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Gadgil report: Why

Controversies, Athirappilly, Gundia

Projects: Explained (Part 4 of 4)

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1. Introduction

2. Controversies: Gadgil report

3. Contro: “NO” to Dams in Kerala and

Karnataka

4. Athirappilly Project: Why problem?

5. Adar Tribal displacement

6. Gundia Project: why problem?

7. Contro: R.T.I. stonewallingTM

8. Contro: Committee pe Committee.

9. Contro: Angry Kerala Government

10. Contro: Mining mafias spreading

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11. Contro: Creation of separate authority

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Introduction

In the last three articles, we saw

1. Western Ghats: Basic

geography Click me

2. Threats to biodiversity of

Western Ghats Click me

3. Gadgil report and

recommendations Click me

Now moving forward:

Controversies: Gadgil report

There are 6 main controversies surround Gadgil’s

report on Western Ghats.

1. Gadgil saying “NO” to some Dams in Kerala and

Karnataka.

2. RTI stone wallingTM* (trademark belongs to UPSC)

3. Committee pe Committee

4. Angry Kerala Government

5. Mining mafias spreading baseless rumors (about

removal of optional subjects lolz)

6. Creation of separate authority

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[Economic Survey]

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aaja bhai tuh bhi aaja,

Naya namoona(Sample).

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IIT and MBA from IIMA and

i score... } – UPSC

uploads hallticket for

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change...

MRUNAL { My time and

Let’s check them one by one:

Contro#1: “NO” to Dams in Kerala and

Karnataka

Madhav Gadgil had proposed that Environmental

Clearance should not be given to any large scale

dams in zone #1 and #2.

And on the same logic, he also recommended

“don’t give environmental clearance to the two

proposed dams in Kerala and Karnataka“.

let’s see why?

Project Athirappilly Project Gundia

State Kerala Karnataka

River Chalakudy Gundia

Capacity (MW) approx. 150+ 200

Athirappil ly Project: Why problem?

Plants

- Some new species of plants reported in this

region- critically endangered species of

riparian trees found here.

Birds

Kerala has four species of Hornbills

1. the Malabar grey hornbill,

2. grey hornbill,

3. Malabar pied hornbill

4. great Indian hornbill

and all of them are found in this Athirappally

region.

energy is better served in

writing educational articles

than entering into this

debate. After all, what's

going to happen will

happen as... } –

[Economic Survey]

Ch13: Poverty Line

Estimation- Tendulkar...

MRUNAL { Narasimha,

"While Kerala’s

unemployment rate (both

urban and rural) has fallen

in 2011-12, it is still the

highest. This could be due

to unemployment of... } –

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Ch13: Poverty Line

Estimation- Tendulkar...

MRUNAL { srikant:

http://indianexpress.com/a

rticle/opinion/editorials/ad

dressing-poverty/ "The

Rangarajan committee’s

findings are now in — a

household of five that

spent less than Rs 4,860

per month in rural areas...

} – [Economic Survey]

Ch13: Poverty Line

Estimation- Tendulkar...

RAKA { Jaise tu bada

garibon ka himayati hai

naa.... Yahan par isliye

bhonk raha hai kyonki

upsc aur govt. ne tere muh

se haddi cheen li.... } –

Fishes

rare species of fishes and amphibians like

the torrent frog found here.

National Bureau of Fish Genetic

Resources has recommended the

Chalakudy river to be declared as a Fish

Sanctuary

Some of the species of fish migrate

upstream while some do so downstream

to complete their annual life cycle .

Hence, construction of the dam will

directly affect the survival of these species

Elephant

Entire project area falls under the

migratory route of elephants, “project

Elephant”.

Monkeys

Lion-tailed Macaque, an endemic,

endangered species of the Western

Ghats, lives here.

Turtles

cane turtle, an endemic and endangered

species, first reported here, is currently

the only place where they could be seen in

reasonable numbers

Adar Tribal displacement

Adar tribe is considered to be the most primitive

of the South Indian forest tribes

They are a primitive hunter and food gatherer

tribe originally restricted to the forests and hill

tracts of Chalakudy river basin.

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for CSAT-2014, No

change...

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Tendulkar...

NEO { @Akhangal What

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karta hai to raise his

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uploads hallticket for

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change...

R { Sorry its only 4

attempts for general

category so if u appeared

in 2011 ur attempt will not

be counted derefor in 2015

Their population is fewer than 1500.

They’ll be affected by the dam.

Given these factors, Madav Gadgil panel has

recommended not to construct the Athirappilly dam.

Gundia Project: why problem?

cuckoo bee : a unique species found in Gundia

basin

Lion-tailed macaque

Travancore flying squirrel

Nilgiri marten (cat)

presence of tiger and elephants sighted.

Therefore Madav Gadgil panel has recommended

not to construct dam on Gundia river.

Contro#2: R.T.I. stonewallingT M

As you already know, Gadgil recommended that

whole Western Ghat be divided into 3 zones

u ill... } – UPSC uploads

hallticket for CSAT-

2014, No change...

R { general category

student is having total 6

attempts if u hv appeared

in 2011 your attemts

remained were to be 5 but

now govt hv... } – UPSC

uploads hallticket for

CSAT-2014, No

change...

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"surprisingly" } –

[Economic Survey]

Ch13: Poverty Line

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speaking guys ... they are

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14.cms } – IAS Topper

Rank 1: Gaurav

Agrawal, Economics...

JUHI SINGH { Guys lets

be active on social media if

we cant get on roads like

no new mining

licences should

be given in zone

1 and 2.

Government

must stop all

existing mines in

Zone 1 by 2016.

Government

must stop

illegal mining

activities immediately.

^This is a bitter pill. And no Government wants

to swallow (thanks to powerful mining lobby of

South West India with deep pockets and political

connections.)

Anyways, Gadgil submitted his report in 2011.

But Environment ministry did not release this

report for media/public discussion. (because

Ministry’s plan was to let the report gather dust,

and take no action on it.)

But Someone from Kerala filled R.T.I in 2012

seeking a copy of this report.

And Public Information Officer in Environment

Ministry said “we cannot disclose Gadgil report

because it is still being analysed and

goons of ABVP! in fact thats

wat I tried to do... } – IAS

Topper Rank 1: Gaurav

Agrawal, Economics...

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SSC-CGL 2014:19 & 26 Oct

CAT:16 & 22 Nov

CDS:26 Oct

MAT: 7 & 13 Sep

H a l l t i c k et s

u p l o a d ed ?

CSAT-2014: YES

RBI Officer: YES

UPPSC: YES

B a n k i n g

11-Aug: IBPS 2014

06-Aug: RBI Assistants

30-Jul: Indian Bank Specialist

O n 2 0 1 3 R R B s c o r e

19-Aug: Baroda Gramin

M B A

23-Aug: MAT-2014

06-Aug: CAT reg.Starts

U t t a r P r a d es h

16-Aug: UP Food safety insp.

02-Aug: UP assistant

I T / Co m p u t er

30-Aug: IITD Delhi system

admin(3)

19-Aug: SSC 10+2 Data

Entry Op

04-Aug: UP Agro project

E n g i n eer s

considered.” And more importantly: Section 8 (1)

(a) of the RTI Act exempts “information,

disclosure of which would affect the

sovereignty and integrity of India, the security,

strategic, scientific or economic interests of

the state”.

The R.T.I applicant went all the way to CIC.

CIC ordered following

The Supreme Court of India has recognized that

the right to information is a fundamental right of

the citizens of India under Article 19 (1) of the

Constitution of India.

The RTI Act has codified this fundamental right

19(1) by stating that every citizen shall have the

right to information.

The RTI Act recognises that a democracy requires

an informed citizenry and transparency of

information,

Therefore, all agents of Government must be

responsible for their conduct.

The people of this country have a right to know

every public act, everything that is done in a

public way by their public functionaries.

If Gadgil report is disclosed, it’ll enable citizens

to debate in an informed manner and they can

provide useful feedback to the government.

R.T.I Act requires suo moto disclosure by the

public authority ‘while’ formulating important

policies and not ‘after’ formulating them.

Therefore I direct the Ministry of Environment

and Forests to publish the report of Gadgil panel.

28-Aug: NIT Karnataka

25-Aug: EIL Delhi

23-Aug: BPCL Assam

22-Aug: Cement India

20-Aug: Himachal Engg.

14-Aug: IRCON Civ il 20

07-Aug: Delhi Electrical 50

(2yrXP)

06-Aug: Oil India direct

interv iew

01-Aug: MECL: Asst.manager

P o l i c e/ D ef en c e/ I n t e l .

01-Sep: Army Vets

31-Aug: Army Dental

29-Aug: Chandigarh Constbl

19-Aug: Hindi Translator ITBP

18-Aug: CDS (I I )

09-Aug: Airforce

Meteorological

08-Aug: Army NCC entry

05-Aug: Navy UES

05-Aug: BSF Subinsp.

02-Aug: CISF

constables(1203)

31-Jul: ITBP sub-insp

S p ec i a l i s t

E n t r a n c e

19-Aug: CSIR NET

04-Aug: CBSE CTET

B Co m / H R / M B A

01-Sep: ICAR account,

admin

30-Aug: Accountant NIFFT

Ranchi

25-Aug: CPET Chennai

25-Aug: EIL Delhi

And thus, environment ministry had to upload the

PDF file on its website, (somewhere in mid-2012)

Contro#3: Committee pe Committee.

Judiciary=taarikh pe taarikh.

Similarly Government=Committee pe Committee.

Since Government did not like Gadgil’s

recommendations, they formed a new

committee headed by Kasturi Rangan to study

the report of Gadgil Panel!

Gadgil himself got angry and stated:

I’ve merely pointed out many inconvenient truths

but Government is trying to suppress my report

and evade a democratic debate on its

recommendations.

And this Kasturi Rangan fellow is keeping me

completely out of the loop while assessing my

report!

Contro#4: Angry Kerala Government

Kerala Government’s official stand is

We cannot accept the recommendations given

by Madhav Gadgil.

Because most of his suggestions are impractical

to implement!

Gadgil says “NO” to Athirappally hydroproject but

it is essential for our state’s energy security.

Kerala’s total hydel potential was estimated to be

6,000 MW, only 35 per cent of it had been

11-Aug: SBI Mgmt.XO (2-5

yrXP)

31-Jul: HUDA account

31-Jul: UPSC Specialists

various

M ed i c a l / A l l i ed

19-Aug: Haryana Dental

19-Aug: Raj.Medical

14-Aug: AIIMS

09-Aug: SAIL Doctors

09-Aug: SAIL Paramedics

28-Jul: Chandigarh

Paramedics

L eg a l

25-Aug: Allahabad HC

clerk,rev iew officer

11-Aug: Uttarakhand HC

deskjobs

S c i en c e/ Ag r i / O t h er

30-Aug: Lab Attendent NIFFT

Ranchi

14-Aug: ISRO assistants 233

29-Aug: Raj.Agro research

25-Aug: CSIR-SERC

22-Aug: Raj.Univ .Lab

Attendents 11

22-Aug: ONGC Technician

137

20-Aug: NCL scient ist

18-Aug: Karnataka Urban

14-Aug: SSC Western

Specialist

10-Aug: Gujarat Forensic

31-Jul: UPSC Specialists

various

28-Jul: NIFTEM non faculty

harnessed so far.

But Gadgil has instead suggested

decommissioning of dams which were 35 to 40

years old.

This would pose a question mark on the existing

and proposed power projects and would plunge

our state into darkness.

Gadgil did not make concrete proposals on

Revenue loss suffered by the state Government

while implementing the recommendations (e.g.

no mining in zone#1=no royalties payment from

miners.)

Land Mafias of Kerala

1. Land mafias (with political support) have

grabbed lot of area in the forests and

surrounding regions of Western Ghats.

2. Now Madhav Gadgil says no to Development

activities in such sensitive zones. = problem for

politicians and mafias.

3. Kerala Government fears that if we try to evict

those mafias and other farmers, it’ll led to huge

protests and violence (as it happened in Munnar

Grasslands earlier).

4. Kerala government “fears” that Gadgil’s

recommendations will impact on “growth”.

5. Gadgil says set up new Western Ghats Ecology

Authority (WGEA). But we are capable of

preserving the Western Ghats within provisions

of the existing laws.

Contro#5: Mining mafias spreading

baseless rumors

M i s c . D es k j o b s

30-Aug: clerks NIFFT Ranchi

19-Aug: SSC 10+2 Data

Entry Op

22-Aug: Raj.Univ .Clerks 29

14-Aug: BankPress Dewas

12-Aug: Western Rail Sports

01-Aug: MECL:

foremen,driver,mechanic(99)

31-Jul: Rohtak deskjobs

31-Jul: NGT

Secretary,Steno,Translators

F a c u l t y J o b s

31-Aug: NIFM

29-Aug: Raj Lecturer

22-Aug: Kota univ .

16-Aug: Shimla Nutrit ion

14-Aug: Raj.Chemistry

11-Aug: Jammu Uni

05-Aug: RIMSNR

05-Aug: PGIMER

31-Jul: UP Paramedic

W a r n i n g

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stops few days b4

deadline.So DONOT wait

till last date.

DONOT forget/misplace

reg.id, Roll number.

Gadgil said

1. donot give permission for new mines in Zone #1

and #2.

2. And whatever mines are operational in zone

#1,=close them down by 2016.”

3. Shut down illegal mining immediately.

This has greatly upset the mining lobby. Now

their agents are provoking the farmers and

tribals in Western ghat region with baseless

rumor that “Gadgil has recommend to throw you

out of your villages and make wildlife

sanctuaries everywhere!”

So now some farmers and tribals are protesting

against Gagdil’s report.

Gadgil

clarifies

My report contains no proposal for

relocation of any farmer or tribals from

jungle areas!

Infact, I’ve suggested financial assistance be

given to farmers organic farming.

It is the mining lobby particularly of Goa is

behind this mischief.

Contro#6: Creation of separate

authority (WGEA)

Gadgil recommended setting up an autonomous

statutory authority Western Ghats Ecology

Authority (WGEA) to oversee the conservation of

Western Ghats in the 6 states.

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But state Governments fear that such authority

will take away their Decision Making power (and

the bribe opportunity that comes with it for

granting project approvals!)

Therefore, state Governments are against

creating WGEA. They say, existing regulatory

framework is sufficient to protect the Western

Ghats.

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kamal 22/01/2014 at 19:31

Reply

mrunal……..please provide kasturi rangan report in your

style

Gayathri 09/03/2014 at 20:21

Reply

Hi Mrunal,

please provide your analysis on Kasturirangan report

thanks,

Reshmi 17/03/2014 at 19:58

Reply

Hi Mrunal

Thank u for sharing it

kindly share the latest updates too .Keep posting ..

Poornima 18/03/2014 at 12:17

Reply

Hi

Thanks for info,,,

I have lot of respect Prof MG and hopes on Madhav gadgil

report to get implemented in field

as a public what can i do for it.(can you tell/suggest)

Regards

Poornima

dijin 07/06/2014 at 21:12

Reply

of course u can help n b part of the awareness

prgrms v r conductin nv to make aware thr tribals

nd farmers that vat exactly z mg report

ponmudi 06/04/2014 at 01:03

Reply

Hi, Mrunal

How to get that all the document in a single PDF file, and

i’m unable to get the document in PDF format, i install my

PC an Google chrome browser. Friends,If you anybody

have an pdf document kindly sent to My mail id :

balagisekar@gmail.com

Dr. N. N. Panicker 11/04/2014 at 06:45

Reply

Well done. Excellent summary. May it be read by all

concerned.

supriya 18/05/2014 at 19:36

Reply

sir,pls provide analysis on kasthurirangan committe

report

chinju s raj 06/06/2014 at 08:46

Reply

Sir,

You have presented it so nicely.Now only i got an idea of

gadgil comitte and the report.As everyone was requesting

pls update kasturiragan in the same language and style

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Rathish 29/07/2014 at 08:52

Reply

Hi Chinju,

Can you forward me the report.

Thanks

Rathish

vivek tiwari 12/07/2014 at 22:53

Reply

impeccable commentary. thanx

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