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, …
BHUBANESWAR: Maintaining that the Centre had given conditional clearance to Polavaram dam project, the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) criticised the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for trying to politicise the issue. BJD is trying to politicise the issue even after the assurance given by Union Minister of State for Environment …
BHUBANESWAR: President of Utkal Bharat party Kharabela Swain today dared the Government to prove that Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project will adversely affect the State.
Environmental fundamentalism is proving a major hurdle to economic development in India A V Rajwade / New Delhi September 06, 2010, 0:39 IST Continuing the last week
Continuing its protest over the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram power project on the Godavari river in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the Orissa government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court opposing the Centre
A joint statement on the Government's decision regarding Vedanta. A recent decision by Mr. Jairam Ramesh, [Union] Minister [of State] for Environment and Forests banning the mining of Bauxite in the Niyamgiri hill of Kalahandi district in Orissa (which is home to Tribal communities) by Vedanta Resources is a matter …
Bhubaneshwar, Sept. 5: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday upped its ante against the Centre and announced that it would hold a massive public rally at Malkangiri on September 12, to protest against the latter
Bhubaneswar: Taking a dig at the unilateral decision of the Centre to give go-ahead signal to the contentious Polavarm project in Andhra Pradesh, BJD Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Thursday said that a protest meeting will be held in Malkangiri district soon. Briefing newsmen here, Mohapatra, while terming …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Centre has justified in the Supreme Court the grant of clearance for the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh, and said protection against submergence would be ensured. In its response to the suit filed by Orissa seeking suspension of work on the Polavaram Indira Sagar Project, …
The Orissa government would soon move the Supreme Court, seeking scrapping of the clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh, according to senior state officials. State Water Resources Secretary Suresh Mohapatra told The Indian Express a …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi September 01, 2010, 1:20 IST A 15-year agreement between India and Britain that assures equitable treatment to cross-border investors from both countries may technically permit Vedanta to seek legal action against the central government if its investments in Orissa suffer for no fault of …
The Orissa government will move the Supreme Court against the clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. Naveen Patnaik
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to move the Supreme Court against the clearance granted by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry to the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. A petition will be filed in the Supreme Court in a day or two seeking scrapping …
Bhubaneswar: Terming UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's nod to give national status to Congress-led Andhra Pradesh Government as betrayal to Odisha, the Biju Yuva Janata Dal on Sunday threatened that it would resort to statewide protests in coming days. In a release, BYJD state coordinator Sanjay Das Burma said that at …
Allotment of alternative bauxite mines to Vedanta being examined. Naveen PatnaikThe Orissa government has said it will continue to oppose the proposed Polavaram power plant on the Godavari, even as the chairperson of the ruling UPA at the Centre, Sonia Gandhi, has assured the Andhra Pradesh government that national status …
IN THE backdrop of the Environment Ministry asking the Orissa government — where the Congress is in opposition — to stop work at South Korean major Posco’s project site, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has raised the red flag over Polavaram project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh ruled by the Congress. Patnaik …
TUESDAY will go down as one of the worst days for Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Orissa for more than a decade. The Union ministry for environment & forests on Tuesday scrapped Orissa Mining Corporation
The Orissa Chief Minister, Mr Naveen Patnaik, on Monday took up the controversial Polavaram issue with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and sought his intervention to ensure that not a single village in Orissa was inundated.Constructed by the Andhra Pradesh government over the Godavari river, the multi-purpose Polavaram dam …
New Delhi: Facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in his State, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to raise concerns over recommendations of a government panel on the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.Mr. Patnaik said he would apprise Dr. Singh on the adverse effects …
