
Now that the state government is in the process of acquiring 85 acres of HARP land, the members seem upbeat. “We have made our preference clear,” said Singh.
On September 21 Dr Shivendra Kumar, principal scientist at HARP, wrote to the Ranchi deputy commissioner, pleading that the government move to acquire the project land had created a sense of uncertainty in the staff. There has been no reply.
And Koda is not ready to address Dr Kumar’s concerns. Asked for his reaction, he said: “We are looking into the veracity of his (Dr Kumar’s) claims.”