The Supreme Court on Monday turned down Orissa's plea to stay construction of the controversial Polavaram dam by Andhra Pradesh and directed former Central Water Commission member M. Gopalakrishnan, to inspect the project along with CWC and submit separate reports to it.

A bench of justices also asked submit the specified reports to the apex court by July 19, the next date of hearing. The apex court, however, refused to entertain Orissa's plea for staying the dam's construction.The bench, while refusing to stay the construction, assured the counsel that it would examine the plea if and when a situation arises.

Published Date : Tuesday, 12/4/2011 2:03 PM IST