Hyderabad, January 18: Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday reiterated that no one from his government or the Congress was opposed to the formation of a separate state of Telangana. He was reacting to Telangana Rashtra Samiti activists raising ‘Jai Telangana’ slogans during a public meeting in Chinnagottimukkala village in Medak district from where he launched state-wide revenue conventions.
Maintaining that the Centre is already looking into the sensitive issue, the CM said the state would implement whatever the former’s decision might be.
“We are not against Telangana. In fact, we all belong to this region,” he said in a bid to pacify the slogan shouting activists. The CM also made an important announcement that the state government would soon enter into an agreement with Maharashtra on the Pranahita-Chevella irrigation project. “The objective of my government is to provide irrigation facilities to the Telangana region in all possible ways,” he said.
Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy said the state government has been pressurising the Centre to declare Pranahita-Chevella as a national project and provide necessary financial assistance. About 16 lakh acres will be irrigated once the project is completed, he said, adding that the project would cost Rs 38,000 crore.
–Agencies