Protesters burnt effigy of Prakash Javadekar’s in Panaji

Panaji: Protesters belonging to the Progressive Front of Goa, on Wednesday, burnt an effigy of Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar, accusing him of sacrificing the interests of Goa in favour of Karnataka vis a vis the ongoing inter-state dispute over the waters of the Mhadei river.

“Javadekar and his MoEF have unfairly worked against the interests of Goa when it comes to the Mhadei river dispute and the construction of the Kalasa-Banduri diversion project which will destroy Goa’s ecology,” Hridaynath Shirodkar, convener of the Front told reporters, accusing the BJP of using the river dispute for political benefit.

Members of the organization, which is one of the several NGOs which is tracking and drumming up support for the protection of Goa’s interest in the ongoing dispute, as well as opposition to the construction of the Kalasa-Banduri project across the Mhadei river in Karnataka, later burnt an effigy of the Union Minister in Panaji.

Javadekar and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant faced a fresh round of criticism on Tuesday, after the former, incapacity of MoEF Minister, wrote to Karnataka Home Minister Basvaraj Bommai on December 24, saying the Karnataka government could proceed with the water diversion project after the 2018 award of the Mhadei inter-state water dispute is formally notified by the Central Government. (IANS)

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