HyderabadAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to introduce legislation to grant statutory status to capital city Amravati in Parliament and introduce a law in the second phase of the ongoing budget session.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI)”He (Naidu) requested the home minister to approve the bill and introduce it in the second phase of the ongoing budget session of Parliament,” said a state government official. He added that the draft law in this regard is under consideration of the Centre, which was cleared by the Union Law Ministry.
Naidu also discussed state-related issues with the Union Home Minister, including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe report into the alleged adulteration of supply of ghee supplied to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD).
This comes in the backdrop of a meeting with several Union Ministers on Tuesday including Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnab, Union and Union Hydropower Minister CR Patil, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Heavy Industries Minister and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Sivaraj Kumaraswamy on Tuesday. According to the official statement of the Chief Minister’s office, the respective departments.
During his meeting with Sitharaman, Naidu discussed pending funds for Andhra Pradesh, approval of various projects and other financial matters related to the state. Meeting Vaishnav, the Chief Minister demanded completion of ongoing rail projects, approval of new rail lines and introduction of additional train services in Andhra Pradesh. Further, he requested that the Bengaluru-Chennai high speed rail corridor be extended to connect Tirupati, strengthening connectivity with major pilgrimage cities.
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During his meeting with the water power minister, Naidu requested a permanent withdrawal of the “stop work order” imposed on the Polavaram project, saying the order was hampering the smooth execution of the project. He appealed for full financial assistance for Polavaram Phase II, which includes land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation and construction of protective embankments. ₹32,000 crores.
