Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Dr. Rao alleged that Mr. Naidu had hatched a plan to retain the execution of Polavaram with the State and had not been cooperating with the Polavaram Project Authorities (PPA) to take up the execution. When PPA authorities refused to treat it as a normal project, Mr. Naidu put political pressure on the BJP and took execution of Polavaram into his hands, he alleged. Dr. Rao also wrote an open letter, raising several questions pertaining to Polavaram project execution and asked Mr. Naidu why the revisited estimates were not submitted in one month as stated by him in March 2015. He also questioned why Mr. Naidu had accepted the Central Government’s condition that it would bear only expenses on Polavaram as per estimates as on April 1, 2014. He raised 10 questions on the execution, funds needed for Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement works.

Source: The Hindu March 03, 2018 16:52 UTC