Why CM not asking PM for Polavaram funds, asks Uma
Govt failure caused loss of life, properties in floods
AMARAVATI: TDP former minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao demanded a white paper from the YSRCP Government on the progress of works and amount of funds spent on Polavaram and other irrigation projects in the past 30 months in the State.
Devineni Uma deplored that the ruling YSRCP MLAs were using abusive language when the opposition TDP leaders were questioning the Government failures in completing the projects. The Chief Minister should explain why he was not able to meet and ask Prime Minister Modi for funds to complete Polavaram.
Addressing a press conference , the TDP leader asked whether the CM and his party MPs were not able to demand Central funds just because there were CBI and ED cases against Jagan Reddy and his party leaders. It was regrettable that the Government was not able to get the Centre’s approval for the design of the Polavaram lifeline irrigation project.
Devineni Uma said that CM Jagan Reddy was so inefficient that he was not able to save the lives of people from floods in his own Kadapa district. When the people lost their livelihoods in the cyclone, the Chief Minister was enjoying himself and playing PubG video games in his Tadepalli residence. Minister Anil Kumar was using indecent language to cover up his inefficiency in handling the projects.
The TDP leader said that the AP Government received Rs. 4,000 Cr for the works already completed during the Chandrababu regime. The CM has been suppressing these details from the public. The TDP regime completed 71 percent Polavaram works. But the Jagan regime was not able to tell the people how much work it has completed till now.
Devineni Uma said that the YSRCP Government could not pay Rs. 2,000 assistance that it promised to the Polavaram evacuees who were badly hit in the floods. The State became debt-ridden without having any funds as of now. With his reverse plans, the Chief Minister has not only crushed the projects but the entire State.
The TDP leader asserted that all the deaths in the recent floods should be seen as the Government murders. The mismanagement of the Pincha, Annamayya and other projects caused the huge loss of life and property. The TDP regime would make all those responsible for the massive destruction accountable after it came to power.
