Nov 20, 2024 07:42 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh tourism minister Kandula Durgesh on Tuesday stated that the state authorities will await the excessive court docket’s judgment development of palatial bungalows atop the beachfront Rushikonda hills in Visakhapatnam earlier than taking a call on the way to utilise the complicated.
Throughout a debate on the controversial complicated on the Andhra Pradesh legislative council, Durgesh stated the earlier YSR Congress Get together (YSRCP) authorities had taken permission from the Union ministry of setting and forests to assemble a tourism resort by demolishing the present Haritha Tourism Advanced on the hills. Nevertheless, the minister alleged that the earlier authorities had constructed a residence-cum-camp workplace for then chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The Andhra Pradesh excessive court docket is listening to a batch of petitions filed by native activists who questioned giant scale destruction of forest cowl on Rushikonda hills in violation of setting and forest legal guidelines. “The excessive court docket has appointed a committee composed of specialists from the Union ministry of setting, forests and local weather change, which is learning the entire difficulty and is but to submit its report. After the excessive court docket judgment, the federal government will take a name on what to do with the palace,” Durgesh added.
The minister stated the earlier authorities had spent ₹481 crore on the development of the complicated as towards the sanctioned quantity of ₹409.39 crore. “Large quantities had been spent on offering luxuries within the chief minister’s residence, together with ₹12 lakh for a commode,” he identified.
Senior YSRCP chief and Chief of Opposition within the legislative council Botsa Satyanarayana discovered fault with the allegations levelled by Durgesh.
“It isn’t the personal property of Jagan Mohan Reddy, however a authorities development. Even chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan and different ministers visited the palace and appreciated its development. It’s for the federal government to resolve what to do with the Rushikonda palatial complicated,” Satyanarayana stated.
The YSRCP chief stated if the federal government discovered any corruption within the development of the bungalows, it might take motion towards the erring officers or leaders. “There isn’t a level in throwing challenges to the earlier authorities,” he stated.
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