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Dec 11, 2020, 18:03 IST
AMARAVATI: YSR Congress Party MLA Thopudurthi Prakash Reddy slammed TDP leaders for politicising the Upper Penna project naming after former Chief Minister Dr YS Rajashekar Reddy, who originally initiated the project.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said that opposition TDP leaders are intentionally drawing controversies over the Upper Penna project and making false propaganda through their favoured media houses. He said that Dr YS Rajashekar Reddy had started Handri Neeva project in 2005, which is after the death of Paritala Ravindra. In 2007, people of Anantapur requested to provide water from Jeedipalli reservoir to Perur dam. In the following year 2008, YS Rajashekar Reddy had brought a feasibility report for the project and announced it to be constructed during the 2009 election campaign. He stated that there is no contribution of Paritala Ravi in bringing the project and questioned TDP leaders on what basis the government