Digital Goa, Aug 20 – Proposal to set up tiger corridor in Goa and other issues before the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) are responsible for delay in implementation of the Mahadayi-Kalasa Banduri project, however the Centre is committed it’s implementation, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi assured the farmers from Karnataka. The farmers had marched to his residence at Hubballi yesterday seeking early forest and ecological clearances for execution of the work of the project. “It was the BJP led-Union government which had issued a gazette notification on the Tribunal Award and cleared the DPR,” he reminded the protestors. “After the setting up of the NGT, there have been stricter rules for clearances. The issue of the tiger corridor has also been raised by Goa. The Karnataka State Wildlife Board also has to give its clearance and send it to the Centre, which has not been done so far. The Karnataka State board should immediately send it to the Centre. We are also pursuing the matter at various levels to get the project cleared,” he said.
