Continuing its protest over the Rs 10,000-crore Polavaram power project on the Godavari river in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the Orissa government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court opposing the Centres decision to give an environmental nod for the controversial project.
The Supreme Court SC last week set aside the judgement of the Orissa high court which had quashed the revision of electricity charges on different categories of consumers. Several industries had challenged the Orissa Electricity Reforms Act, especially the provision that enabled the Grid Corporation of Orissa Ltd to increase tariff up to 17 per cent. The high court quashed the tariff notification of 1996 by which certain categories of consumers had to pay more than 17 per cent while some others paid less. The SC justified the difference as certain consumers like farmers were charged only 8.3 per cent, the railway 10 per cent and domestic consumers 17.47 per cent. The SC agreed with the Grid Corporation which argued that the ceiling of 17 per cent tariff raise was not for each category. The corporation was entitled to hike rates in respect of some categories of consumers beyond 17 per cent.
Calcutta, Sept. 4: Rahul Gandhi has been holding rallies somewhere in the country almost every other week. The states where the Congress has been in decline for years 'Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal and Orissa ' seem to be priority areas for his revival strategy for the Congress. But it will be a lot more than this straightforward story when he takes the stage on the Shahid Minar grounds on Monday.
India on Sunday test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range ITR at Chandipur off Orissa coast as part of trials by the defence forces to fine-tune its capability.
The Orissa govt on Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging a go-ahead given by the union environment and forests ministry to an irrigation project in Andhra.
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