This is CM Reddy’s fourth meeting with the prime minister this year.
Posted on – Wed 28 Dec 22 at 02:53pm
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New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Yeduguri Sandinthi Jagan Mohan Reddy called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state capital on Wednesday.
This is CM Reddy’s fourth meeting with the prime minister this year.
At a meeting in August, the Andhra Pradesh CM is believed to have discussed issues related to state development, including funding, the Polavaram dam and sanctions on the new medical college, among others.
In a meeting in April, Reddy briefed Prime Minister Modi on the Polavaram project, the Kadapa steel plant, the rationale for the selection of qualified persons under the National Food Security Act, Telangana’s debt to the state, etc. projects and issues.
In January, the Chief Minister asked the Prime Minister to approve a revised cost estimate of Rs 55,657 crore at 2017-18 price levels, including a potable water component of Rs 4,000 crore, and to release pending payments of Rs 21,000 crore that had been incurred by state governments Fund the Polavaram project.
The Polavaram project is a multipurpose irrigation national project under construction on the Godavari River in the West and East Godavari districts of the state.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also visited Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence in the state capital.
