The Conoco case study clearly proves that Social and Environmental Groups can influence major infrastructure projects at any point of time and will cause huge economical lose and ends with significant impact on future developments in the particular region. The Koodangulam Nuclear project is a lively example where now local village people went on indefinite hunger strike to stop the plant construction after Fukushima incident.
In order to promote better and knowledgeable social and environmental groups, the Planning Commission of India started a NGO partnership system in consultation with the various ministries and departments of Govt of India. According to the system, the Voluntary Organisations and NGOs are requested to register with the NGO partnership system to assess information on various schemes of the participating ministries open for grants. This scheme will really motivate the NGOs for a meaningful participation in Govt. Schemes and this can be further extended to all sectors particularly infrastructure development sector for having good relationship with voluntary organisations and for faster, better transparency, efficiency and accountability of infrastructure developments in the country.
Reference: http://ngo.india.gov.in/auth/default.php
K. Narayanaperumal
