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.