New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday called on Union Minister Amit Shah and discussed various issues concerning the state, including raising its borrowing limit and funds for the Polavaram Project. According to official sources, Reddy during the meeting reiterated the state government’s demand to restore the net borrowing […]
Hyderabad: Telangana raised objection against the Andhra Pradesh government taking up construction of a new Lift Irrigation Scheme (LIS) from the dead storage of Polavaram project. It had sought the Godavari River Management Board to intervene and take necessary action immediately, as per the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. In a letter to […]
Visakhapatnam: Former MP Vundavalli Arun Kumar has expressed surprise as to why Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy was not handing over the Polavaram project to the Centre. Talking to media persons here on Friday, he recalled that Jagan, while in the Opposition, had questioned Chandrababu Naidu for taking over the Polavaram project which was the […]
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has exuded confidence that the prestigious Polavaram project would be completed by Kharif season in 2023. Participating in a discussion on the project in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly here on Tuesday, he said the approval of the designs by the CWC was being awaited which the […]
Hyderabad: TRS working president and MAUD Minister K T Rama Rao on Wednesday ridiculed the BJP and Congress MPs baseless allegations against Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and State Cabinet members, instead of speaking on issues. “While one MP terms us as rice smugglers, another MP speaks about a Rs 10,000 crore scam in Covid-19 […]
Bhadrachalam: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s statement made on Friday in the State Assembly on the efforts to demerge five Gram Panchayats of the seven mandals merged with AP, has brought cheers to the locals. It may be recalled that after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh State, many villages of Chintoor, Kunavaram, VR Puram, Burgampadu, […]
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao assured that measures would be taken for demerger of five of the seven mandals of erstwhile Khammam district that were merged with Andhra Pradesh to facilitate construction of Polavaram project. He said the seven mandals were merged with Andhra Pradesh in a hasty manner and as a result, a […]
Visakhapatnam: BJP State president Somu Veerraju has advised the Andhra Pradesh government to complete the pending projects in the State. Addressing a round table conference on ‘Resources-challenges in AP’ here on Sunday, he stated that there were many projects pending for the past 30 years in the state. The Centre had given Rs.11,000 crore for […]
The Polavaram project is an under-construction multi-purpose irrigation National project on the Godavari River in the West Godavari District and East Godavari District in the state.