BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh reiterated today that the final approval for diversion of forest land for Polavaram (Indira Sagar) project is subject to compliance of several conditions by the Andhra Pradesh Government and the user agency concerned.

In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Union Minister has said that the Ministry of Triba

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 9: Stung by the Posco episode, Orissa government on Monday demanded immediate withdrawal of forest clearance accorded to the Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh.

Ch. R.S Sarma

The proposed mega Polavaram dam project on the Godavari is an unmitigated disaster, but the Andhra Pradesh Government, as well as the bureaucrats and so-called

Hyderabad, June 27: Congress leaders in Seema-Andhra have stepped up their defence for the multi-purpose Polavaram project and have flayed the attempts of some Telangana leaders to stall the project from getting national status.

Guntur, May 17: The Praja Rajyam (PR) president, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, demanded that the state government send an all-party committee to Delhi to mount pressure on the Central government to accord national project status for Polarvaram Project.

May 13: The Praja Rajyam chief, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, vowed to continue efforts to mount pressure upon both the Centre and state governments to expedite the construction of the multi-purpose Indira Sagar (Pola-varam) project and also to get national project status for it by taking up a padayatra and hunger strike.

Hyderabad, May 11: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday directed the irrigation department not to make any changes in the designs of the Polavaram multi-purpose project and take steps to complete it by 2014.

Rajahmundry, May 3: The Praja Rajyam chief, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, will launch his bus tour, demanding that the Centre and state governments expedite the multi-utility Indira Sagar (Polavaram) project at Antarvedi village in East Godavari on May 5; and will continue his tour in several districts until its culmination at a public meeting at Polavaram village in West Godavari on May 19.

Rajahmundry, April 11: The Chief Minister, Dr K. Rosaiah, vowed to make efforts with the Centre to get national project status for the Indira Sagar (Pola-varam), Devadula and Pranahita-Chevella projects.