The Irrigation Minister said the State Government has taken up the issue of inter-State water disputes with the Maharashtra Government and also with the Central Water Commission

The Andhra Pradesh Government has initiated a process to chart out a master plan that seeks to optimise use of water from overflowing reservoirs by creating new bunds and dams to bring more areas under cultivation.

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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 suit, a bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and M.K.

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Ramadoss for a meeting of Chief Ministers concerned

THANJAVUR: Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S.

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 late, reiterated that the Indira Sagar project would be completed according to schedule by 2014.

The frayed tempers of BJP leaders of Rajasthan over the alleged denial to their state of its rightful share of river waters by the Punjab government were soothed here today by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal by declaring that no injustice would be done to the neighbouring state.

Badal made this promise when a delegation of BJP leaders, including present and former MLAs, MPs and minsters belo

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New Delhi: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that a decision had been taken to constitute a tribunal to hear the water dispute between the States of Goa and Karnataka relating to the construction of the Kalasa Banduri project across the Mandovi river.

A Bench of Justices Mukundakam Sharma and Anil R.

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 State are ready to fight the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre for

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

Stresses that Kerala is dependent on Tamil Nadu for commodities

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