Siliguri, Sept. 9: Debashis Chatterjee, a former deputy director-general of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), has described the Teesta Low Dam Project (TLDP) Stage-IV undertaken by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC) at Kalijhora as an invitation to disaster.

?The EIA (environment impact assessment) and EMP (environment management plan) documents for TLDP-IV have left many important aspects unexplained. Vital data has been omitted and their interpretations as well as consequent action plans have not been spelt out. The project, as it has been framed, is an invitation to disaster,? said the former GSI official who was present as an invitee at a news conference, organised by several Siliguri and Calcutta-based voluntary organisations today.

Chatterjee, had come from Calcutta to speak at the public hearing conducted by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board at Kalijhora Bazar yesterday.