.

Despite West Bengal’s decision to scrap a planned Special Economic Zone in Nandigram, clashes continue to mar the peace in the area.

On Sunday one was killed and over 35 people were injured as Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and a Trinamool Congress-backed group, Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) supporters clashed at the local bus stand. The ruckus ended after the police used force to disband the mob.

However, soon after the incident, the Opposition - Trinamool Congress, which is supporting the agitating farmers, went on the offensive. Party supremo Mamata Banerjee blamed Congress President Sonia Gandhi of supporting the CPM. Mamata demanded that the Centre dismiss the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya government.

"The Central government can take action against the Andhra Pradesh government and Andhra government can ask for judicial enquiry and compensation. But, instead of giving a drop of water to Nandigram, this government is attacking everyday," said Mamata.

Mamata also criticised the CPM of double standards.

"You see the attitude of the CPM and the double standard of the government. If it happens in Andhra Pradesh, they condemn it. But when it happens in their state, they indulge in state sponsored terrorism that kills people," said Mamata.

The Opposition Trinamool Congress today accused the CPI(M) of adopting "double standards" in demanding the resignation of the Andhra Pradesh chief minister in the wake of police firing in Khammam while the Left Front government in West Bengal did "nothing" for the victims of the police firing at Nandigram.

"The CPI(M) is demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, but its leaders in West Bengal did nothing for the Nandigram victims," party chief Mamata Banerjee told reporters after meeting Governor G K Gandhi. The CPI(M), she said "follows a policy of double standards. It has a different stand when it comes to party-ruled states."

"After six people were killed in police firing in Andhra Pradesh, the state government there took punitive action against policemen and also ordered a judicial enquiry and compensation for the families of victims. But the Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee government did not take any such action in Nandigram," she said.

Demanding that the West Bengal Chief Minister be sacked for the police firing in Nandigram on March 14 when 14 people were killed, she said that she had requested the governor to intervene at Nandigram where firing was continuing from adjacent CPI(M) controlled Khejuri.

She claimed that the firing and hurling of bombs from Khejuri was responsible for the fresh spurt of violence in Nandigram.

Prakash Karat under attack from Comrades

Virendra Kapoor | Monday, July 30, 2007 12:33:40 IST
http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=editorials&xfile=July2007_insidestory_standard216&child=insidestory

Hindi as passport to New York
Usually the Hindi Sammelans held in foreign climes at the peak of the Indian summer end up as all-paid junkets for the invitees who invariably take along their spouses and, in a few cases, even sons and daughters for furlough. How the cause of Hindi, still the national language at least officially, is advanced remains unclear.
However this year?s Hindi Sammelan, held mid-July in New York, takes the cake. Not only was the selection process of delegates most haphazard, but even the number of eminent Hindi litterateurs who spurned the invitations was unusually high. From the award-winning Mahashweta Devi to Ashok Vajpaeyi, Namdhari Singh and Kedar Nath Singh quite a few eminent invitees chose to skip the meet. Others like Indira Goswami made the trip to New York, though how she as a celebrated writer in Assamese would advance the cause of Hindi was not clear. A former journalist close to the HRD Minister Arjun Singh hand-picked five of his colleagues from his own organsiation for the trip.
Nearly half of the delegation was connected with the media, especially because all the state and central legislators had dropped out in view of the presidential election. A large number took their spouses along. The organizers helpfully provided double rooms to all delegates at the up-market UN Plaza Hotel in Manhattan so that spouses could be accommodated. A delegate from Haryana took along his 80-plus father, explaining that the old man had a life-long ambition to `see America?. Another brought his son along from another western country and had him listed as a delegate.
Some were tempted by the thought of getting the US visas stamped on their passports on the strength of the official MEA letter, though quite a few did settle for the official passports issued for the duration of the trip. With the local media pointedly refusing to take note of the conference, and scarcely a report in the national media back home, it is a mystery why taxpayers? rupees are being spent on what has become an all-paid junket in the name of our `national language?.
Most curiously, former CBI Chief and now a member of the National Human Rights Commission, P. C. Sharma, responding to the general circular from the organisers, ended up as a speaker at the Hindi Sammelan in New York, though his tab was picked by the Commission and not the MEA. All in the cause of Hindi, of course.


Truth of Nandigram and Singur
Justice on Trial submits report to President
Truth of Nandigram and Singur
A high level committee comprising retired judges and top police officials recently visited Nandigram and Singur to find the truth of the farmers’ agitation. It found that there was no rule of law in Nandigram and Singur area. "Media reports indicate that the situation is not much different even today. The committee met different NGOs and organisations, which lent support to the information," the committee said in its report. The committee under the banner of Justice On Trial, an Ahmedabad based NGO, presented the report to President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on July 5 in New Delhi to promote, protect, defend human rights and freedom, establish supremacy of law and to implement vigorously the concept of justice to all.

"The committee strongly feels that the government should take immediate necessary action for implementation of rule of law, safety and security of the citizens of that area, take legal action against the CPI(M) cadre who have committed serious crimes, provide adequate compensation and initiate immediate action to search for the missing persons. The committee also recommends that request of the citizens to acquire land of inferior quality as suggested by them be looked into seriously. The committee is surprised to know that it is for the first time in the history of land acquisition that such a procedure (actually no laid down legal procedure) was adopted by the government itself," said Justice S.M. Soni, former Judge of Gujarat High court while talking to media persons in New Delhi on July 6.

In response to the media reports on the law and order situation in and around Nandigram and Singur, Justice On Trial had constituted this committee under the chairmanship of Justice M. Ramkrishna, former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Assam, with Justice S.M. Soni, member, former Judge of High Court of Gujarat and former Lokayukta of Gujarat (member), Shri G. S. Gill, additional Advocate General of Rajasthan (member) Shri P.C. Dogra, former Director General of Police, Punjab (member), Smt. Nafisa Hussein, former member of National Commission for Women (member), Smt. Dr Suvarna Raval, social worker for Nomedic Tribes (member) and Shri Ramkishor Pasari, social activist (member secretary).

According to Justice Soni, the committee visited the site of Nandigram and Singur blocks to personally inquire from the affected persons whether there was any breach or defiance of human rights/any other rights and if so how to remedy the same.

"The committee visited areas between Nandigram and Khejuri and met residents and affected persons. It found that almost all the residents had emphasised that they belonged to the CPI(M). They also said that this has been a CPI(M) dominated area. It was their grievance that though they belong to the CPI(M) and it is CPI(M), which has helped them to become owners of the land, yet the government now wants them to become landless under the pretext of promoting industry. Our land is very fertile and number of families is maintained through the income from this land. Though we had offered our less fertile land for setting up industry, it is surprising that they are still bent upon acquiring this fertile land only. It is equally surprising for the citizens of this area, how this communist government which we have installed through our votes, wants to put us on the roads against their normal pro-labour and anti-industrialisation philosophy," the report submitted to the President said.
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AEZ a failed concept: J. Ramesh
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INTERLINKING RIVERS
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PERSUADING THE PRESIDENT
President Kalam, please listen
Six leading advocates of decentralisation and people centred planning met the President of India on 20 April to impress upon him that the Interlinking of Rivers project is a step in the wrong direction. They have since written a letter to Dr.Kalam addressing his questions.
Interlinking rivers | Water
May 2005

RAJYA SABHA INTERVENTION
‘Not the litmus test for patriotism’
The entire weight of technical opinion has been to proceed with caution on the Interlinking of Rivers. An extract of Jairam Ramesh’s speech in the Rajya Sabha debate on the working of Ministry of Water Resources on 20 April 2005.
Interlinking rivers | Water
May 2005

FEASIBILITY
A breach in the interlinking plans
Forced by the Supreme Court to make its research public, the agency that claimed to have conducted feasibility studies on interlinking rivers puts out an incomplete document. Sudhirendar Sharma notes, however, that the politics of this mega-project will keep it alive, despite such incompetence and disregard for regulations.
February 2005

Cart before the horse
With little agreement among the States both on the desirability and feasibility on the proposed river links, separate negotiations for each link reeks of unrealistic ambition. But ultimately, the paradox of this project is that its proponents are taking a bottom up approach to the execution of a top down decision, says Videh Upadhyay.
May 2004

Unseen waters
Water beneath rivers and streams flows so fast that only a portion of it is tapped by wells. Subsurface dams would obstruct this, and allow more to be extracted. Additionally, they can force flows to the surface, making substantially more water available downstream without major ecological and human costs, says Jagadiswara Rao.
May 2004

The doubtful science of interlinking
Why exactly do we need to link our rivers? Are we short of arable land, or are crop yields too low? Are we short of rainfall, or do we manage the available water poorly? Can arithmetic hydrology adequately substitute ecology? Jayanta Bandyopadhyay and Shama Perveen of IIM Kolkata present a sweeping analysis.
February 2004

Interlinking the Chief Ministers
How can a state that only a few weeks ago expressed concerns over river diversions, so quickly change its assessment? Sudhirendar Sharma notes the reversal of positions on the interlinking mega-project is tied to political changes rather than environmental or social assessments.
February 2004

Linking lives, not rivers
Utthan’s water management schemes in Gujarat show that empowered local communities can tackle water problems, and have little need for New Delhi’s grand designs. More importantly, the spin-off social and economic benefits, deliberately woven into these local efforts, are significant, too.
Gujarat
October 2003

Interlinking? No, thanks
The Kerala Assembly has decided that the state has nothing to gain - and plenty of already scarce water to lose - from the massive plan. The Assembly resolution has come at the right time in reviving a long-lost ecological consciousness.
Kerala
October 2003

River links and judicial chinks
Why did the Supreme Court take up interlinking rivers? When only one state filed its view in court, why did the court presume a ‘consensus’? With two options at every turn, the Court has consistently picked the unconvincing one, and this has hindered the necessary discussions, says Videh Upadhyay.
Opinions | Videh Upadhyay

The river linkages payoff
Against all the evidence, a conspiracy appears to have been hatched at the top echelons of the government to somehow bring this massive river linking project on the national agenda. The lure of gigantism today is the prospect of large and easy kickbacks, says Prashant Bhushan.
June 2003

Interlinking : Epitaph for the displaced
Mr. Suresh Prabhu, when asked for estimates on the numbers of people to be displaced and about the cost of rehabilitation: "This is to be worked out but the benefits outweigh the costs." If it is yet to be assessed, how can anyone be sure that the benefits outweigh the costs, asks S G Vombatkere.
March 2003

The need for public debate
Proponents of interlinking rivers must consider that an explicit definition of "public interest" or "public good" needs be used to identify the primary stakeholders and their stake in such a massive ‘development’ project.
February 2003

Arguments and Alternatives
There may be an overall shortage of water, but the gravity of the problem is primarily due to improper distribution, vast differential in consumption and wastages. S G Vombatkere presents alternatives to and arguments against interlinking.
January 2003

Salvation or folly?
Mass transfer of water across river basins is a gigantic project entailing construction of dams and canals and other connected hydraulic engineering works. Several questions need to be asked and answered first.
January 2003

Interlinking Mirages
Anyone who knows what river systems and river-basin projects are will know that whatever water the plan to connect the nation’s rivers holds is but a mirage.
December 2002


Krishna Godavari River Link
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Chapter - 3
Interstate Aspects
3.1 General
The Godavari (Polavaram) – Krishna (Vijayawada) link canal is one of the
components of the Mahanadi – Godavari – Krishna – Pennar – Cauvery – Vaigai link
system for inter-basin transfer of water in Peninsular India. All the major river
basins involved in the interlinking are interstate in nature. The inter-basin water
transfer links are, therefore, to be governed by interstate agreements. The States
involved in this major interlinking are Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu and the Union Territory of
Pondicherry. In respect of Godavari and Krishna river basins, the question of sharing
of waters between the basin-states has already been adjudicated by the respective
water dispute tribunals. In respect of Cauvery basin, the water sharing is currently
under adjudication by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
In so far as the Polavaram – Vijayawada link is concerned, the proposal is to transfer
surplus waters of Godavari to Krishna. Even earlier to NWDA’s studies, such a
proposal had been mooted by Andhra Pradesh for transfer of 2265 Mm3 (80 TMC) of
Godavari waters to Krishna. An agreement had also been reached between the party
States for sharing of this quantum of water which was endorsed by the Godavari
Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT) in its award given in the year 1979.
The present NWDA’s proposal is to transfer an additional quantity of 1236 Mm3 to
Krishna through the same Polavaram – Vijayawada link canal over and above the
2265 Mm3 of water transfer proposed by Andhra Pradesh.
The details of the award of GWDT and the effect of water transfer from Godavari to
Krishna on the Krishna basin States are briefly presented in this Chapter.
3.2 States Traversed by the Godavari River
The river Godavari is an interstate river. Its catchment area spreads over five States
viz., Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa while
the main river flows through only three States i.e., Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh.
The total length of Godavari is 1465 km. Originating in Maharashtra, it flows for
about 694 km in that State and forms the border between Maharashtra and Andhra
Pradesh for about 16 km. After flowing for about 281 km in Andhra Pradesh, it again
forms the boundary between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh for about 48 km. It
also forms the boundary between Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for about 24
km. Finally it flows for about 402 km in Andhra Pradesh before it joins the Bay of
Bengal. The State-wise catchment area of the basin is given in Table 2.1.
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3.3 Interstate Agreements on Sharing of Godavari Waters and the GWDT
Award
The competitive claims of the riparian states for the utilisation of the waters of the
Godavari basin have given rise to disputes between them for sharing of the waters.
Eventually in April 1969, the Central Government constituted the Godavari Water
Disputes Tribunal and referred various disputes for adjudication. While the disputes
were before the Tribunal, the party States themselves, after negotiations entered
into agreements from time to time on the utilisation of the waters of the Godavari
and its tributaries. The Tribunal incorporated these agreements in their final
adjudication and ordered that the agreements should be observed and carried out by
all concerned.
As per the award of the Tribunal, waters available in different sub-basins from the
catchments intercepted by major/medium projects proposed on various tributaries
by the States have been generally allocated among the respective States. In
addition, for minor irrigation schemes, industrial and domestic uses, etc., certain
specific quantities have been allowed to be utilised by various States. The remaining
yield from the free catchment available in different sub-basins, as will be flowing into
the river Godavari, is left for utilisation by Andhra Pradesh.
3.4 The Polavaram Project and the Transfer of Water from Godavari to
Krishna
The Polavaram project was originally proposed by Government of Andhra Pradesh as
an entirely State project for extending irrigation facilities to the upland areas in East
Godavari, Visakhapatnam, West Godavari and Krishna districts and for other benefits
like making water available for industrial purposes at Visakhapatnam and generation
of hydropower.
The States of Maharashtra and Karnataka had been agitating for the utilisation of
more water of the Krishna river on account of diversion of Godavari water into the
Krishna. On 4th August 1978, an agreement was entered into between the States of
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh stipulating the diversion of 2265 Mm3 (80 TMC), at
75% dependability, of Godavari waters from Polavaram Project into Krishna river
above Prakasam Barrage at Vijayawada, thereby displacing the discharges from
Nagarjunasagar project for Krishna delta, and thus enabling the use of the above
quantity for projects upstream of Nagarjunasagar. The States also agreed that the
quantity of 2265 Mm3 (80 TMC) thus made available will be shared in the
proportion of Andhra Pradesh 1274 Mm3 (45 TMC); Karnataka and Maharashtra
together 991 Mm3 (35 TMC).
Dispute arose between the party States regarding the FRL/MWL of Polavaram
Project, which will submerge areas in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
and Orissa. This dispute has also been resolved by the Tribunal. It was directed by
the Tribunal that the Polavaram Project should be cleared by the Central Water
Commission as expeditiously as possible for FRL/MWL of 45.72 m (150 ft.). It was
further directed that the CWC should also decide the matter of design and operation
schedule for the project keeping in view the agreements between the States in this
regard as far as practicable.
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3.5 Interstate Aspects under the Proposed Link Project
The Godavari (Polavaram) – Krishna (Vijayawada) link is one of the several link
proposals under the Peninsular Rivers Development component of the National
Perspective Plan for large scale transfer of water from the surplus to the deficit river
basins. It may not be possible to cover these large scale transfers under the present
interstate agreements of the GWDT award. After a consensus is reached by the
States concerned on the various link proposals, a separate agreement for sharing the
surplus waters may have to be entered into by the States involved. The studies of
NWDA and the provisions stipulated in the award of GWDT are not to be mixed up as
the two have entirely different objectives and different locus standi.
In this context, it is pertinent to note that while the Polavaram Project as proposed
by Andhra Pradesh envisages the diversion of only 2265 Mm3 (80 TMC) from
Godavary!