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Environmental Public Consultation 10.1.1 Proceedings of EPC held at Bagalkot district Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 46 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 47 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 48 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 49 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 50 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 51 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 52 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 53 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 54 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 55 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 56 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 57 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 58 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report 10.1.2 Photographs Arrival of Additional Deputy Commissioner for the EPC meeting Presentation of draft EIA studies by Environmental Consultants Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 59 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report Farmers interaction during the meeting Interaction by ADC Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 60 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report 10.1.3 Compliance Environmental Public Hearing held on 25-07-2016 at Nandwadgi village, Hunagund Tq & Bagalkot District, Karnataka as part of Environmental Clearance Sl. Name, Place, & Suggestions Compliance No. 1 Sri. Guru Ganiger, Nandawadgi Village: As per Government order, 3.75 He stated that only 6 to 7 villages will be TMC of water was allocated for benefited/ profited from the proposed Nandawadgi LIS. Nandawadgi LIS. There is no much clarity The benefiting villages of regarding the proposed lift irrigation scheme Hunagund taluk from the proposed w.r.t Hunagund taluk. The project proponents scheme are Chamalapur, Gonal S should give a clear statistics/ details K, Harnapur, Kambihal, Kodihal, regarding the land requirement/ land Nandwadgi, Yetthinahatti. acquisition and compensation pertaining to The scheme is irrigating 500 Ha of the villagers of Hunagund taluk specifically. lands in Hunagund taluk. There was no information regarding the The land requirement for the rising public hearing to the members of Zilla main and other accessories are 62 Panchayath, taluk Panchayath and for other Ha. Out of 62 Ha, 37 Ha of land political leaders. from Hunagund taluk. The Jack well is constructed in Thondihal of Lingasuguru taluk with an idea of lifting the water from the back waters of Narayanapura dam at 550 mt by lifting. The total land area to be irrigated pertaining to Nandwadgi LIS IS 5467.78 Ha in Hunagundh taluk, out of which, 500 Ha are irrigated through this proposal. 30 days prior notification was published regarding the meeting. 2 Sri Nagaraj Honagal, Secretary, Janajagruthi All possibilities to extend the vedhike, Ilakal: irrigation facilites for the remaining The public should know the main intention of areas of the Hunagund Taluk will this public hearing. The project proponents be explored. has briefed regarding the Upper Krishna scheme, However there is no much clarity w.r.t the matter related to Hunagund taluk. The project will also affect the fishers men, However they are not aware of this meeting and not present and hence they would not get any information regarding the proposed scheme. The proposed scheme also affects the villagers of Raichur and Vijayapura districts and hence the public of those districts are also to be considered for the public hearing. The project proponents should intimate the public regarding the permissions taken from different department for the proposed scheme and whether the jack well work is tendered or not. He insisted that, the project proponent Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 61 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report should disclose the works/ events carried out since 2012 pertaining to this project. The villagers have given their land for Narayanapura dam and have become the sufferers. He demanded that, complete Hunagund taluk should be made irrigated through this scheme. He stated that, the name is Nandwadgi LIS but the water from this scheme is reaching other places without covering all the villages of Hunagund taluk. He questioned the irrigation department to provide details with respect to the works completed in the main canal and distributory canal. He strongly insisted to carryout separate public hearing for Thimmapur LIS, Ramthal (Marol) LIS, Budhihal-Peerapur LIS and Narayana left bank canal 9 (A)distributory projects. The water from Almatti right canal has not reached the intended users till date. The water is not reaching the distributory canal from the main canal. The main canal itself is not completed and the main canal is located at the downstream and the distributory canal is located at the upstream and how the water the reaches the distributory canal. The public hearing is conducted only for name sake and is not serving the intended purpose. He also informed the gathered public that the eastern side of the Marol LIS is not yet completed. Till now, the first stage of the Upper Krishna project itself is not completed and it has stopped near the Amarvadagi village and the Ministers are stating that it has been completed. It is also declared that Ramthal (Marol) scheme (Eastern side) is completed for how many lands it is providing irrigation facilities? They have not served the primary notice 4(1) 6(1) for Almatti right bank canal, Thimmapur, Marol scheme and now they are issuing. The scheme should not commence until they obtain the clearance from all the concerned department. He also informed that the compensation for the older schemes as not yet come. Maski villagers will also demand water through this scheme. This scheme should serve water for all the villages of Hungund taluk first. Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd 62 EHS Consultants Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Upper Krishna Project in Vijayapura District, Executive Summary Karnataka of Final EIA Report The project proponents have invested Rs.4000 crores for the Almatti right bank canal, Thimmapur and Marol scheme but the water has not reached the irrigation lands. The compensation should be given as per the law. This scheme should not become like other schemes and hence this warning. He also stated that, initially the scheme was proposed in the year 2009. As per the scheme Raichur and Hunagund would get irrigation facilities for 10,000 Ha of land respectively. In 2012, the scheme was revised as drip irrigation scheme and the area was increased from 20,000 Ha to 36,100 Ha. As per the original scheme which was proposed in 2009, equal amount of lands are to be irrigated in Raichur and Hunagund, however now the case is not the same. He demanded for equal amount of lands in Raichur and Hunagund lands are to be irrigated from this scheme. 3 Shri. Mahalingappa Avari, All possibilities to extend the Chikkasinganagutti village irrigation facilites for the remaining The proposed scheme is beneficial for only 7 areas of the Hunagund Taluk will villages of Hungund taluk, instead this be explored. scheme should be benefiting all the 28 villages which would come under this area. All the farmers are united for this scheme the villagers are protesting regarding this from last 14 years. 4 Smt. Saraswathi Aravind Eety, Gram All possibilities to extend the Panchayath member, Nandawadagi irrigation facilites for the remaining She welcomed all the dignitaries on the areas of the Hunagund Taluk will stage, officers, farmers, press people and all be explored. the public gathered. She informed that, they are fighting since 14 years for bringing the irrigation facilities to the village. They got to know about the public hearing meeting yesterday. The scheme name is Nandawadagi lift irrigation scheme. However, only 7 villages out of 28 villages are getting benefited from this scheme. This is just like feeding half stomach food. The green signal to the scheme will be given only if all the 28 villages are benefited from the scheme. She also demanded for the complete details of this scheme pertaining to Hunagundh taluk. 5 Shri. Channabasava Swamaji, Nandwadgi Shri Surendra Babu, Executive Village Engineer, KBJNL clarified as the He welcomed all the dignitaries on the stage, actual proposal was for 6 TMC of officers, farmers, press people and all the water and for irrigating 54,000 Ha public gathered.