Daltonganj: Three years after returning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Mandal Dam, also known as the North Koyal Water Reservoir project, in the Palamu-Laterhar area, which should be completed on January 22, has not made progress.
This project is at least four decades.
“Not one stone or brick has been added to it for three years,” said Pratap Tirkey who with many others had directed a campaign for Kutku Doob Chhetra demanded the right rehabilitation package for more than half a dozen villages that would face displacement because of this project .
He added that in September 2021, the high-level central team had visited the site to take stock of progress and also guaranteed from the rehabilitation package if there was a displacement after the dam operated.
Tirkey said there was no word since then too.
“There is no opposition to this dam of each stakeholder and all those who want here are the right resettlement and rehabilitation,” he said.
He said the delay was only in part of the government which delayed the problem of dam but accused local tribes for delays in this project.
He made that district administration and Garhwa also refrained from launching a development scheme in more than half a dozen villages when falling in the area intended from the damage dam that would be submerged.
“But without the work of the dam, the local villagers also lost the benefits of the development of government schemes in their territory without plans to be launched to raise the region,” he said.
The North Division Director of Palamu Tiger Reserve, Kumar Ashish also said when the dam fell under the reserve area, they were also worried about that but since last September but there was no progress or development in connection with the dam.
Our Sluice gate will be installed on a full reservoir level.
called FRL was brought to 341 meters of work in this dam.
“He refused to say further twice that Doob Chhetra people objected to the work initiative on this dam.
Kumar Ashish said the PTR was the main stakeholder but did not have a clue to F while how and when working on the dam will begin.