The CM reiterated the issues he raised before PM Modi and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, both of whom he met on Wednesday.
Published Dec 29, 2022 | 11:12 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 29, 2022 | 11:12 PM
AP CM Jagan Mohan Reddy met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday. (YS Jagan Mohan Reddy/Twitter)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday, 29 December, called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and requested him to consider setting up a National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) campus in Tirupati.
The chief minister additionally reiterated the issues he raised before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, both of whom he met on Wednesday.
During the 30-minute meeting with Shah, Reddy stated that Tirupati has grown into an educational hub and that the setting up of an NFSU campus would serve the growing demand for criminal investigation infrastructure, said an official statement.
He added that the establishment of an NFSU campus would cater to the growing requirement of forensic experts in south India and assured that his government would allot the required land.
#ChiefMinister @ysjagan met Union Minister @AmitShah in New Delhi here on Thursday and requested him to consider setting up of National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) Campus at Tirupati. pic.twitter.com/5DhvdsYuXN
— Srihari Pudi (@sreeharipudi) December 29, 2022
He also sought the Union minister’s intervention in releasing the pending arrears from the central government to the tune of ₹32,625.25 crore, besides resolving other pending post-bifurcation issues between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The pending arrears include reimbursement of ₹2,937.92 crore spent by the state government on the Polavaram irrigation project, resource funding of ₹18,330.45 crore for the fiscal year 2014-15, and pension arrears, the statement noted.
The chief minister also sought early approval of a revised cost — estimated at ₹55,548 crore for the Polavaram project — and suggested doing away with the policy of treating the project cost component-wise as it escalates the cost.
He also discussed the prospect of delaying the project and amending the flawed provisions of the National Food Security Act.
During the conversation, Reddy requested for 14 more medical colleges in the state, allotment of mines to meet the iron ore requirement of the steel plant being built in Kadapa, and extending all cooperation to the proposed 76.9 km-long metro rail project in Visakhapatnam.
Reddy urged the Home Minister to intervene and restrain the Telangana government from acting unilaterally and violating operational procedures in drawing Krishna river water and generating electricity. He also requested him to grant environmental clearances for the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme.
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