BY J.R.PRASAD
Hyderabad, Nov. 24: The state government has decided to convene an all party meeting on November 30 as a prelude to presenting its case in the Supreme Court against the controversial Babli dam which is being built over River Godavari in Maharashtra .
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, decided to seek the inputs of opposition parties after an all party delegation led by the Telugu Desam deputy floor leader, Mr K. Srihari, and the MP. Mr E. Dayakar Rao, met him on Monday evening at his camp office.
According to the Telangana Rastra Samiti MP Mr B. Vinod Kumar, who was also part of the delegation, it apprised the Chief Minister of the grave danger posed by the project which is being constructed despite the case pending before the Supreme Court.
"We also asked the Chief Minister about the lackadaisical attitude of the State government’s counsel in arguing the case in the apex court," said Mr Vinod Kumar. "We told him to initiate required steps to put forward the State’s argument and pointed out the possible harm which will be done to the Telangana region in the event Babli is completed." The Chief Minister then said he would convene an all party meeting soon to discuss this issue. Mr E. Rajender, the former minister, Mr N. Narasimha Reddy; the CPI floor leader Mr Ch. Venkata Reddy and the CPI (M) MLA, Mr J. Ranga Reddy and BJP MLA, Mr G. Kishan Reddy, were part of the delegation.
Earlier, all these leaders held a separate meeting and resolved to organise a "Chalo Delhi" programme in the first week of December to step up pressure on the Centre to stop the construction of the Babli.
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