Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy today said that the Centre had never promised to confer National Project status on the Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation Project at any time.
Addressing media persons from New Delhi through a video conference, Reddy said that the Centre had promised to confer National Project status only on the Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh.
Reddy pointed out that the country had several poor states, and that even such states didn't have irrigation projects with National Project status.
He said that he would strive hard to get the National Project status for Kaleswaram if the country had any similar project conferred with that status.
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