Tag: Kotia Border Dispute

There seems to be no end to Kotia dispute. Officials of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh once again confronted each other on Monday over setting up of a hydroelectric project. There has already been border issue between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

Odisha and Andhra Pradesh have identified the same location in Kotia to set up a hydroelectric plant.

It seems the Andhra Pradesh government has chalked out master plans under which it is offering different schemes to lure the villagers. The officials of the neighbouring state have intensified their actions after the Chief Secretary of Odisha, Suresh Mohapatra visited the disputed region to analyse the situation.

Caught between the two states, the residents of Singhajhola, Tanku, Jabada and Turuku village under Kumuganda gram panchayat of Bandhugaon block in Koraput district alleged that the Odisha government does not provide them basic facilities. 

A division bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar heard the contempt petition (C) No 172/2021 on Wednesday and deferred the hearing until the pronouncement of judgment in another petition filed by Odisha (Diary No. 2175 of 2022).

While the Odisha government medical team was busy treating the villagers, an ambulance with some medical staff from Tonam health centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Salur Mandal reached Phatuseneri village to carry out an inspection of the residents suffering from diarrhoea.

A volunteer employed by the Andhra government was recently seen undertaking a data collecting exercise for the issuance of health cards to residents in Kotia, which has become a bone of contention between Andhra and Odisha. 

While voting for the Panchayat polls in Kotia is scheduled to be held on February 18, Koraput Collector has said that elections will be held as usual in all the 13 wards of the Gram Panchayat

Collector of Vizianagaram Surya Kumari along with 60-70 administrative officials reached Deomali in 15 government vehicles at around 11 am on Sunday.

Malkangiri: Amidst the ongoing standoff between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over Kotia village, the neighbouring State has now set its eye on another bordering village. Though the land belongs to Odisha, Andhra Pradesh is allegedly extending all welfare schemes to the residents of Jumadanga village under Swabhiman Anchal of Chitrakonda block in Malkangiri district. It […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government which has been facing the heat of the Opposition over Kotia border dispute has once again found itself in the eye of storm after the Andhra…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday filed a fresh suit in the Supreme Court against the Andhra Pradesh government’s attempt to conduct elections for the post of Panchayat Samiti and…

Bhubaneswar: Making it clear that the State will not give up the fight to protect its territory, Odisha government has reportedly planned to move Supreme Court against Andhra Pradesh over the ongoing border dispute in Kotia region of Koraput district. As per reports, the Additional District Collector of Koraput and the government lawyer on Monday […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over holding of panchayat polls by Andhra Pradesh in disputed region of Kotia in Koraput and other bordering villages, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday urged the Odisha Chief Minister to take timely action. “Andhra Pradesh’s effort to involve Odisha people in its panchayat polls by crossing the geographical border in Koraput, […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing tension between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh over conduct of elections in the disputed Kotia area, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Pradipta Nayak on Wednesday shot off a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and proposed formation of an independent agency to resolve the issues. Stating that the residents living in the bordering […]