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TRS MPs oppose Polavaram ordinance in LS

New Delhi: The Ordinance over the Polavaram irrigation project triggered the first protest in the 16th Lok Sabha with TRS members storming the Well against the measure.BJD members, led by B Mahtab, were on their

Last month the government had promulgated an ordinance merging some villages and mandals of Telangana into Seemandhra in a bid to deal with resettlement and rehabilitation of those displaced by the Polavaram project.

The ordinance aims at facilitating smooth resettlement and rehabilitation on part of the multi-purpose project which will help in irrigation and power generation.

The amendment will enable land for land in the same revenue division where people will be displaced.