Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Local governance ignored as Gram Panchayats await restructuring

Panchayat-level activities, planning and development are at a standstill for months 

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Ineligible for rehabilitation, many in a fix

Several disqualified from rehabilitation process on absurd grounds, found DTE 

Telangana approaches Supreme Court to stop work on Polavaram

Environmental clearance given to the project in 2005 is not applicable today, it contends

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies

The families depended on forest produce but have been moved far away from forest land

Polavaram dam project has opened floodgates of corruption: activists

Activists are calling for setting up of a multi-member judicial commission to do a comprehensive enquiry into the process of land acquisition, …

Simply Put: The Polavaram paradox

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Rehabilitation colonies are unliveable

Toilets overflow in R&R colonies, residents resort to open defecation; some claim they used their compensation money to get constructions fixed

Court curb

Construction at Polavaram stopped

Polavaram project: Police demolish houses in Angaluru village of Andhra Pradesh

To protest the move, nine tribal youth made a self-immolation bid; another woman suffered a heart attack

Polavaram project: Andhra high court stays eviction, demolition in affected areas

At least 15 villages in two districts of the state have been demolished since 2016

Andhra Pradesh chief minister links Krishna, Godavari rivers

Around 80 TMCs of Godavari water were released into the Krishna for diversion to the drought-prone areas of the Rayalseema region

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Several await houses, compensation

DTE travelled to West Godavari district and East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh to evaluate the extent of displacement prompted by Polavaram …

In Court

Polavaram project: Public hearings remain distant dream as Centre, states play blame game

On December 3, the Centre backtracked on its submission to appoint an independent agency to hold public hearings in Odisha and Chhatisgarh

Centre flouts norms to allow Polavaram construction to resume

Mandatory public hearings are still pending in Odisha and Chhattisgarh

Hold public meeting in Polavaram affected areas: SC to Centre

The SC bench, led by Justice Madan B Lokur, also said the project will only move forward after the public hearings are held

Polavaram ordinance: protests by adivasis intensify

Over a dozen MLAs go on indefinite hunger strike in support of adivasi communities impacted by Polavaram irrigation project

Parliament passes controversial Polavaram Bill

The legislation provides for transferring villages in the submergence area in Telangana to Andhra Pradesh

Polavaram in tender turmoil

Court questions awarding of tender for mega dam to a disqualified consortium  

Analysing Polavaram irrigation project

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 14, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Submit report on submergence issues of Palavered, says SC

Telangana fallout: Scrap Polavaram, demand project-affected tribals

They oppose national status to the project under Telangana bill. Polavaram will benefit only Seemandhra and displace about 200,000 people, all in …

Telangana betrays its tribals

Compromises on Polavaram; agrees to exclude villages facing submergence from new state

Andhra CM breaks his silence on Telengana

Demands resolution to water and power sharing problems that will arise between proposed new state and Seemandhra