Protesting against the Andhra Pradesh Government's move to construct Mahendratanya off-shore project, two MLAs Bharat Paika of BJP and Trinath Sahu of Congress on Wednesday staged a dharna in front of Maharaja Krushan Chandra Gajapati statue on the State Assembly premises. The agitations will be intensified further, they cautioned.
The Mahendratanya River originates from the Rayagada block of Gajapati district. While 80 per cent of it passes through Orissa and only 20 per cent passes through Andhra Pradesh. Without consulting the Orissa Government, the Andhra Pradesh Government has issued a tender to construct a dam on it. It would invest Rs 127 crore for the project. If the project comes up, around 2.5 lakh people of Parlakhemundi Municipalities and people of two blocks will be affected.
The BJP Leaders further said the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy was going to lay the foundation stone for the project on March 22. "Before the laying foundation ceremony, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik should visit the area," they said, adding that the Government should consider constructing a dam on the upper stream of the Mahendratanaya river.
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