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- Former Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, now a BJP leader, has urged the Andhra Pradesh government to resume talks with Odisha and Chhattisgarh to complete land acquisition for the Polavaram irrigation project.
- Eight villages in Chhattisgarh and four in Odisha fall in the project's submergence area, and without acquiring that land, Andhra Pradesh cannot store water in the project to its fullest capacity.
- He said the Centre will bear the rehabilitation and resettlement cost in the two neighbouring States under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, and that completing the process should be easy since the BJP governs both States.
- Both neighbouring States would also benefit if the land acquisition is done, he added.
What to watch next
- Whether the Andhra Pradesh government reopens land acquisition talks with Odisha and Chhattisgarh
- Action by the Centre on the rehabilitation and resettlement package under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014
- Progress on land acquisition in the eight Chhattisgarh and four Odisha villages in the submergence area
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