Over 300 anti-Polavaram activists of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telengana assembled at Koraput on Thursday and vowed to fight against the multi-purpose project.

The NGT, after considering the affidavit on Monday, adjourned hearing to January

The petitioner stated that the design of the project had been changed several times.

BEHRAMPUR: The BJD on Tuesday staged demonstrations in front of collectors' offices in seven southern districts, upping the ante over the multi-purpose Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh.

BJD leaders staged a dharna in front of Raj Bhavan opposing Polavaram project and a party delegation led by Tribal Development Minister Lal Bihari Himirika submitted a memorandum to President Prana

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the counsel for the Environment Ministry to submit a status report on the project and the Office Memorandum issued by it for stopping

Centre jacks up its share for the nationalised project.

The government will complete the Polavaram project by 2018 just as it completed Pattiseema in a record time of one year, said Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Union Budget allots just Rs 100 crore for the project.