Srikakulam Collector P. Lakshmi Narasimham and Joint Collector Vivek Yadav left for Kudankulam and Kalpakam atomic power projects in Tamil Nadu on the invitation from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited.
Their visit assumed significance as NPCIL intensified its efforts for establishment of nuclear power project in Kovvada of Ranasthalm, Srikakulam district.
Sources say, both the senior officials will get acquainted with the nuclear power technology and land acquisition policy adopted during the construction of Kudankulam project which had been operational for the last two years. NPCIL Kovvada project head G.V. Ramesh reportedly accompanied the Collector and Joint Collector.
The corporation needed around 2,000 acres of land but could not acquire the private land though the Government's land was identified for the project. The State Government will officially hand over around 1,000 acres very soon.
The Revenue Department is expected to give another notification for acquisition of private land since the earlier notification lapsed due to procedural delay. Left parties strongly demanded that public hearing should be conducted before acquiring the land from identified villages including Kovvada and china kovvada villages of Ranasthalam mandal.
