CM unhappy over "non-stoppage" of Babli work by Maharashtra

Friday, April 7, 2006, 21:06 [IST]

Nizamabad, Apr 7 (UNI) Expressing unhappiness over the ''non-stoppage of Babli Project works by Maharastra, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today said his government would take all possible steps to halt the works.

''It is unfortunate that Maharashtra has not stopped the project work,'' Dr Reddy, who laid the foundation stone for the Pacharam main canal in the district, told reporters.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had given an assurance to stop the project at a meeting held under the aegies of Union Water Resources Development Minister Saifuddin Soz, he recalled.

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