Letters - The controversial corridor.
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On this page, India Together makes available correspondence regarding the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project.

Correspondence with Legistlators

  • 2002: In letters to the Karnataka legislators and the Members of Parliament, ESG has referred to financial, environmental and social aspects of BMICP and also asked them to look at better transport options for the Bangalore-Mysore corridor.
    To Karnataka Legislators
    To Members of Parliament
Correspondence with Financial Institutions

  • 2002: The International Finance Corporation, (IFC), has significant equity stake in SREI International Finance Ltd, which is beleived to be financing elements of BMIC. ESG has written to SREI stating that since SREI is receiving IFC funding, SREI is required to ensure that the BMIC project is following applicable World Bank policies and guidelines, and Indian environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and standards.

  • 2002: In these letters, the Environment Support Group, Bangalore (ESG), refers the financial institutions to the RBI requirements regarding the financing of infrastructure projects, vide it's circular of Feb 20, 2002.

    To RBI | To ICICI | To UTI | To LIC | To GIC | To BoI | To IFC | To SREI

    IFC's response to ESG | RBI opens a case on ICICI
June 2002: Letters to statutory environment authorities

  • In these letters ESG has asked for disclosure of the status regarding fulfillment of conditions, on the basis of which environmental clearance was given to the expressway component of the BMIC project.

  • June 17, 2002: Letter to KSPCB on the status of fulfilment of conditions to clearances given by the state government.
  • June 17, 2002: Letter to MoEF on the status of fulfilment of conditions to clearances given by the Central government.
  • June 18, 2002: Letter to MoEF requesting for availability of the six-monthly monitoring report

June 2002: Letters to statutory human rights authorities

  • In this letter, ESG has enquired about open case pending at the NHRC, New Delhi.

  • June 17, 2002: Letter to NHRC enquiring about the decision regarding the pending case on human rights violations of the petitioner at the environmental public hearings of the BMIC project, held 2000. The letter also points out that clearances have proceeded without due regard to the open case pending with the NHRC.
  • The open case at the NHRC

October 2001: Public letters to Financial Institutions

  • Letter to HUDCO, Oct 2001.
  • Letter to ICICI, Oct 2001.