Athirappilly - Vested interests
Vested interests behind objections against Athirappili HE project - K RADHAKRISHNAN Former member, KSEB Certain agencies with vested interests have been unleashing false propaganda against all developmental pojects in the State and the ongoing protests against the proposed Athirappally hydro-electric project too are no different, former member of the Kerala State Electricity Board and energy expert K. Radhakrishnan has said. Talking to The Hindu , the former KSEB member (power generation) has welcomed the government’s move to reopen the hydro-electric project proposal which, according to him, will give sustainable boost to the State’s power sector without causing much harm to the forest eco-system. According to him, the dam to be constructed in a comparatively small storage area cannot do much harm either to the forests or the environment. Forest cover The total area to be submerged was only 104 hectares of land of which natural forest cover only 28.4 hectares. This was v...
