Jaipur: When the State Forestry Department is in the advanced stage of creating a development body to protect and preserve the natural ecosystem of Sambhar Lake, international wetlands, plans are being carried out to establish ultra mega 4,000 MW solar factories on the Ramsar website.
Sambhar Salt Ltd recently invited interest in interest (EOI) from companies to arrange projects.
Of the 58,000 hectares of the company, currently only using 2,500 hectares factions for salt production and a large area can be used for solar power plants.
As per industrial estimates, more than 16,000 hectares will be needed to regulate 4,000mW plants.
This means establishing solar panels in most land.
It is feared that such large-scale projects on wetlands can remove the ECO system with all its genetic diversity.
Sambhar attracts many birds.
In recent years, the Archaeological Department with the help of the center has spent almost Rs 100 Crore to develop Sambhar as a tourist destination.
Lately, he is also a destination for film shooting.
Kavita Srivastava, Chair of the People’s Union for Civil Liberti (PUCL), said, “They must share an environmental impact assessment study from the project before making a decision.
If they have not done it, they must immediately stop training.” While the solar industry in the state always supports These projects, several representatives said that there was no barren scarcity or semi-barren soil for sun plants in districts such as Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Barmer.
“Sambhar is not the right place,” they scaly.
When TII contacted Kamlesh Kumar, Chair and Managing Director of Hindustan Salt Ltd, the parent company of Sambhar Salt, he said, “The solar factory comes under ‘Wise Use’ category.
That is why environmental permissions are not needed.
It does not affect the ecosystem.” Ti tried to get it.
response from the forest and environmental department.
But they said they were not aware of an interesting expression.
But officials in the department said that according to wetland guidelines, no permanent structure can be permitted.
Wet material regulations (conservation and management), 2016, do not allow ‘permanent natural construction’.
Restrictions on wetlands also include preparing existing industrial industries and expansion.
Surya Project in Sambhar was originally announced by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2013 when he came to Jaipur to campaign for the party in the process of electing the country.
After the BJP won the election and Vasundhara Raje in power, the project was junked because it would damage the environment and wetland ecosystem.
At present, there are no single entities responsible for managing Sambhar.
But the Sambhar Multi-Department development agency, which is awaiting the approval of the Department of Law, is expected to play a key role in protecting wetlands and creating a sustainable model for the development of the benefit of the local community.
Sambhar Solar Plant can spell catastrophe for valuable wetlands
