Union minister for water resources and river development Uma Bharti has assured CM K Chandrashekar Rao that the Pranahita – Chevella Project would be accorded National Project status.
CM has met the union minister along with a delegation of irrigation experts and state MPs. During the meeting, CM KCR gave a detailed presentation on river Godavari. After the meeting Uma Bharti has said that she came to know about a lot of unknown things about river Godavari through KCR’s presentation.
Uma Bharti has assured that a meeting of state and central officials would be convened in a week, to take the issue of Pranahita-Chevella forward.
During the meeting, CM also explained her about the prestigious Mission Kakatiya (tank restoration project) of Telangana state government. He also invited her to the launch of Mission Kakatiya project.