Onus of completing Polavaram R&R on Centre: political parties
Communist Party of India (CPI) State Secretary K. Ramakrishna, A.P. Congress president Sake Sailajanath and different senior leaders from Left parties on Thursday resolved to come back collectively to place stress on the Central authorities to finish the Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) of almost one lakh displaced households from the affected space of the Polavaram irrigation undertaking.
A digital assembly was organised on the difficulty, and was moderated by the CPI. “The onus of completing the R&R exercise is on the Centre as per the A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014. The Centre cannot disown its responsibility now,” Mr. Ramakrishna stated.
He additionally stated that pinning hope on the State authorities to finish the R&R train can be unwise, given its current state of funds.
“Pressure can be put on the Centre to extend financial aid for the R&R package only with support from all political parties in the State. The State government should also be equally prepared to convince the Centre for the financial grant for the R&R package,” stated Mr. Ramakrishna.
In his handle, Mr. Sailajanath acknowledged that the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities has didn’t persuade the Centre on the Polavaram Irrigation undertaking’s monetary parts. He added that the Congress was prepared to hitch all parties to combat for the R&R points.
A choice has been taken to conduct the field-level visits within the affected areas of the Polavaram irrigation undertaking to examine the Resettlement and Rehabilitation train by June-end.