: In Rajasthan, villagers are standing up to green energy companies to protect sacred groves and birds #IndiaNEWS The oran (sacred grove) is an integral part of Rajasthan’s culture. Rich in biodiversity

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In Rajasthan, villagers are standing up to green energy companies to protect sacred groves and birds #IndiaNEWS
The oran (sacred grove) is an integral part of Rajasthan’s culture. Rich in biodiversity and usually with water bodies within, orans are akin to oases in the dry state. The orans in Jaisalmer, also a habitat of the great Indian bustard, are currently the site of disagreement between renewable energy companies and local residents.Protesting against the proposed green energy infrastructure that could disturb the orans, residents of 10-12 villages, including Bhimsar, Devda, Rasla and Achla, marched 60 km in June to hand over a memorandum to the district collector, against the power companies.The villagers allege that power lines, as part of a solar power plant project, are being proposed to be laid right in the centre of Jaisalmer’s Degrai oran. Sumer Singh Bhati, a resident of Sanwata village of Jaisalmer district, highlights the dangers of these high-tension wires in the Degrai oran, “The solar-power company has fixed the height of the high-tension wires at 20 feet.� “Camels, one of the main sources of transportation, are themselves 10 feet in height, and if we add the height of the rider, around 3 feet while seated, it comes to a total of 13 feet,� Bhati said. “In this case, there is a gap of only seven...Read more

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