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Andhra Pradesh
By Our Special Correspondent
Mr. Naidu, who wrote letters to the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Water Resources yesterday, followed up his action by telephoning Mr. Vajpayee "to bring the serious issue to his notice and seek his help in stopping the illegal projects immediately.'' The Prime Minister assured him that he would discuss AP's complaint with Central officials. Speaking to reporters, the Chief Minister vowed to continue a relentless battle to prevent the attempts of Karnataka, an upper riparian State, to build projects in violation of inter-state agreements and even the Constitution. He said the federal structure would lose meaning if States behaved irresponsibly and constructed projects without Central clearance. Mr. Naidu held that the Upper Thunga project had wider ramifications than Paragodu for irrigation and drinking water schemes in Andhra Pradesh. Karnataka, he said, was not authorised to construct any new project in the Upper Thunga basin which would utilise more than 306 tmcft of water. This was clearly laid down in the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT). The Chief Minister said that the provisions of the KWDT would continue to apply till the second tribunal was constituted as per the demands of the States in the Krishna basin. Asked about the outcome of his numerous representations to the Centre, he said he was fighting for the rights of the State and would continue to do so till justice was done. Referring to the spate of reports about distribution of spurious seed, he said the State Government had limited powers to deal with this menace. The Centre must delegate greater authority to the States to control quality. Andhra Pradesh had been requesting the Centre for such delegation of powers but there was no response from the latter. Mr. Naidu said he had instructed officials to open as many as centres as possible for distribution of subsidised to farmers. He made it clear that the Government would crack down very severely on dealers selling spurious seed. It would take exemplary action to instil a sense of fear, he added.
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