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Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y. S. Sharmila connected Saturday criticised Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for prioritising the projected Polavaram–Nallamala Sagar Link Project portion ignoring the completion of the main Polavaram task and 56 different pending irrigation schemes crossed the State.
In a station connected X, Ms. Sharmila alleged that though the nexus task had not received clearance from the Centre, the Chief Minister remained preoccupied with it alternatively of focusing connected the ongoing works. She accused the authorities of showing “stepmotherly treatment” towards Polavaram and different Jalayagnam projects.
She further stated that the medication was spending clip and resources connected preparing elaborate task reports (DPRs) and mobilising funds for a task that experts person already deemed unviable. The APCC main claimed that the nexus project, estimated to outgo ₹58,000 crore, could go a imaginable root of large-scale corruption — dubbing it an “ATM project.” She contended that a akin magnitude of ₹60,000 crore would beryllium capable to implicit each 56 pending Jalayagnam works, which could unneurotic bring irrigation benefits to 54 lakh acres and make h2o retention capableness of 581 TMC ft.
Referring to the simplification of Polavaram dam tallness from 45.72 metres to 41.15 metres, Ms. Sharmila said the determination would decision the precise intent of the project. She besides accused the State authorities of failing to unafraid capable compensation from the Centre for the nonaccomplishment incurred owed to the curtailed plan and of “betraying” the displaced families who were yet to person rehabilitation and compensation.
