New Delhi, Dec 9: Union Minister of State for Water Resources, Sanjeev Balyan yesterday informed the Lok Sabha that the controversial Polavaram project is in an advanced state and it will not be feasible to stop it right now.
While replying to BJD MP, Balabhadra Majhi’s question on the project, Balyan also told that the project was based on the 1980 agreement between Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Raising the Polavaram issue, Majhi questioned as to how the project was declared as a National project by the Centre without conducting ‘Palli Sabhas’ or ‘Gram Sabhas.’ Replying to Majhi, Balyan informed the house that on June 2, 2016, a meeting was called by the Water Resources ministry and the two states were informed about public hearing.
