Orissa water resources minister Mr Basavaraj Bommai has declared that no water will be supplied from the reservoirs here for the proposed steel plant of POSCO at Halligudi.

Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the Itagi Sasalavada lift irrigation project in Sirahatti, Mr Basavaraj said that “We will not supply water from Singataluru lift irrigation, Hammigi barrage or Alamatti reservoir for POSCO or any other industry to be set up here.”

He claimed that the BJP government had a policy against distributing water for purposes other than irrigation and drinking, but added that projects that were approved before the BJP came into power were excluded from this policy.

(Sourced from DHNS)