Reply affidavit filed on behalf of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the matter of Pentapati Pullarao Vs Union of India & Others, 31/08/2021. The report said that M/s Indira Sagar (Polavaram) multipurpose project, is an irrigation project located in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh and obtained Environmental Clearance, …
THE environment ministry has sought an explanation from the Andhra Pradesh government for beginning work on the on the Polavaram irrigation project without complete environmental clearance. The ministry has asked Andhra why a public hearing on the project has not been held despite repeated reminders stretching over a year-and-a-half. The …
Oct. 6: Irked at a series of objections including legal tangles coming in the way for execution of the Indira Sagar (Polavaram) project, the local MP, Mr Vundavalli Arunkumar, warned of an imminent food crisis and transformation of the Godavari and Krishna delta areas into dry areas. The MP said …
Bhubaneswar: Hearing a petition filed by the Odisha government seeking stay order on final approvals for Polavaram project, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to submit a detailed report within four weeks time. Informing this at a press briefing at the State Secretariat here on Monday, state water …
Oct. 4: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and Andhra Pradesh on a suit filed by Orissa, challenging the construction of Polavaram dam close to the border of the two states on the grounds that it would submerge hundreds of villages of Orissa. While admitting the …
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to file its reply to a plea by the Orissa government for quashing the environment clearance granted to the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh. The state fears that a large part of land would be submerged because …
J. Venkatesan Final approval a deliberate act to make suit infructuous Supreme Court Bench issues notice to Centre Maharashtra and Karnataka can file applications for impleadment New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on Orissa's application seeking a stay on the operation of the final …
THE Orissa government has moved the Supreme Court seeking stay on the forest clearance granted to a multipurpose project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. It is being constructed by the Andhra government on the Godavari at Polavaram. Orissa fears the dam that is part of the project will submerge parts of …
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today slammed the Centre for showering favours on Andhra Pradesh like Polavaram project and blamed the ruling BJD for failing to protect the State interests. Addressing activists of the BJP Yuva Morcha who staged a dharna near Raj Bhawan protesting Polavaram, senior leaders of the party blamed …
K Rajani Kanth / Polavaram September 22, 2010, 0:27 IST The final instalment of our two-part report on the situation on the ground at Polavaram, site of the controversial Indira Sagar project. PART 1: BEFORE THE DELUGE, A SEA OF TRIBAL TEARS Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah has, of …
K Rajani Kanth / Polavaram September 21, 2010, 1:48 IST This is the first of a two-part report on the situation on the ground at Polavaram, site of the controversial Indira Sagar canal project. For 2,705 Koyas, compensation doesn
Bhimavarm, Sept. 15: The East and West Godavari delta project committees demanded for immediate restoration of Polavaram main project works. The committee representatives, Mr Trinadh Reddy and Mr R. Satyanaraya Raju, appealed to the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to use his good offices in taking up the works immediately. …
BHUBANESWAR: President of the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) KP Singhdeo has requested the Centre to issue a statement assuring the people of the State that there will be no loss for Orissa because of the Polavaram project. Singhdeo today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi and discussed the …
Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Monday demanded a white paper from the chief minister Naveen Patnaik, on the steps taken by his government to discuss the Polavaram issue with the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh administration. Briefing newsmen here, senior Congress leader Umesh Chandra Swain urged the state government to make …
BHUBANESWAR: Former Congress MLA Umesh Swain on Monday said that the proposed Posco steel plant should be shifted from the present location to a place south of Jatadhari mouth as displacement will be minimum in this case. Addressing mediapersons here, Swain said that the BJD managers who are organising a …
The Naveen Patnaik government on Sunday came down heavily on the Congress-led government at the Centre saying it was behaving like a party instead of maintaining its character as a responsible constitutional authority. Seven ministers, two Lok Sabha members and 25 MLAs, who addressed a gathering of party workers at …
BHUBANESWAR: POLITICS apart, the facts and figures over the proposed Polavaram project that threatens to submerge 29 tribal villages in Orissa, belie the Centre's claim. The Union Environment Ministry has accepted the Andhra Pradesh Government's promise that with appropriate technical interventions, submergence could be avoided in Orissa's Mottu taluk. But …
BHUBANESWAR: Biju Janata Dal leaders on Sunday slammed the Centre for giving final clearance to the controversial Indira Sagar Polavaram project by ignoring protests from Orissa where 20,000 tribal families of 29 villages are going to be displaced by the dam. Addressing the 'Malkangiri banchao, Polavaram hatao' rally, the BJD …
Will Polavaram be another ecocide zone? Not if we apply the Vedanta logic to it. The Polavaram dam across the river Godavari has been a dream project for several governments in Andhra Pradesh. Most of them had to let it stay at that
BHUBANESWAR: THE Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) today urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to convene an all-party meeting on the Polavaram issue if his Government is really concerned for the interests of the State. Pradesh BJYM president Bibhuti Jena told a media conference here that all political parties of the …
