Amaravati, 21 August : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy is scheduled to call the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday.Jagan Mohan Reddy is departing for the capital city of India on Sunday night from Gannavaram Airport at Vijayawada.After arriving at Delhi around 9.15 p.m., he will be staying at the 1 Janpath residence.
He will meet with the Prime Minister around 10.15 a.m.He will likely discuss state-related questions with Modi.
Questions relating to Polavaram project and the Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) package will likely to be addressed and he will be asking the PM to speed up the release of funds that are pending for the project.
The Chief Minister will again ask the Prime Minister to consider the issues that are pending in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.
This is his second meeting with the Prime Minister in less than three months.The last meeting between them was held two days ago on June 2.
In the last meeting Jagan Mohan Reddy had requested Modi to accept the updated cost estimates for the Polavaram project and to distribute the R&R package to the families that have been displaced by Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to ensure transparency.
He has pleaded with the Prime Minister to approve the revised estimates of cost of the amount of 55,548.87 crore, as the Technical Advisory Committee has already approved the same.
The Chief Minister also raised a number of issues, including compensation of deficits in revenue, NREGS, and sanction of additional medical colleges.
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