Opp urges Gov to take action against Maharashtra..

Hyderabad, Aug 17:

 The Assembly witnessed  heated discussions on Monday over the water row with the Maharashtra Government. Leader of the Opposition, Chandrababu Naidu lashed out at the Government’s negligent attitude in dealing with  Babli issue.

He hinted that all the MLAs in the state should be  prepared even to proceed to Delhi and stage a dharna seeking the prevention of construction of projects on river Godavari.

Alleging that the Andhra Pradesh Government in connivance with Maharashtra government is keeping mum on the construction of Babli project he said that the Congress which is in power in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Centre is playing with the rights of people of Andhra Pradesh

The TDP chief advised the Government to constitute a team comprising members of opposition parties. The team will seek an appointment with the Prime Minister and will leave for Delhi to appraise him on the gravity of the situation over the issue of construction of projects on river Godavari.

Backing of the statement  Chandrababu Naidu, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) MLAs urged the Government to take the  necessary steps in preventing the Maharashtra Government over the construction of 12 projects on the river Godavari. Due to the construction of these projects on river Godavari there is a danger of Telangana region becoming dry. This in turn  will effect the farmers drastically, they voiced their opinion.

The minister for irrigation Ponnala Lakshmayaa in reply said  that the Government has taken every step to proceed legally against the construction of 12 projects by Mahaashtra Government.

Referring to the proposal of sending an all party team to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister, the minster said  that he would  seek the appointment of PM and then finalise the date and place of the meeting so that they could appraise the PM  of the  latest happenings on Babli project.

Not happy with the response  given by the Irrigation Minister, the TRS MLAs walked out of the House alleging that the Government is showing a negligent attitude towards the water issue with  Maharashtra.

Refuting to Chandrababu’s  charges, Legislative Affairs Minister K Rosaiah said t because  Congress is in power in  Maharashtra we are not pedaling soft on the issue. The benefits of the state are more  important. We cannot solve the issues by fighting over the issues in public, there is a way to sort out the issues and we should  follow a certain procedure, he further added.