Mission Delhi: Jagan meets Amit Shah, seeks Rs.12, 000 Cr for Polavaram project
Chief Minister urged Shah to expedite several issues which remained unresolved since bifurcation
By Newsmeter Network Published on 30 March 2023 3:19 AM GMT
New Delhi: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called on the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday and urged him to expedite several issues which remained unresolved since the bifurcation of the state nine years ago.
Chief Minister appealed to the Home Minister to release Rs.10,000 crore immediately on an ad-hoc basis to expedite the Polavaram project construction beside another Rs. 2020 crore to fill the scourge pits formed at the main Dam site due to the washing away of the diaphragm wall in the flash floods.
He also sought to reimburse Rs. 2600.74 crore which the state government spent on Polavaram Project. He also urged him to accept the Technical Advisory Committee’s revised estimates of Rs. 55,548 crore and treat the drinking water supply component as its part.
Jagan Mohan Reddy explained that the state has incurred a financial burden of Rs.5,527 crore on supplying ration to 56 lakh families under the PMGKAY due to the irrational selection of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act. To compensate for this, unused ration stocks should be allotted to AP as recommended by NITI Aayog.
He urged Home Minister to release the pending amount of Rs. 36,625 crore under Resource Gap Funding for the fiscal 2014-15 and enhance the credit limit of Rs. 17,923crore which was reduced from Rs. 42,472crore post-Covid-19 pandemic.
