Farmers demand DPR on proposed coal gasification project in Eluru district
Farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru district are protesting a proposed underground coal gasification project, demanding transparency and public consultation. They fear the project will negatively impact their agricultural land and livelihoods.
Why it matters
The conflict highlights the tension between industrial development projects and the rights of local agrarian communities.
Farmers and residents of villages in the proposed coal gasification project area at Recherla in Chintalapudi mandal of Eluru district have demanded the immediate release of the Detailed Project Report (DPR), saying the Centre and the State government should not take unilateral decisions without consulting the affected people.
Addressing a meeting of farmers and residents near Recherla on Friday, Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham State general secretary K. Prabhakar Reddy demanded that the government disclose details of the proposed Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project and conduct public consultations and gram sabhas before proceeding with it.
He questioned the proposed involvement of Reliance Industries and alleged that valuable public resources were being handed over to corporate interests without adequately informing local communities about the project’s possible consequences.
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