The three-member expert committee on the Polavaram project has cancelled its visit to Odisha due to a strong protest by the State Government. The panel, which is currently visiting the project site in Andhra Pradesh, was to undertake its Odisha tour from Friday.
The Odisha Government had written a letter to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) seeking re-imposition of the ban on construction work at the project site in view of its petition regarding the controversial project has been pending in the Supreme Court since 2007.
The Odisha Government has filed the petition against the Andhra Pradesh Government under Article 131 of the Constitution with a prayer to give a verdict that AP has no right or entitlement to undertake or proceed with the construction of the Polavaram project, now known as Indira Sagar project, on Godavari river.