Mr Sunil Tatkare -An Inappropriate Plan to Divert Konkan Water

Raigad district new Member of Parliament Honourable Mr Sunil Tatkare has criticised the State Government regarding their policies for the utilisation of available river water and different strategies associated with it.Mr Sunil Tatkare is the active leadership face of Konkan region and he supports the Konkan region with his strong leadership style. Recently, he criticised the State Government for their different policies regarding river water diversion of rivers flowing through Konkan.

Mr Sunil Tatkare targeted the current government during his interview with the journalists at Alibaug. In this press conference, Mr Sunil Tatkare informed that the State Government has appointed one committee for diversion of Koyna and Mulshi dam water to other areas. The committee has submitted one report to the government. According to this report, the government will try to divert Koyna and Mulshi dam water towards the east. If this happens, the Konkan region will get affected and due to this decision, there will be an enormous shortage of water in the Konkan region. Not only this, but it will also affect electricity projects in the region.

Mr Sunil Tatkare further informed that the government has planned to divert the river water from the Konkan area, but they will not allow doing this. Newly appointed Member of Parliament, Mr Sunil Tatkare has warned the State Government that the diversion of river water from Konkan region will not be tolerated.

Mr Sunil Tatkare proves that he is a strong and efficient leader from the Konkan region. The State Government’s policies to politicise the issues of water distribution are observed recently with different decisions such as diverting Baramati belt water portion to Solapur area. On this decision also, Mr Sunil Tatkare reacted that these policies are implemented to politicise the issue of water distribution and it is beyond his understanding. In this situation, the state government has also planned to divert the water flowing through the Konkan region to other areas. This type of decision will harm the Konkan region to a great extent because already the Konkan region is deprived of water. Also, the Koyna electricity project is one of the most important power generation projects in the country. Mr Sunil Tatkare has pointed out that this type of water diversion decision can affect the power generation project in the future.

Mr Sunil Tatkare has been appointed as the new Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha election for Raigad Lok Sabha constituency. He has worked as MLA and the Finance Minister and Water Resources Minister for the state. His skills and analytical abilities to understand the situation are excellent. He has always taken the stand for the betterment of the Konkan region and always supported the masses. If Konkan river water diversion decision is harmful to the Konkan region, Mr Sunil Tatkare was expected to react to this decision and he did it immediately. His warning to the State Government on this decision and the issues he has raised about this decision are research-based and worthwhile to think about. Before implementing the decision of Konkan river water diversion, the State Government should review Mr Sunil Tatkare’s thoughts on it.