The Samata Kranti Dal (SKD) on Monday staged a demonstration near the Raj Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum to the President through the Governor urging him to intervene in the issue of the controversial Polavaram project of Andhra Pradesh.
“The NDA Government at the Centre recently at its Cabinet meeting approved the Ordinance relating to the Polavaram project which was later assented to by the President. like the outgoing UPA Government, the present NDA Government at the Centre is not aware about how the people of Odisha are to be affected by the project,” said former Union Minister and Samata Kranti Dal founder Braja Kishore Tripathy.
He explained how the project would prove disastrous for Odisha.SKD president and Biramitrapur MlA George Tirkey decried the Union Government’s eagerness for the project and warned that agitation would be intensified across the State against the project.
As per reports, 6,950 hectare of lands would be submerged while 4,822 tribals would be displaced for the project in the Motu area in Malkangiri district.