'Ill-informed agitations against national projects could derail India's progress'

摘要

Numerous agitations, which stall or scuttle key national projects, could have a major impact on the nation's progress, according to industry observers. A number of important infrastructure projects in India, that are vitally necessary to sustain the industrial and economic growth have been stalled in the last few months due to the agitation by so-called environmentalists, who do not listen to scientific and technical explanations, pointed out Mr. N.S. Venkataraman, Director of Chennai-based Nandini Consultancy Centre. He highlighted the various agitations across the country including the protest against the country's biggest iron ore miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to suspend production and shipments from Jharkhand; agitation against a nuclear power project in Maharashtra; opening of uranium mines in Meghalaya; the opposition to Tata group's proposal to invest around Rs. 2,000-crore in Tamil Nadu; and the agitation against Tata's project in Sing-hur in West Bengal.