Bhubaneswar: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday requested the Odisha government for an amicable solution to the Polavaram irrigation project issue. The offer by the neighbouring state came after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Monday asked as to why it should not be issued show cause notice for stopping the project work on the project. The MoEF pulled up the AP government for beginning work on the project without holding public hearings in the nearby states of Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Briefing newsmen at the State Secretariat here, water resources secretary Suresh Mohapatra said that he has received a letter from his counterpart in the AP government asking for an amicable solution to the controversial multi-purpose Polavaram project. I have received a letter from the AP government seeking amicable solution on the Polavaram issue. We have also been requested to fix a date and place for sitting, the secretary said. Meanwhile, after his return to Bhubaneswar, chief minister Naveen Patnaik hoped that the Centre would take an appropriate decision on the Polavaram issue as thousands of people of Malkanagiri would be displaced and 100 hectares of forest land would be submerged. Public hearings must take place in the affected areas. The grievances of people of the affected areas should be taken into consideration and there should be compensation and rehabilitation package for both displacement and submergence, Patnaik said and hoped that the Centre would take a proper stand. In a letter to the Andhra Pradesh government, the MoEF asked it to provide details of the construction status of the dam and also explain why a formal show-cause should not be issued for not following norms. Why a show cause notice should not be issued formally under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act as work on the project is continuing without getting the environment clearance amended for additional components like construction of embankments, drainage sluices and pumping arrangements, the letter said.