Crime Bureau, Tolivelugu: Despite the size and requirements of the projects, Megha has gotten used to conducting work at a giant scale on all ends. No matter how many people lose their lives, Megha is consistently greedy about making money and doesn’t care about what the courts’ orders speak or what it means to them. The recent accident in the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy project is proof of that. They have bluntly set aside the report given by experts on the construction of Kalvakurti pump houses. Elluru pump houses were submerged due to blasting in the underground tunnel against the rules.
The AP government has approached the NGT for the work being done without environmental clearances. Along with this, a person named Srinivas from Palamuru filed a case at that time. NGT Chennai bench has also given a stay order not to take up the construction of this project. But Megha Engineering Company is respecting the orders, in fact, is busy with work. With all this going on, on one hand, on the other hand, they have filed an affidavit saying that they are not doing the same. They are behaving in a way that the court orders won’t do anything to them and they barely have any respect for the lives lost so far and might again in the future.
There are allegations that 15 people died in the tunnel in the Kaleswaram project and they took precautions on letting the news out. The fact that work is being done contrary to the law and rules is disturbing the experts.
Supreme Court’s ‘Stay’ on the third TMC, but still?
The Supreme Court has recently declared a stay on the third TMC from Kaleswaram. But the works and planning are still going on in some areas saying that it is their kingdom. As if the damage already done is not enough, they are preparing to pour another Rs. 10 thousand crores into the Godavari. The experts in the water sector are waiting to see when this egoistic arrogant behavior of Megha will come to an end.