PANAJI
Ahead of Mhadei-PRAWAH (Progressive River Authority for Welfare and Harmony) meeting in Bengaluru on April 22, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that the State government has already submitted an inspection report, highlighting various violations undertaken by Karnataka for implementation of its proposed Kalasa-Bhandura drinking water project.
“We will continue to obstruct the works that Karnataka intends to take up,” Sawant told media persons. He said that a report on the site inspection, as conducted by the government, is already submitted to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court was supposed to hear the Mhadei matter in January; however, the same did not come up. The PRAWAH meeting in Bengaluru will discuss the Goa government’s proposal for joint site inspection of the Kalasa Nala project of Karnataka. This is the fourth meeting of PRAWAH. The committee was initially scheduled to meet on March 4 in Mumbai but the same was postponed.
The third meeting of PRAWAH under Chairman Navin Kumar was held in Goa on October 25, last year, during which the authority had decided to approach the Central government seeking legal opinion with regards to a joint site inspection request.
The meeting will also discuss a detailed procedure for the final clearance of new minor irrigation projects and drinking water projects. The members will also deliberate on the DPR of the Virdi Large Minor Irrigation Project by Maharashtra- the project that has also received objection from Karnataka.
