Andhra Pradesh: Build Polavaram project at 150 feet, says CPI

State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) K. Ramakrishna said that the Polavaram project should be constructed at a height of 150 feet, so that about 196.4 TMC feet of water can be stored and this gives an opportunity to the Sujala Shravanthi project to generate 960 megawatts of electricity. watts of electricity. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he alleged that the Center and the state government were trying to make it at 135 feet. He said that the project should be constructed at a height of 150 feet for the benefit of the residents of all the districts. He also said that the state government should immediately sack minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy. He alleged that after becoming a minister, the case files related to the minister disappeared. The disappearance of the files has the potential for some sinister plan to allow the minister to be cleared of cases.

Sri Ramakrishna said that if Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy respects the judiciary system, he should at least suspend the minister.

Speaking about the death of a minor girl after the police allegedly stopped traffic in Anantapur, he said that the police should be held responsible and action should be initiated against the persons involved.