Says there is not enough water to generate the power claimed

Chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) Madhav Gadgil said in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday that the Athirappilly hydel project was undesirable, not just on environmental, but on technical and economic grounds also. During an interaction with the media on the sidelines of an international conference on Conservation of Forests, Wildlife and Ecology, he said the WGEEP report had termed the project undesirable on the basis of inputs provided by the River Research Foundation.