TDP leaders call for direct action to protect Rayalaseema water rights
The Hindu
‘YSRCP government has not done enough to meet irrigation needs of the region’
The YSRCP government has done injustice to the irrigation water needs of the Rayalaseema region by not investing enough in the Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) project for the past two-and-a-half years, the TDP has alleged, and has asked Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to make efforts to get water officially allocated to the region through the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB). At a special meeting of the party presidents and in-charges of eight Lok Sabha constituencies of Rayalaseema districts here on Saturday, a majority of the leaders called for “direct agitation” to protect the water rights of the region. A few other leaders said that the “inaction by the YSRCP on the issue” should be explained to the people. Uravakonda MLA and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Payyavula Keshav alleged that Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy had not been doing enough to protect the water rights of the region.
The Union and State governments provided support in several ways to the needy people, but private institutions should also extend help, especially to those requiring medical assistance, said C.P. Rajkumar, Managing Director, Nalam Multispeciality Hospital, here on Saturday. Speaking at a function to honour Inspector General of Police V. Balakrishnan and neurologist S. Meenakshisundaram with C. Palaniappan Memorial Award for their contribution to society and Nalam Kappom medical adoption of Type-1 diabetic children, he said the governments implemented numerous welfare programmes, but the timely help by a private hospital or a doctor in the neighbourhood to the people in need would go a long way in safeguarding their lives.












