People of Gajapati district have expressed strong resentment over the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for cooperation in the construction of the Neradi barrage on the Vansadhara river.The people demand that Odisha must lodge its protest against the construction of Neradi dam. Utkal Sammilani State vice-president Purna Chandra Mohapatra, district president Goura Chandra Panda and many other prominent personalities of Gajapati strongly reacted against the AP CM’s letter. They said due to the barrage, there would be water crisis in both Gajapati and Rayagada districts. Not only that, the wells, tube-wells and other water sources would completely dry up leading to a horrible situation, they said.