The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to file its response on Orissa government's plea for quashing clearance granted by Environment Ministry to the controversial Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh. Orissa fears it would inundate several parts of the state. A Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma issued A notice to the Centre after senior counsel Raju Ramachandran, appearing for Orissa government, submitted that the project would adversely affect the interests of the state. According to Andhra Pradesh government, the project will provide drinking water to three million people, produce 960MW of power and give 23,500 million cubic feet of water to the industries. In a fresh application, Orissa government urged the apex court to quash the clearance on the ground that it would affect the lives of thousands of people in the state due to the massive embankment being constructed by Andhra Pradesh.