No injustice to any State on proposed Banakacharla project: Centre

The Centre will evaluate the proposed Banakacharla irrigation project in a fair manner as per existing norms and after consulting all the stakeholders, said Union Minister for Water Resources C.R. Patil on Wednesday.
He told his Cabinet colleague and Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy at his office in Shram Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi, that no State will face any injustice.
Metro Phase II
Mr. Kishan Reddy also met Union Minister of Housing and Urban Development Manohar Lal Khattar, and discussed the Hyderabad Metro Rail phase two proposals submitted by the Telangana Government.
Mr. Khattar stated that the DPR after incorporating Centre's suggestions was received and it was under evaluation. The Centre is keen to support the project, he said in a press release.
Playing politics
Meanwhile, Nizamabad MP D. Aravind accused the Congress and BRS of playing politics on AP's Banakacharla project, ahead of local body polls.
'This is a plan hatched by former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to rake up the Telangana sentiment. Why can't Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy discuss the issue with his AP counterpart N. Chandrababu Naidu if there are any grievance about the project,' he questioned.
The MP wanted to know if the Congress Government has any plans or funds to take up projects to make use of the Godavari river waters which AP has plans to make use of with the proposed new project. The political game plan of the Congress and BRS parties appears to blame the Central Government despite having no clue on perceived grievances, he added.

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