more-inAccusing the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of misleading the State Aassembly about the Polavaram project, senior Congress Member of Parliament K V P Ramachandra Rao asked for a white paper on the issue. Don't you know that these funds were not even half of the total project cost of ₹54,000 crore as estimated by your own government? "asked Mr. Rao in his letter to the Chief Minister. Polavaram project is a multipurpose dam-cum- irrigation project in West Godavari and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. On Wednesday, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Modi not to allow the construction of the dam until all pending issues (including impact on neighbouring States) were resolved.

Source: The Hindu November 30, 2017 18:00 UTC