JOIN USThe Legislative Council on Wednesday witnessed heated exchange of words between the Congress and the BJP members over the implementation of the Yettinahole project.
Ivan D’Souza (Cong) raised the issue during Question Hour and stated that there was confusion regarding the project. D’Souza said the people of the coastal region were protesting against the project and that scientific reports had pointed out several lacuna in the DPR of the project.
Forest Minister Ramanath Rai charged the BJP of double standards. “It was the BJP which initiated the project. At the same time the party is now taking out padayatras against the project”, he said.
BJP members said it was Congress leader B Janaradhana Poojary who led the agitation against the project. Kota Srinivasa Poojary (BJP) pointed out that it was the Congress which had laid the foundation stone for the project.
In his reply, Water Resources Minister M B Patil said the present government had set right the anomalies in the project report prepared during the BJP regime. Work on the project had commenced and grants to the tune of Rs 1,598 crore had been released so far, he added.