Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will meet Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on November 9 where he will discuss the dispute on Kotia villages, apart from taking up construction of Neradi barrage on Vamsadhara and completion of Janjhavathi project.
According to the reports, the Chief Minister will explain the need to construct Neradi barrage on Vamsadhara to Odisha CM which will benefit both the states. As per the officials, the Chief Minister that 103 acres of land are required from Odisha to construct the barrage and of which 67 acres of land is a riverbed area and about 5,000 acres in Odisha will get irrigation water with the construction of the barrage.
The report further added that in Odisha, 1,174 acres of land will be submerged. Of the total submerged area, 875 acres is government land. Jagan will request Naveen Patnaik to cooperate in the Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) of the project oustees, which helps expedite its construction. The officials apprised the Chief Minister of recent developments in the disputed Kotia villages. Vizianagaram District Collector A Suryakumari said people of 16 of the total 21 villages have decided to be with Andhra Pradesh.
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will urge Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to cooperate with AP in Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) of the project oustees, which helps speed up construction of Janjhavathi as ryots of two states will benefit from it.
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