"Polavaram is a very
important project and the Andhra Pradesh government has already spent
Rs 6,000 crore on it. Hence we requested the Chhattisgarh government to
co-operate (with AP) in constructing it. We have allayed their
apprehensions about submergence of villages on their side and assured
that the best rehabilitation and resettlement package will be given,"
Chandrababu told reporters after returning to Hyderabad on Monday.
He recalled that the
then states of (undivided) Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, along
with Orissa, had signed two agreements in 1978 and 1980 about the
Polavaram project on Godavari river by constructing a protective
embankment along areas facing likely to be submerged.
"I have explained to
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh about the agreements and also
that Polavaram has now been declared a national project. In fact, the
Central Water Commission, Planning Commission, forest and environmental
clearances were given to Polavaram based on the 1978 and 1980 agreements
between the three states. The national project status was also
conferred, based on the same agreements," Naidu said.
"Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Raman Singh said a case is pending in the Supreme Court against
Polavaram, but since it's a very crucial project and all clearances
have been granted, I requested his government not to object and to
co-operate in completing the project. I also told him that a liberal
rehabilitation package will be offered," the AP Chief Minister said.
Source: News in Hindi and Newspaper
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