Hyderabad: Reiterating opposition to the Polavaram-Banakacherla link project being planned by the Andhra Pradesh, Telangana’s Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday urged Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Paatil not to give permissions to the project.

Uttam Kumar Reddy met the Union Minister in Delhi and urged him not to clear the project proposed by Andhra Pradesh.

The Telangana minister told media persons after the meeting that the Andhra Pradesh government is trying to take up the project with a different name,” he said.

“Andhra Pradesh has submitted a pre-feasibility report regarding the Polavaram-Banakacherla link project. We opposed it. It is very clear that there is no scope for anyone to allocate flood water in the Godavari Water Dispute 1980 award,” he said.

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