YSRCP MPs submit memo to Sitharaman on Polavaram
The Hindu
‘Reimburse expenditure incurred by State govt.’
A delegation of YSR Congress (YSRCP) MPs led by V. Vijaya Sai Reddy met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Monday and submitted a memorandum requesting her to accord investment clearance for the Polavaram project as recommended by the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) and Central Water Commission and accepted by the technical advisory committee of the Ministry of Jal Shakti at 2017-18 price level of ₹55,656.87 crore at the earliest to facilitate the completion of Land Acquisition (LA) and Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) works by June 2022. The MPs also requested the Union Minister to reimburse the expenditure incurred by the State government on the project, without restricting funding to component-wise eligibility and to consider the reimbursement as per the actual costs of LA and R&R compensation for the project-affected families under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
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