Panneerselvam calls for immediate withdrawal of bids on Vadatheru hydrocarbon project
The Hindu
In a statement, the AIADMK coordinator urged CM M.K. Stalin to take up the matter with PM Modi
AIADMK coordinator, O. Panneerselvam, on Monday called upon Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to take steps for the immediate withdrawal of the invitation of bids by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for development of oil and gas fields in Vadatheru of Pudukkottai district in the Cauvery basin. In a statement, Mr. Panneerselvam wanted Mr Stalin to take up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 17 and explain to him the salient features of the State’s law on the protected agricultural zone for the Cauvery delta. Also, Mr. Stalin should bring to Mr. Modi’s notice the assurance given by the Union Minister for Environment Prakash Javadekar in February 2020, to the State government that “the final decision as to whether to allow any particular [new] project in any particular region would continue to vest with the State government”.
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