Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan appealed that 5 crore people of the state should come forward to pay a special cess for the rehabilitation package for the realisation of the Polavaram dream. For this, he announced that he would donate Rs 1 crore to the government treasury.
If the people of the state pay only one paise as a special cess on every purchase, it will pool up Rs 33,000 crore required for the R & R package in just six months.
Polavaram irrigation project, said to be life-line for the development of Andhra Pradesh, was expected to be completed by 2020 and most of the part more than 70 per cent was completed during the TDP regime. During YS Jaganmohan Reddy regime it has taken a back-seat; only 5 percent works were taken up.
YCP manifesto failed to make any firm commitment on its completion. Both TDP and Jana Sena are showing eagerness for its early completion. Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan set a new deadline for completion of the project by 2027. Addressing the Varahi Vijayabheri public meeting in Polavaram on Tuesday, he said that they would take it as a challenge and concentrate all their energies for its completion.
Pawan said that the Central government officials told him that the implementation of the rehabilitation package is more difficult than the completion of the project. The rehabilitation and resettlement package needs to take care of 1.65 lakh displaced people whose existence is threatened on account of Polavaram project, which provides livelihood and future to five crore people of the state.
Pawan Kalyan said that when Chandrababu Naidu was in power, he used to allow people to the Polavaram project, and everyone used to come and learn about the works. After Jagan came to power, this had become a no-go area. He said that once the NDA comes to power, they will review the reorganization of new districts and steps will be taken to ensure that Polavaram is the headquarters of a district.