Villages of Sarguja will come beneath submergence of authorised dam in Jashpur district

Protest has intensified over the development web site of the Shekharpur Large Reservoir Scheme, an formidable irrigation undertaking within the Sitapur area. Opening a entrance in opposition to this irrigation undertaking, the individuals of a dozen villages have submitted a memorandum to the police station within the title of the Governor, Chief Minister, together with the regional MLA and Food Minister Amarjeet Bhagat, demanding building of a dam on the proposed web site as a substitute of the world being surveyed. They say that if the dam just isn’t constructed on the proposed web site as a substitute of the surveyed space, then individuals of a dozen affected villages within the dam will mobilize in protest in opposition to it, which would be the accountability of the administration.

A big reservoir is to be constructed at Shekharpur in Sitapur to offer irrigation amenities to the un-irrigated areas of Jashpur and Surguja districts. The dam is proposed to be constructed after surveying the Ib River at Dhandapani in Jashpur district and the Maini River space of ​​Shekharpur for building of the dam beneath this undertaking. It is alleged that as a substitute of conducting the survey right here, as a substitute of conducting the survey right here, Suri village in Surguja is surveying the Mani river space flowing by Dhondhagav, Shivnathpur, Petla, Thoothama in order that the dam may be constructed right here.