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It has been reported that the group of industrialist Gautam Adani, considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has received a contract to set up a large power plant in Bihar. At first glance it seems to have a development story – big investment, employment opportunities and electricity to Bihar. But with this news, an old debate has arisen again – is it a new model of development, or another link to hand over the property of the country to private hands?
Is history repeating itself?
Critics say that all this looks the same as it happened hundreds of years ago. When the East India Company came to trade in India, it lured the kings of attractive deals and military help. The kings allowed the company to trade arbitrarily for their personal gains, but the interests of the subjects were not taken care of. The result was that the country was a slave for 200 years.
Even today, something similar seems to be being made. The work of the government is being assigned to private companies. The Congress alleges that earlier the government had announced to build this power plant itself, but now everything has been given to the Adani group from the land to the right to sell electricity.
What is this whole deal?
The Adani Group will set up a huge power plant at Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district of Bihar. For this, the company has signed a 25 -year power supply agreement with the state government. The company claims that this project will invest about Rs 26,000 crore and 12,000 people will get employment. It all looks great to hear this.
So the question arises that what is wrong with this?
The real question is that why the government could not do the work that a private company can do in Bihar for 20 years and at the center for 11 years? Giving basic facilities like electricity, water, roads is the first responsibility of the government, but it is being introduced as an election deal. Today will be the foundation stone and votes will be sought in the next election.
Will the environment pay the price of development?
Some of the conditions of this deal are even more worrying. There are reports that about 1020 acres of land in Bhagalpur to Adani Group only on a lease of 30 years One rupee Is given in This land has been described as ‘barren’, while it is being said that there are mango and litchi plantations and about 1 million trees can be cut for planting plants. The forests of Hasdev of Chhattisgarh are reminiscent of which a fight is still going on to save them.
Development is necessary, but at what cost? Is this a model of development where the resources of the country are handed over to a few selected hands and the public remains just a customer? This question should be asked by everyone today, because history is witness, when the public interest is ignored, then its price has to be paid a lot.
