New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here on Thursday met union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil and explained to him the progress of the Polavaram project and the details of the Jal Jeevan Mission-Amarajeevi Jaladhara works recently taken up at a cost of Rs 30,000 crore.
The Chief Minister urged the union Minister to ensure the timely release of funds for both projects and to take steps to resolve several long-pending issues concerning Odisha and Chhattisgarh. He requested the permanent withdrawal of the Stop Work Order issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in connection with the pending public hearings for the protective embankments to be constructed in Odisha and Chhattisgarh as ...