Naidu to discuss Banakacharla project during Delhi visit
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Vijayawada: With the expert appraisal committee raising some objections to the Polavaram-Banakacharla project, chief minister
N Chandrababu Naidu
is going to Delhi to discuss the issues regarding the project and other matters.
During his two-day visit (July 15, 16), the CM will meet several Union ministers to discuss a wide range of issues, including the ongoing projects in Andhra Pradesh, release of pending funds, Polavaram-Banakacharla connectivity initiative, and matters related to rural employment guarantee scheme. He will also seek greater coordination and assistance from the govt to accelerate infrastructure and welfare efforts in the state.
Naidu will leave for Delhi on July 15, with his first meeting scheduled with Union home minister Amit Shah. He will also hold meetings with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, IT and railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Jal Shakti minister CR Patil, labour and employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya, NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat, and the managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Later in the evening, the chief minister will attend a memorial service in honour of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao at the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library.
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On July 16, Naidu will continue his meetings with Union ministers, including a special discussion with the finance ministry at North Block. In the evening, he is scheduled to participate in a business conference hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Meanwhile, the CM has directed municipal administration and urban development (MAUD) dept officials to consider the demands of outsourcing engineering workers.
He also asked the cabinet sub-committee constituted to study the issues pertaining to outsourcing employees to resolve the issues for the benefit of workers.
Outsourcing employees in the MAUD are demanding equal pay for equal work, restoration of Andhra Pradesh corporation for outsourced services (APCOS), enhanced ex gratia, increase in minimum wages, and reopening of provident fund accounts. MAUD's engineering wing workers are demanding equal pay to that of regular sanitation workers.
The state govt constituted a group of ministers (GoM) to hold talks with the agitating outsourcing workers. The GoM, headed by MAUD minister P Narayana, discussed the workers' demands and the same was explained to the chief minister. Naidu asked Narayana to take a decision which should benefit the workers wherever possible. He approved most of the suggestions made by the GoM and directed them to end the stalemate at the earliest.
Narayana said the issue would be resolved very soon as some of them are to be announced with the concurrence of the finance dept. Once the finance dept approves the proposals, an official announcement will be made from the govt side on the demands of outsourcing workers, he added.
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