CM seeks funds from Centre to tackle drought:

New Delhi, Aug  17  :

  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy met Prime Minister Dr  Manmohan Singh at Vignan Bhavan here on Monday and appraised him of the  drought situation in  the  state.

The Cm who was here  to attend the  chief ministers conference on internal security  met the Prime Minister after the conference  and appraised him of the  situation in the state.

YSR also impressed upon the PM, the need  to declare the state projects Indrasagar, Dummugudem, Pranahita-Chevela, Sujala Sravanti  Devadula, Kantanapally and Yellampally as  national projects.

Seeking for the release of more funds on drought, the Chief Minister requested the PM for the quick disposal of  pending files  from the  Ministry of Finance and  Home.  He also  pleaded with the Centre to make arrangements for the purchase of broiled rice in godowns  of AP so that fresh rice could be procured.

Later the Chief Minister left for Sonia Gandhi’s residence and appraised the Congress president onf the drought situation in Andhra Pradesh and sought for the release of more funds to tackle the drought situation.