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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 resources secretary Suresh Mahapatra said that the state government had filed a case

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.

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.

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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 Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his failure to take up the issue with the Centr

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.

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.

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 Polavaram project.