Kerala cannot go without new power projects - Engineers Association
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| Er S Rajendran |
A seminar on “Power future of Kerala” organized by
the district unit of the Kerala State Electricity Board Engineers Association
has called for united efforts from all the circles in the state, to complete
major power projects in the state to avoid a total collapse in industrial and
commercial growth of the state. There are clear indications of strong national
and international lobbies working against coming of new power projects in the state.
The new ultra mega power plants in the private sector and the large number of
power traders are lobbying against cheap sources of power throughout the
country. But they are defeated to an extent in most of the other states through
united efforts within the states, but in Kerala that united effort is missing,
the seminar said.
When the country is going through abrupt growth in
power capacity Kerala is totally dropped out from it. Modern environmental
science is advocating development friendly to the environment and not the
complete avoidance of development. Indian environmental scientists are ignorant
of the modern concepts like ecological transplantation, rebuilding of
ecosystems, enabling of lateral growth, etc to compensate the bare minimum
pains caused to the environment by the developments necessary
for
the growth of mankind.
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| K Radhakrishnan |
Er K Radhakrishnan, Former Member (Generation) of the
Kerala State Electricity Board has said that decisions on power projects are
being hijacked by vested interests groups through a multitude of ways including
PILs, paper organizations, pseudo experts and expert groups and even sincere
leaders and media men are mislead by the constant propaganda by them. The
funding of the organisations behind the objections are to be enquired into in
the wake of allegations by eminent persons. Major hydel power projects
finalized after detailed investigations and feasibility studies, totaling to a
capacity of around 2000 megawattts have to be shelved in the state and as of
now no single major hydel project is going to take off in the state. The state
is losing at least Rupees 1500 crores annually on this account. It is ironical
that even Kerala Government Departments cannot speak in single voice for the
power projects. The state has to double is power capacity within 3 or 4 years
to ensure power for the expected growth of the state. This calls for a fresh
look at even the abandoned power projects from Silent Valley onwards.
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| N T Job |
Er N T Job, the former General secretary of the
Association said that even power projects started construction are also stalled
because of lack of co ordination between departments like forest revenue etc.
such projects total to around 500 megawatts of capacity. Without taking urgent
steps to complete those projects we lose the moral strength to call for more projects.
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| S K Yesodharan |
S K Yesodharan, former general secretary of the
association called for formation of an exclusive task force in the government
to streamline activities to get sanctions for projects and to implement them.
Kerala cannot afford any further neglect of the power sector. This serious
matter shall not submerged in discussions on the company formation for
electricity.
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| T Syed Ali |
Er C Ramachandran Former Deputy Chief Engineer said
that it is our historic duty to publisise these facts
Er T Syed Ali Secretary presented the report. He
called for more efforts in the membership campaign.
Er S Rajendran, Chairman and of the Association
presided over the function
Good article.....informative. Thnx.
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In the present scenario where various multinationals have gathered for the Emerging Kerala" with multiple projects and for which infrastructure developement is a must from wherein the government thinks to bring cheap power for such development.From decades we depend on the centre and neighbouring states for our power needs. As Mr.Ahluwalia said we should forget paddy fields and power projects as well since we are purely a consumer state.From dawn to dusk we cannot live without others. Fortunatley our lawmakers and the lobbies have driven us to this end.What we have as our own in this state.Nothing only the rich heritage , culture and beauty of the state .That also will be sold very soon.This is the curse of the state and the fate of our Keralites.
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