FAX SENT TO TNPCB ON COASTAL ENERGEN PUBLIC HEARING ON 02.05.2011

COASTAL PEOPLE’S FEDERATION

11/106B, CAPTAIN COMPOUND,

AROCKIAPURAM MAIN ROAD,

THOOTHUKUDI – 628002.

Phone – 0461 – 2361699, Email; cpfsouth@gmail.com ;Mob – 9842154073

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Ref; No: 41/2011

Date: 02.05.2011

(THROUGH FAX MESSAGE & EMAIL)

To

The Chairman,

Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board,

76, Anna Salai ,

Mount road,

Chennai.

Respected Sir,

Greetings!

Thoothukudi District Environmental Engineer is holding a Public Meeting tomorrow dated 3^rd, May, 2011 at 3.30pm, to seek public opinion for the proposed expansion of the 2*800 MW Thermal Power Project, Coastal Energen Pvt.Ltd.It was scheduled to be held on 19^th March, 2011 but was postponed, citing that Election Code of Conduct was in force and postponed without any further announcement.

We were following up the announcements in this regard in the TNPCB official website Public Hearing Column till 30^th of April, 2011.but it has been posted in the TNPCB website just in two days back to cheat the Public. It is a back door process to help the proprietors to seek public opinion through the crooked way and forbidding/ obstructing the public the right to know about the process.

But, all of a sudden, to our dismay, we hear that the company has informed the Village Panchayat President of Tharuvaikulam, Mr.Jeyapaul that there is going to be Public Hearing tomorrow for the above mentioned purpose.

We are very sorry that such a kind of public information dissemination does not legally guarantee the requirements to hold a Public hearing within this very short notice.

When Contacted the TNPCB Thoothukudi DEE Office, that the Person informed over the Phone that the Thoothukudi Collector is only free on tomorrow, so, we are holding a Public hearing.

Such type of information and response to public is inadequate to hold a Public hearing and the same reason cited on 19^th March, 2011 to postpone the scheduled public hearing still holds good or valid even till today. (As the Election code of Conduct is still in force till 13^th May, 2011).

So, we request the TNPCB to fulfill the statutory and legal requirements to conduct a public hearing properly rather than hurrying up with the process without proper public information. If not, it amounts to violation of Public Hearing procedures and processes.

Please Consider our Request and do the needful.

Regards,

Yours truly,

Pushparayan, Convener, CPF.