Andhra MLAs urge Collector to take up more projects in Kotia Post News Network
Pottangi: The dispute over territorial rights on Kotia panchayat of Koraput district between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh governments has refused to abate with the latter allegedly refusing to budge from the area.
On the contrary, the Andhra Pradesh authorities are keeping a close watch on every move taking place in the area, a report said.
The dispute over the territorial rights on Kotia panchayat in Koraput district is now sub-judice in Supreme Court.
Odisha government has approached the Supreme Court, but even before the apex court could pronounce its judgement, concerned administrations of both the states are implementing parallel developmental projects in the area.
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Chandigarh, July 15
The special CBI court, Panchkula, on Thursday sent three accused arrested in a Rs 5-lakh bribery case related to the pending bills of Parbati Hydroelectric Project in Kullu, HP to five-day police remand.
Harjeet Singh Puri, Chief General Manager (CGM) (Finance), NHPC, Faridabad; Sunil Mendiratta, Senior General Manager (Project) of Gammon CMC Joint Venture and Sanchit Saini, Delhi resident, were arrested on Wednesday.
On Thursday, CBI counsel Kanwar Pal Singh sought seven-day remand on the ground that earlier also bribe had been paid and interrogation was must to unearth the racket.
As per the CBI, the Gammon CMC Joint Venture was working in Parbati Hydroelectric Project (Stage-II) of the NHPC located near Kullu and has two claims of Rs 1.36 crore and Rs 1.9 crore and pending bills of Rs 2 crore. Mendiratta requested the NHPC CGM to clear the dues, for which he allegedly demanded the bribe. On Wednesday, the agency laid a trap and he was caught accepting
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Our Correspondent
Kullu, July 14
As many as 40 slippers of deodar were recovered from a pickup vehicle (HP-66-4649) near Chharodnala on the Manikaran-Bhuntar road of this district late yesterday night.
A forest team had set up a naka at Chila Mour. A jeep came from Jari was heading towards Bhuntar around 2 am. The team signalled the driver to stop but he fled from the spot.
He was chased and caught. Slippers were found in the jeep and three persons were on board.
The police were informed and the vehicle was impounded. A case has been registered and further investigations were underway.
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