VOL - 06 FRIDAY 08 ISSUE NO. 27 DECEMBER, 2017 PAGE-8 BHUBANESWAR HE ALINGA HRONICLE (Air Surchange - 0.50P) T K CDaily Edition: R.N.I. No: ODIENG/2013/52530 2.50 Popular People’s Daily of Odisha FOLLOW US ON TWITTER twritter.com/thekalingchronicle House Body For Maha Naveen Clears Forest Block Bhubaneswar (KC- Minister said that rushed to well of the your letter and media Bhubaneswar (K- in downstream the issue, which will ernment initially ig- N): “The issue of for- Union Minister has House and demanded reports suggesting the CN): Odisha will Odisha. take up the matter nored Chhattisgarh est clearance raised in cited issues related to referring the matter to delay on the part of have another House The decision to with the Centre for Government's actions your letter dated 5 forest clearance and the Privilege Com- NHAI. I would like to Committee. set up the committee setting up a tribunal of constructing December , 2017 is clarify that the project This time, the was taken after a five- to resolve the dispute projects on upstream not related to the con- got delayed for want of the river. struction of the of forest clearances The BJD ignored bridge. I understand and land," the interest of the that no forest clear- Mr.Gadkari wrote to people of the state ance is necessary for Mr.Patnaik on 5 De- then because it was in construction of the cember. coalition with the BJP said bridge as the pro- The Chief Minis- till 2009, Mishra al- posed site is non-for- ter on Monday had leged. est in nature. This has sought Mr.Gadkari's BJP members, been confirmed in the personal intervention however, appealed to letter of State Forest to start work on the the House not to in- authorities (copy en- project near dulge in a blame closed),” the Chief Rourkela. He also game and try to unit- Minister informed said that his govern- edly fight for the Mr.Gadkari stating ment was ready to rights of the people. further that the fund the construction "We are willing Project Director of work if need be. NHAI at Rourkela House Committee hour debate in the with Chhattisgarh. to stand against the has also clarified that Recalling his meeting will take up with the Assembly over the The ruling BJD actions of the above land where with the Chief Minis- Centre the issue of Mahanadi water dis- and Opposition Con- Chhattisgarh for the 2nd bridge over ter Mr.Patnaik in barrage projects be- pute with gress members dur- interest of Odia Brahmani has to be New Delhi last ing constructed by the neighbouring ing the debate blamed people," BJP legisla- constructed is non- land acquisition as mittee. month, Mr.Gadkari Chhattisgarh Gov- Chhattisgarh. the BJP-led NDA ture party leader K V forest. reasons behind the Later, the BJP, said, "I had raised this ernment in the up- Odisha Govern- Government of sup- Singhdeo said. Chief Minister delay in beginning of too, joined in the de- issue of inordinate stream of Mahanadi ment chief whip porting Chhattisgarh Parliamentary said that, there is no the construction mand for the referral. delay in granting ap- river. Amar Prasad Government's "ille- Affairs Minister B K impediment for the work, Mr.Arukha Unable to run the pro- provals by the Forest The Committee Satpathy had earlier gal" activities of Arukha said the State NHAI to start the said. ceeding, Speaker Department and the formation decision in the day moved a blocking free flow of Government has time construction work "However, I want Pradip Kumar Amat State Government was taken after mem- motion on the issue. water in the river and again opposed even tomorrow. to inform the House adjourned the House during the meeting. bers cutting across As the debate Mahanadi. such activities of the “I assure you to that there is no re- thrice. Major projects party lines said such concluded, Leader of Oppo- Chhattisgarh Gov- extend all support of quirement of forest Normalcy, how- stretching 500 km projects would ad- Mr.Satpathy pro- sition Narasingha ernment, but the Cen- the State Government clearance for con- ever, returned after and worth Rs 5000 versely affect the posed to set up a Mishra of Congress tre has turned into a in NHAI works,” he struction of the Mr.Amat said he crore have been held livelihood of people House Committee on said the State Gov- "mute" spectator. said. bridge as it is not lo- would give a ruling up in the state for Earlier, the State cated in any forest on the matter by the want of land and Rahul Gandhi asks Mani Shankar Aiyar to Legislative Assembly area. This apart, there end of today's pro- clearances." had today witnessed is also no delay in ceedings. The Union Min- apologise for 'neech' remarks against PM three consecutive ad- land acquisition issue The Union Min- ister also stated that journments over the related to bridge con- ister had refuted alle- the Odisha govern- letter of Mr.Gadkari struction," he said. gations of indiffer- ment should appreci- to the Chief Minister State BJP leader ence on the part of ate the fact that he on the issue. K V Singh Deo de- Centre in executing approved a six-lane Parliamentary nied Mr.Arukha's the second bridge bridge instead of a Affairs Minister claim and said work project over two-lane one as pro- Bikram Keshari is delayed due to the Brahmani river and posed by the State Arukha said in State forest clearance and held the Odisha Gov- government, in view Legislative Assembly land acquisition-re- ernment responsible of the growing traffic that work of the lated issues. for its delay. and socio-economic bridge, whose foun- The State Gov- In response to importance of the dation stone was laid ernment has not been Chief Minister route. by Union Transport cooperating in the Naveen Patnaik's let- Mr.Gadkari said and Highways Minis- bridge construction ter on Monday, his ministry has been ter Nitin Gadkari, is and therefore, the de- Mr.Gadkari said the proactively taking up yet to start "even af- lay, Mr.Singh Deo al- State government development of na- ter months". leged. was yet to issue for- tional highways in Referring to a let- As the ruling est clearance and ini- Odisha. Road ter of the Union min- BJD and Opposition tiate land acquisition projects spanning ister to Chief Minis- BJP members de- process. 3,121 km is currently ter Naveen Patnaik bated on this, Con- "I was surprised being undertaken in today on the issue, the gress members and pained to receive the State. NEW DELHI(K- Mr. Mani Shankar CN): Congress Vice Aiyer to address the President Rahul Prime Minister. Both Donald Trump Jerusalem move Gandhi on Thursday the Congress and I asked senior party expect him to leader Mani Shankar apologise for what he sparks Palestinian protests, clashes Aiyar to apologise for said," Gandhi his "neech" barb tweeted. US President Donald from Turkey, the Eu- Bank amid uncer- Israeli forces dis- said. "It is time to offi- against Prime Minis- Earlier in the day, Trump's recognition ropean Union and tainty over the fall- persed several hun- Trump's defiant cially recognise ter Narendra Modi. Aiyar called Modi a of Jerusalem as Russia. out, while clashes be- dred protesters with move -- making good Jerusalem as the capi- Expressing his "bahut neech kisam Israel's capital Israeli Prime tween Palestinians tear gas at a check- on a pledge made tal of Israel," he said thoughts on Twitter, ka aadmi" who is sparked Palestinian Minister Benjamin and Israeli security point at the entrance during his 2016 presi- in a speech from the Gandhi said that it is practising "dirty poli- protests, clashes and Netanyahu however forces erupted in to Ramallah, while dential campaign -- White House on not the Congress tics". Prem Chopra, a call for a new lavished praise on various areas. the Palestinian Red ends seven decades of Wednesday, urging party's culture to use Rajneesh Duggal, Crescent reported US ambiguity on the calm and "the voices such language against Bruna Abdullah intifada on Thursday Trump, saying his In a speech in political opponents. Finance Minister as fears grew of fresh name would now be Gaza City, Hamas dozens wounded status of the Holy of tolerance to prevail "BJP and Prime Arun Jaitley, reacting bloodshed in the re- associated with leader Ismail Haniya from tear gas, rubber City, which is over the purveyors of Minister routinely to Aiyer's comment gion. Jerusalem’s long his- called for a new bullets and live fire in claimed by both Is- hate." use filthy language to said that the Congress Trump's an- tory and urging other intifada, or uprising. the West Bank. raelis and Palestin- - 'Darker times' - attack the Congress party has challenged nouncement also countries to follow Protests were Three Palestin- ians. But his willing- party. The Congress the weaker and back- prompted an almost his lead. held in West Bank cit- ians were wounded Trump said it ness to part with in- has a different culture ward sections of In- universal diplomatic The Israeli mili- ies including east of the city of marks the start of a ternational consensus and heritage. I do not dia by calling the backlash that contin- tary deployed hun- Ramallah, Hebron Khan Yunis in the "new approach" to on such a sensitive appreciate the tone prime minister ued on Thursday, dreds more troops to and Nablus, as well as Gaza Strip, medical solving the Israeli- issue drew increas- and language used by 'neech'.