Tag: Polavaram

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to intensify its stir against the project, the party will stage protests on today in front of the district collector offices in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Ganjam, Gajapati, and Kandhamal. According to sources, the party will submit a memorandum addressed to the President. Also Read:BJD seeks Prez intervention in Polavaram project […]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is likely to join hands with the Chhattisgarh Janata Congress (CJC) and Telengana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to protest the ongoing Polavaram multi-purpose dam project in Andhra Pradesh. “Though Chhattisgarh and Odisha have differences of opinion on Mahanadi river water sharing, I hope that regional parties of both the states […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD will stage a dharna in front of the Raj Bhawan today as a mark of protest against the Polavaram project and will submit a memorandum addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee through the Governor. Moreover, in a bid to intensify its stir against the project, the party will stage protests on September […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though two regional parties – Telengana Rastra Samiti (TRS) and Chhattisgarh Janata Congress, have decided to protest against Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh, the ruling BJD in Odisha which has been protesting the construction work of the project for a long time, is yet to decide to join the former for a bigger […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD which had a brainstorming session to discuss about the contentious Polavaram project, at Naveen Niwas yesterday, came up with a series of action plan today. Talking to media persons here, BJD spokesperson Surya Narayan Patro said despite being aware of the fact that the matter is sub judice in the Supreme […]

Amidst vehement protest by Odisha against the construction of the ongoing Polavaram multi-purpose dam project in Andhra Pradesh, Union minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu today said the Supreme Court has not asked to stop Central allocation to the said project

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Centre will bear all expenses towards construction of the Polavaram project on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to submit report on the implementation of its public hearing and stop work order at Polavaram project site. The Tribunal asked the ministry to submit a status report within two weeks on the project and the Office Memorandum issued […]

New Delhi: The state of Andhra Pradesh today appeared before the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) and sought time to respond to the petition filed by Odisha and Chhattisgarh on the Polavaram. “The tribunal has granted the required time to the State of Andhra Pradesh,” said senior advocate Atulya Jha. According to sources, the next hearing […]

Odisha government has informed the Andhra Pradesh government it would not hold public hearing in the areas that stand to be affected by the Polavaram project in the neighbouring State

Bhubaneswar: A day after BJD MPs opposed the Polavaram project in the Parliament; ruling party legislators raked up the issue in the State assembly today protesting the central government’s stand on the matter. While the Congress and BJP created ruckus inside the house over the irregularities in the recruitment of engineers; the ruling party legislators […]

New Delhi: Parliamentarians of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) opposed the Centre’s financial assistance for the contentious Polavaram irrigation project being built on Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh .in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to a query during question hour, Finance minister Arun Jaitlety said that the national project will get the required financial assistance for […]

After the controversial Polavaram multi-purpose project in Andhra Pradesh, another project in a neighbouring state is all set to pit Odisha against the Centre. A fresh row is building up between the two over the upcoming super thermal power project by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) at Lara in Chhattisgarh bordering Odisha, if an exclusive report aired by OTV is anything to go by

Rajya Sabha member Dilip Tirkey on Thursday urged the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government to solve the problems relating to the rehabilitation of the villagers of Odisha to be affected by the upcoming Polavaram multi-purpose dam in the neighbouring state

Bhubaneswar: In a new twist to the issue of Polavaram project, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati today said Odisha is yet to keep its answer on rehabilitation package recommended in the Gopalkrishana committee.