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YSRCP to raise Polavaram, pending arrears issues in Parliament

Vijayawada, Nov 26 (UNI) Ahead of the Parliament session, beginning November 29, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy held a meeting with his party MPs to discuss strategy and the issues to be raised.
At the meeting held here on Friday, the Chief Minister directed the MPs to raise Polavaram issue regarding the project cost escalation to Rs 55,657 crore and get it approved by the Centre. He said that the State government had spent Rs 2104 crore towards the project, which needs to be reimbursed by the Centre and told to stress on the power, irrigation and water components of the Polavaram project. He said that six main issues that were discussed in the recent Southern Zonal Council meet need to be raised in both houses.
Besides Polavaram, the MPs should also raise the issue of the National Food Security Act and its irrational selection of beneficiaries. The Chief Minister reminded the MPs that the Centre was yet to pay arrears of Rs 1703 crore to AP Civil Supplies Corporation, apart from Rs 4976.51 crore under the Employment Guarantee scheme. He said that post bifurcation, Telangana State had utilised power from Andhra Pradesh and left dues of Rs 6112 crore and instructed the MPs to stress on the issue and get it cleared with interest.
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