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Yettinahole: Silent protest to welcome CM

Last Updated 20 April 2016, 17:00 IST

 Nethravathi Rakshana Samyukta Samiti activists will stage a silent protest against Yettinahole project, by covering their mouths with black cloths, at Suratkal Junction on April 21.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will lay foundation for road widening project and Suratkal market on April 21.

Samiti Convener Satyajit Suratkal said on Wednesday that the protest will be held even if permission for the project is withdrawn, as it is the right of the citizens to register the protest. They are ready to be arrested for the sake of the right, he insisted.

He urged the government to scrap the project. “A Dakshina Kannada district river conservation authority should be formed, to protect the water rights of the people here. The coastal districts should be declared as fisheries industry zone. An integrated irrigation project should be implemented in the district. The expenditure of Rs 2,000 crore so far, in the name of the Yettinahole project, should be justified by the government,” he demanded.

He alleged that the state government has been showing step motherly attitude towards Dakshina Kannada district. M B Patil, the minister of water resources, is holding meetings in other districts, but he has not chaired any meeting in Dakshina Kannada, which shows the negligent attitude of the government towards the district. It seems that legislators from the district have no say in the functioning of the government, he expressed dissatisfaction.

Advisory board member M G Hegade said that the Nethravathi Samyukta Rakshana Samiti is the consolidation of all committees which are fighting for the common cause of protecting River Nethravathi and urging the government to stop the Yettinahole project. In the new committee, Ajit Kumar Rai Maladi, Jaya C Suvarna, Rajiv Kanchan, Mohammed Masood and Fr J B Crasta are the honorary presidents, while Vijay Kumar Shetty is the president. The advisory board vice presidents, legal and technical advisory committee general secretaries, secretaries, conveners and others are experts in various fields, who will fight against the project, he explained.

Satyajit Suratkal warned that if any leader speaks for the project, he or she will be opposed regardless of the party.

Ramachandra Baikampadi, Yogish Shetty Jeppu, Shashiraj Shetty Kolambe, Pruthviraj Rai, Vasudev Boloor, Anant Adyar, Dinakar Shetty were present.

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(Published 20 April 2016, 17:00 IST)

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