Telangana Deputy CM meets Naveen Patnaik, Telangana supports Odisha on Polavaram issue

Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister Telangana Sri Kadiyam Srihari called on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik . They discussed Polavaram issue which would impact both the states.

Srihari announced Telangana’s support to Odisha Government’s demand for stopping the project until all concerns are addressed. “We have already made our stand clear and we are with Odisha government as far as Polavaram project is concerned,” said Srihari.

Both Telangana and Odisha are equal losers in Polavaram and both states share a common understanding on the issue, he added.

Naveen Patnaik had earlier wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging not to allow construction of the multipurpose Polavaram Project till all the pending issues are not settled in the Supreme Court.

“It is unfortunate that the construction of the Project is going on at a rapid pace despite the pendency of the matter in the honourable Supreme Court and despite my previous letters on the subject,” the Chief Minister’s had written.

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