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
International Day of Indigenous People: Floods in Godavari shed lights on tribals displaced by Polavaram
Project was hastily thrust on the people in 2004 without any clearances from any government authority
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