Kaup: Padayatre for Public Awareness on “Nagarjuna Bandh”

By Prakash Katapadi
Bellevision Media Network

Kaup, 25 February 2011: “Nagarjuna Power Plant has been violating the environmental norms and with this project it will reach to a stage when the agricultural land and western ghats of the coastal area will be polluted” said former MLA U. R. Sabhapathi. He was addressing the gathering who were protesting as part of the Padayathre for public awareness on Nagarjuna Bandh, on Friday.

 

Speaking further he said that already the Seer of Mutt, Farmers, Fishermen and the people of coastal area have expressed their opposition to this Power Plant. The purpose of this Padayathre is to spread awareness among the people on the problems caused by the fly ash which is being discharged by this power plant.

 

 

Kaup Vidhyanikethana Group of Educational Institutions Head K. P. Acharya formally gave chalan to the Padayathre and said that in order to protect the coastal area which was created by Parashurama, there is a need to get all the parties under one umbrella and protest against the projects such as Nagarjuna.

 

President of Udupi Jilla Panchayath Union Devi Prasad Shetty Belapu, Majoor Nagarika Samithi leader Vasudeva Rao, Kaup Grama Panchayath President Yogish Rai, Uliyaragoli Grama Panchayath President Arun Shetty, Youth leader Dinesh Shetty, Jayakumar Karkala, V. K. Udyavar, Ramesh Shetty Uliyaragoli, Majoor Grama Panchayath member Amrathakshi Shetty, Revathi Nayak, Abidabanu Mallar, Shanshuddin Majoor, Lalitha Dikshit were present on this occasion.