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The project is
expected to benefit 4.4 million people in 10 districts of Madhya Pradesh and
2.1 million in 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh, which jointly form the
water-scarce Bundelkhand region. It will also provide irrigation to about a
million hectares of farm land. A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
was signed on March 22, 2021 by the chief ministers of MP, UP and Union Jal
Shakti minister in the presence of PM Modi for the implementation of the
project.
The project, once completed in an estimated five
years, will generate 103 MW of hydropower and 27 MW of solar energy, Madhya
Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav said on Tuesday. “Prime Minister Modi is coming to Khajuraho in
Chhatarpur district on December 25 to lay the foundation of this project which
will change the destiny of Bundelkhand in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh,” he
added. The project was delayed due to
the process for obtaining environmental and forest clearance, acquiring land in
two states, and multiple petitions filed against it.
While the project will
provide irrigation and drinking water to millions in Bundelkhand, it will cause
submergence of around 40% of the Panna Tiger Reserve and other forest areas in
Madhya Pradesh, according to its DPR.
“The project would
impact the biodiversity of the Panna tiger reserve even though the state
government has come up with a conservation plan. Only once after the forest
areas would be submerged that the impact on tigers and their migration would be
known,” a retired forest official of the state government said on the condition
of anonymity.
Yadav said the Daudhan reservoir will provide
drinking water to wild animals in the Panna Tiger Reserve throughout the year
and will improve the forest ecosystem.
Debadityo Sinha, lead,
climate & ecosystems, at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, said the project
will result in massive loss of natural forests. “On one hand, we are
emphasising the creation of additional forests for carbon sequestration, while
on the other, we are deforesting some of the most effective natural carbon
sinks,” he said.
