Leader of Opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir demanded that the State Government convene an all-party meeting or hold a special Assembly session on Pranahita-Chevella project.
Addressing a press conference along with Nalgonda MP Gutha Sukhender Reddy and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy at Congress Legislature Party office on Saturday, Shabbir Ali accused Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao of lacking clarity on Pranahita-Chevella project.
Referring to KCR's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, he said that the Chief Minister demanded National Project status without having clarity on whether it is Pranahita-Chevella or Kaleshwaram project. He sought to know whether the State Government has re-designed the project.
Further, he said that the cost of the project has been raised from Rs. 36,000 Crore to Rs. 75,000 crore. He said that the State Government should explain the reasons behind 110% increase in the project cost.
Shabbir Ali also alleged that the State Government has released Rs. 2,000 crore to some contractors of Pranahita-Chevella project in violation of set norms and procedures.
He said when the project itself is in the stage of re-designing, then when, where and how those contractors executed the works.
He alleged that those contractors were favoured by the State Government for the funding TRS received during GHMC elections. He asked the government to furnish details of project, works, packages and locations where those contractors executed the works to claim Rs. 2,000 crore.
He said that the Congress party was seeking details with the Chief Secretary under RTI.
