Polavaram project: ITDA to hold talks with representatives on compensation
The Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, applies to the tribal areas that fall in the Vth Schedule of the Constitution.
In an official release issued on Wednesday, Chintoor ITDA Project Officer Apoorva Bharat said; 'The Grama Sabhas have been completed in these 30 villages that will be submerged in the Polavaram irrigation project. The second round of talks will be held with public representatives of the respective village on Thursday at the ITDA office in Chintoor, Alluri Sitarama Raju district.
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