The Roads and Buildings Ministry Dharmana Prasada Rao who is on tour for the day in the Srikakulam District addressed public at Sompet, he told them that nobody can stop the power projects. These projects which were scheduled for the district shall go ahead as the demand for power has increased much.

Whereas in the district the development versus environment and livelihood tussle is on in the lush green fields of bordering Orissa. Replicating protests and concerns elsewhere in the country be it Uttar Pradesh or Orissa, farmers and fishermen here are determined to stop two upcoming thermal power projects in Sompeta and Kakarapalli. Unconvinced by the government's argument that the projects will develop the backward region, local communities say they are ready to go to any extent to stop them — even court death. Fishermen claim that the project coming upon on 3,333 acres of land has already affected their livelihood with their catch coming down by 50 percent in two years. And farmers face inundation of their 30,000 acre farmland in 59 villages as the project has obstructed the natural flow of water to the sea.