Various BMIC-related documents organized by category
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| Note on BMIC |
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| Maps |
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| Representations |
Only recent representations are listed below. For earlier representations, please contact us
ESG has
consistently written to the main Environmental regulatory agencies of
the country concerned, the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the
Karnataka State Pollution Control, drawing their attention to the irregualarites
and serious environmental concerns from the BMIC project. These agencies
have overlooked many of them and accorded Environmental clearance to
the project.
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| Land Acquisition related correspondence |
In reading the following letters, note that the Framework Agreement signed between NICE and the Government only allows for 20,193 acres of land to be allocated to NICE for the development of the peripheral road, link road, interchanges, expressway, and townships.
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Letter from KIADB to BMICP dated August 4, 1999 showing that NICE has requested 28,186 acres of land (as opposed to 20,193 acress it is allowed under the Framework Agreement) which KIADB has asked BMICP to sanction!
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Letter from KIADB to BMICP dated May 22, 2004 that indicates that 29,258 acres of land had been notified under Sec 3(1) of the KIADB Act in pursuant of an agreement signed between KIADB and NICE on 14th October 1998, and that upto 2759 acres are now being denotified. The letter also concludes that land was acquired on request of NICE and not on the basis of any technical drawings or maps or the project report (Page 1, Page 2)
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| Finance |
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| Letters to Financial Institutions (and responses) |
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The role
of Financial Institutions lending to this project is not transparent.
ESG has deliberately sought to engage the concerned lending instituitions
by seeking information on the financial aspects of the project.
ESG found
that in violation of a Reserve Bank of India circular, stating that
Banks should not fund Infrastructure projects based on State Government
guarantees, ICICI Bank proceeded to fund the project after seeking such
guarantees from the State Government. ESG registered a complaint on
this violation against ICICI Bank with the RBI. Based on this complaint,
RBI filed a case aganist ICICI Bank. This case was finally closed by
the RBI without an investigation and merely on a reply from ICICI Bank.
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Letter issued by RBI to all financial institutions including commercial banks regarding financing of infrastructure projects
(Page 1,
Page 2,
Page 3,
Page 4,
Page 5,
Page 6); 20th February 2002
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Letter
to the Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore
RE: Violations of RBI Circular No. IECD No. /08.12.01/2001-02 dated
20 February 2002 by financiers of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure
Corridor Project (BMICP), July 24, 2002
[Response from RBI (Case filed against ICICI, August 28, 2002);
Response from RBI (January 10, 2003) ]
- Letter
to the International Finance Corporation RE: IFC involvement
in the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) ,
June 18,2002. [Response
from IFC]
- Letter
to the International Finance Corporation RE: IFC Clarification
regarding involvement in the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor
Project (BMICP) of financial institutions funded by IFC, June 28,
2002
- Letter
to ICICI, Reg.: ICICI's potential investment in the Bangalore
Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project, June 19, 2002 [Similar letters
were sent to Life Insurance Corporation, Bank of India, General Insurance
Corporation and Unit Trust of India]
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| Letters to Government Authorities |
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| Letters to Elected Representatives |
| It is estimated that the project will affect nearly 2,00,000 people. Despite
people strongly opposing this project, no effective action has been taken
by the elected representatives. The project continues to recieve their
tacit support. ESG
raised many issues in a letter to the elected representatives of the State
Legislature and Parliament urging them to take necessary action and shelve
this project.
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| Clearances
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| Orders |
- Supreme Court order staying the High Court order approving the Project (Page
1, Page2)
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