Kochi: The leader of the Congress and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh argues that the Mega infrastructure project such as the Kozhikode-Wayanad tunnel project or Mumbai Coastal Project must be reviewed and monitored after a recent report from the inter-governmental panel for climate change (IPCC) who said that the city -The city like Kochi, Mumbai or Chennai will be three feet under water at the end of this century because of global warming.
Ramesh interacts with the media before his conversation about ‘India Advances – a socio-political perspective’, organized by Cochin Chamber of Commerce & Industry as part of their ‘Indian’ talk.
Asked whether the bigticket project must be monitored and reviewed after the City IPCC report sank, said Ramesh, “one hundred percent.
I think one of the direct threats of global warming and climate change is an increase in sea level.
And this will affect coastal areas in the western part of the country.
This will affect coastal areas in the eastern part of the country, especially places such as Sunderbans in Bengal, places like Bombay, of course.
So, the entire coastal area is under severe threat due to increased sea level.
And all projects like that we planned Must undergo the most powerful environmental assessment and environmental assessment and we cannot, “he said.
“But the government routinely ignores these rules.
For example, they think of building a cricket stadium in Kochi and I have to, you know I have to intervene because the stadium will violate the crz rules.
Then there is a famous episode in Kerala, from Maradu (Data Demolition).
And of course, in Kerala it’s not just a coastal zone but also Western Ghats.
You sit on an ecological hotspot.
You are not only vulnerable in the coastal zone area, but you are also vulnerable because of deforestation in the Western Ghats area.
So, I think you think Must be very, very careful, “he said.
When asking about what the next book project, Ramesh said, “One thing I don’t like writing about politics and also my memoir.
I want to write about people and interesting topics, and problems.
For a long time, I want to write a biography C Achutha Menon.
I have talked to her son and for the past few years I have gathered a lot of material and one day, when I have time, I will write about someone who charmed me about the generation of post-1947 politicians.
He is a builder of institutions, “he said .