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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the work of Polavaram Project.
Bhubaneswar: On Monday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the construction of Polavaram irrigation project saying it will cause permanent injury to the interests of Odisha and its people.
“I would earnestly request you to kindly intervene in the matter and give appropriate direction to stop the construction work of the Polavaram Project immediately until all the pending issues are resolved,” Patnaik wrote to the Prime Minister.
If the construction work of Polavaram project is not stopped forthwith, it will have immense adverse impact on the people living in the tribal districts of Malkangiri. The submergence of tribal villages resulting in mass displacement of primitive tribal, flooding of fertile agriculture lands and submergence of large extent of forest areas would have irreversible consequences,” Patnaik said.
He said Odisha residents will face several problems due to the project, including submergence of tribal land, flooding of fertile agricultural land and mass displacement of villagers.
The Polavaram project is declared as a national project in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, does not qualify for the status as it does not satisfy the set standards, he added.
The Polavaram project dam is being built on the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh in order to divert the flow of water to river Krishna and other rivers.
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