Odisha CM Writes To PM To Stop Construction Of Polavaram Project

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop construction of the Polavaram Project until all pending issues are resolved.

In a letter, he expressed concern over the rapid pace at which project work was on.

“In the context of Polavaram project, I have addressed letters dated 16.09.2015, 23.11.2017 and  12.07.2018  to the Prime  Minister, wherein I have  mentioned that the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF and CC) has kept the ‘Stop Work Order’ in abeyance from time to time without informing the state.”

The Chief Minister said that if the project is completed before the resolution of all the pending issues, it will lead to a situation, which will submerge large amount of forest area and fertile land along with a number of villages resulting in displacement of primitive tribal population in Malkangiri district.

Earlier, environmental clearance was given to the project on October 25, 2005.  Due to change in the scope of the project, MoEF vide a letter dated February 8, 2011, directed the Government of Andhra Pradesh not to start the construction work until further appraisal of the project by the MoEF, he said.

At the request of Andhra Pradesh CM, MoEF and CC issued a ‘Stop Work Order’ for six months on February 27, 2013. The ‘Stop Work Order’ was further kept on abeyance for six months by MoEF and CC vide a letter dated January 1, 2014, he added.

OB Bureau

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