Naidu offers olive branch to KCR
Hyderabad : Finding fault with the Telangana government for seeking to rake up a controversy over every issue, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that he was ready to discuss all contentious matters with his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao. 'I have always advocated that the contentious issues of the two States should be resolved in a harmonious and friendly manner. There is no need to make everything an issue. KCR had worked with me earlier.
I am always positive and looking forward to resolve all issues,' Naidu said while talking to newspersons referring to the controversy over sharing of Krishna river water between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States.
'The AP Reorganisation Act-2014 specifies that 10 tmc ft of water from river Krishna has to be released to Andhra Pradesh to meet the drinking water needs,' he said.
Accordingly, the Krishna River Management Board also issued orders. 'I don't understand why the Telangana government is making a fuss over it. We may have separated as States but we need to have mutual co-operation,' he noted.
Naidu found fault with the Telangana government for erecting a fence separating the blocks allotted to the two States in the Secretariat here. 'Is it India and Pakistan? Why should you put up fences?' he questioned.
The Chief Minister also blasted the TRS government for demolition of illegal buildings on Gurukul Trust lands at Madhapur here. 'They are demolishing buildings without any policy or rationale. Why are they doing all this?' he asked.
On the dispute over sharing of electricity between the two States, Naidu said that his government was honouring all power purchase agreements that had legal sanctity.
'The Centre has appointed a committee to look into the issue which will soon come here and hold discussions with officials of both States,' the Chief Minister said.
News Posted: 3 July, 2014
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