New Delhi/Hyderabad, Nov. 18 -- Telangana Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy today urged the union Jal Shakti Ministry not to grant permission for the proposed Polavaram-Banakacharla link project of Andhra Pradesh, calling it illegal and detrimental to the interests of the state.
After meeting union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil in New Delhi, he told reporters that the state has conveyed its strong objections in writing. He said that Godavari floodwaters cannot be allocated under the 1980 Tribunal award and noted that Maharashtra and Karnataka too are opposing the project.
He said that Andhra Pradesh has altered the terminal point and renamed the project before resubmitting it to the Centre, which he described as another reason to reje...