CM Jagan urges Centre l Meets Modi, Shah and Sitharaman
Pns|vijayawada
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Wednesday and spoke to him regarding several issues including those related to State bifurcation.
Apart from seeking funds for the construction of new medical colleges, completing Polavaram project and correcting the loopholes in the implementation of the National Food Security Act, the Chief Minister also urged the Prime Minister to fulfil the promises given to the residual State of Andhra Pradesh following bifurcation.
Before holding discussions with the Prime Minister for one hour and 20 minutes, the Chief Minister also held a 45-minute meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah.
After meeting the Prime Minister, he also called on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and discussed various issues related to the State.
In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister, he appealed to accept the revised estimates of Rs. 55,548.87crore on Polavaram project and release Rs. 17,144 crore on priority basis to expedite the first phase. This includes R&R packages for the displaced persons in 36 villages.
“Unless the funds for the R&R package are released, the first phase remains incomplete,” he said, and urged the Prime Minister to issue instructions to the Jala Sakti Ministry to release the amount at the earliest. He also appealed to reimburse the arrears of Rs. 1310.15 crore incurred by the State government on the Polavaram project.
The Chief Minister appealed to the Prime Minister to take immediate steps to ensure that the Telangana government cleared Rs. 7,230.14crore outstanding from the TS Discoms to APGENCO for the power supplied between 2014 and 2017. He also told the Prime Minister that the State had been incurring an additional financial burden of Rs.5,527crore for supplying ration to 56 lakh families every year under PMGKAY due to irrational selection of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act. To compensate for this, the Centre should supply 77,000 metric tonnes of rice from the unused ration stocks of 1 lakh tonnes every month to AP.
