TDP supremo to begin State-wide tour next week
Amaravathi, July 28: The former chief minister and TDP national president, Mr Nara Chandrababu Naidu, is of the opinion that the Chief Minister, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy, is a curse to the Polavaram project which is the lifeline of the State.
Addressing media persons at the party headquarters here on the progress of the Polavaram project works, Mr Chandrababu Naidu felt that due to the inefficiency and policies of reversal of the State Government the Polavaram project has got completely destroyed. In the name of reserse tendering, Mr Jagan has totally reversed the State and the project, he remarked.
The diaphragm wall was washed away due to the foolish decisions of Mr Jagan, Mr Chandrababu said and explained in detail with evidence that all the systems have found fault with the State Government. “The ruling dispensation should not resort to counter-attack on us on the Polavaram destruction but should explain in detail for its failures,” the former chief minister observed.
While the TDP government had spent Rs 11,537 cr on Polavaram project while this Government has till now spent a meagre amount of Rs 4611 cr, Mr Chandrababu pointed out. Expressing concern that Mr Jagan, while in Opposition, has spoken so highly of the project displaced, the TDP supremo said that after coming to power he literally deceived them.
Why the project, which was supposed to be completed by 2020 itself, is getting abnormally delayed and who is responsible for the technical errors, Mr Chandrababu asked and questioned the faulty decisions of the State Government. “I have taken up the Polavaram, which is the biggest project in the country, with a deep desire of interlinking the rivers in the State but these egoistic people deliberately damaged the project,” a seriously concerned former chief minister said.
Explaining how about 4,000 TMC feet of the Godavari water is flowing into the sea, Mr Chandrababu Naidu said that if this water is properly utilised the contours of the State will change totally. Also, the hydro-power project would have resolved the power problems of the State completely, he stated.
Polavaram is a dream of five crore people of the State, Mr Chandrababu said. “At a time when the dream was about to be realised, it became a victim in the hands of these incompetent persons,” the former chief minister regretted.
Recalling that the moment he became the chief minister of the State in 2014, he thought of the Polavaram project, the TDP supremo said that he personally explained in detail to the Union ministers concerned of the then National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. “I made a request to the then Central government to merge the seven mandals in Telangana into Andhra Pradesh which are in the flood zone,” he recalled.
Sating that he has taken a commitment from the Centre on the merger of these seven mandals into Andhra Pradesh before taking oath as the chief minister, Mr Cadrababu Naidu said that an ordinance was released on this immediately. This proves beyond doubt the dedication of the TDP towards the development of the Ste and the cooperation of the NDA, he said.
Maintaining that the people of the State have supported him for 40 years, the former chief minister said that with all his energy he tried his best to take the Telugu people to the top. The problems can not be resolved by simply shouting or using objectionable language against the Opposition parties by the Chief Minister or his Cabinet colleagues, Mr Chandrababu Naidu said that the State Government should work hard to realise the dreams of the people.
“My concern is only about the people. I am undertaking the State-wide tour from next week with the sole aim of bringing awareness among the public on the need for progress and development. I will visit all the projects and explain to the people the damage caused by Mr Jagan and his Government,” Mr Nara Chandrababu Naidu observed.