Objections and alleging irregularities in the sanction of mobilization advance to contractors Indira Sagar Polavaram project, the Congress Committee Andhra Pradesh (APCC) demanded the government to make public the advance file and call a meeting of all parties on the subject.
Although irrigation departments and finance object sanctions mobilization advance, the government issued a memo relaxation of rules and review of the sanction nickels mobilization advance to the tune of Rs.200 crore to Polavaram contractors argued N. Raghuveera Reddy, APCC president in a statement on Tuesday.
The Congress party promised to extend all help to the construction of Polavaram project but the Telugu Desam Party government needs to clarify the urgency of mobilization advance sanction. In general, the mobilization advance to the joint venture or principal partner in the firm only sanctioned when the machinery is purchased without any involvement of the banks, he said.
"The government should make the file note by irrigation and finance department of the public office of the Prime Minister to convene a meeting of all parties," Reddy said. In the past, the TDP had criticized the government for sanctioning advance mobilization to contractors in accordance with the rules, but now relax rules to facilitate contractors, against the rules, he added.