Former Minister Buaggna Rajendranath Reddy flayed the coalition government for spreading lies on the Polavaram issue and said if Amaravati takes preference over the national project then it is a very bad sign.
Speaking to media on Monday he said YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government has undone the mistakes committed by the TDP during 2014 to 2019 and it is time for the Chandrababu Naidu government not to compromise on the Polavaram project.
The TDP government has committed a blunder by accepting to the old rates of 2010 -11 covering only the irrigation component despite the spike in costs and the increase in the number of displaced persons and also not covering the drinking water component en route.
After Jagan Mohan Reddy assumed office, we could undo the mistakes by our relentless efforts and if Covid did not happen, the project would have been completed.
The project, which actually took off during YS Rajsekhar Reddy’s tenure, was neglected by Chandrababu Naidu with his Pattiseema misadventure.
Pattiseema was nothing but the right bank canal as envisioned by Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy. In Polavaram water flows by gravity instead of lift.
The State did not object to the recent decision of the Centre on height of the and TDP has been blatantly telling lies.
He read out the correspondence on matters related to height reduction from 45.72 metres to 41.5 metres, the irrigation and other components, and the confusion created by the present government.
On Pawan Kalyan’s comments, he said the Deputy Chief Minister is part of the Government which means he is questioning his own government.
