Polavaram : AP Govt’s decision to force Navayuga out flayed

The decision of the new YSR Congress Government to force Navayuga Engineering Company out of the mega Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari has caused concern and consternation not only among the opposition Telugu Desam party circles but in the general public as well.

The move, announced on Thursday, was very much on the cards, as from the beginning the YSR Congress has been alleging, along with the BJP leaders, widespread corruption in the execution of the project. Polavaram, a national project, is being executed by the State Government under the supervision of the Polavaram Project Authority, a central agency.

Condemning the action, former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and TDP president said the YSR Congress Government was not at all sincere in executing the project, and under the guise of exposing corruption the project was being stalled with ulterior motives. The move would further delay the project and result in cost escalation.