Published : Times of India
/11-Oct-2017
Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Shri N Chandrababu Naidu to stop construction of the Polavaram project immediately. In a letter to Shri Naidu, the Odisha Chief Minister Shri Patnaik said construction of the Polavaram is going on at a rapid pace without correctly assessing the design flood and backwater extent in Malkangiri district of the state. He also stated that the construction is in violation of Godavari Water Dispute Tribunal.