Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy preferred to set aside the Centre’s request for reconsidering reverse tender for Polavaram project works. AP irrigation officials told Jagan, who is in America tour, about Polavaram Project Authority CEO RK Jain’s letter. They informed how the Centre may take the issue seriously if reverse tender is called without its approval. There is a chance for Centre to cancel AP decision. But Jagan ignored this and ordered the AP officials to go ahead. Eventually, the AP notification for re-tendering for Rs 4900 Cr was released on Polavaram.
Of this amount, Rs 1800 Cr is for Polavaram head works while the remaining Rs 3,100 Cr is for the hydel power project there. The reverse tender is notified in the AP irrigation project website. Now, there’s speculation on the reactions from the Polavaram Project Authority and the Centre. BJP AP leaders say that it’s going to disturb the Centre-State relations.
