The Nagpur Municipal Corporation's proposed 420 MW Bhandewadi power plant has now become bone of contention between opposition corporators led by Congress party and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party with charges and counters charges by both parties against each other. The leader of opposition and senior Congress leader Vikas Thakre is planning to launch an agitation against the power plant.
He even took the issue to chief minister Ashok Chavan and state environment minister asking for their intervention. The ruling BJP leaders including Mayor Archana Dehankar, standing panel head Sandeep Joshi, and ruling party leader Pravin Datke, on the other hand, said they would soon meet union minister of state Jairam Ramesh, Chavan and clarify misunderstandings created by opposition. Jairam Ramesh had recently asked chief minister Chavan to ensure that the plant did not come up within city limits. "If a power plant is indeed required to be set up, then shift it outside the city limits," Ramesh said in a letter to the CM.
After meeting with Thakre and other opposition leaders, the minister had said that he was surprised to learn that NMC was setting up a coal-based power plant within city limits. Talking to TOI, Thakre said when BJP MLA Chandrashekhar Bawankule was opposing expansion of Koradi plant on grounds of pollution and BJP state chief Sudhir Mungantiwar and Chandrapur MP Hansraj Ahir had registered strong protest to expansion of Chandrapur plant, how could BJP decide to set up power plant in Bhandewadi just for economical benefits. "The residents of Bhandewadi are also opposing the project.
We are planning to launch an agitation with these residents," he said BJP leaders insisted that the plant was outside city limit in village Bidgaon Tarodi (Khurd) and Wathoda. They also said that a recent study had revealed that 85 per cent of the time direction of wind was away from city. "We will explain all these things to Ramesh and Chavan" they said.
He even took the issue to chief minister Ashok Chavan and state environment minister asking for their intervention. The ruling BJP leaders including Mayor Archana Dehankar, standing panel head Sandeep Joshi, and ruling party leader Pravin Datke, on the other hand, said they would soon meet union minister of state Jairam Ramesh, Chavan and clarify misunderstandings created by opposition. Jairam Ramesh had recently asked chief minister Chavan to ensure that the plant did not come up within city limits. "If a power plant is indeed required to be set up, then shift it outside the city limits," Ramesh said in a letter to the CM.
After meeting with Thakre and other opposition leaders, the minister had said that he was surprised to learn that NMC was setting up a coal-based power plant within city limits. Talking to TOI, Thakre said when BJP MLA Chandrashekhar Bawankule was opposing expansion of Koradi plant on grounds of pollution and BJP state chief Sudhir Mungantiwar and Chandrapur MP Hansraj Ahir had registered strong protest to expansion of Chandrapur plant, how could BJP decide to set up power plant in Bhandewadi just for economical benefits. "The residents of Bhandewadi are also opposing the project.
We are planning to launch an agitation with these residents," he said BJP leaders insisted that the plant was outside city limit in village Bidgaon Tarodi (Khurd) and Wathoda. They also said that a recent study had revealed that 85 per cent of the time direction of wind was away from city. "We will explain all these things to Ramesh and Chavan" they said.
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