Date:20/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/20/stories/2008072058280300.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

YSR urged to name Krishna project after PJR

Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD: Legislator of the Khairatabad Constituency P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy on Saturday made an appeal to Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy for implementation of the Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project Phase III.

In an open letter addressed to the Chief Minister, Mr. Reddy also requested that the project be named after his father and late Congress leader P. Janardhan Reddy in tribute to “his struggle for the cause”.

“Everyone in the State knows very well that Krishna water project was taken up due to my father’s struggle,” he said. Mr. Reddy submitted copies of the letter to the visiting Union Ministers -- P. Chidambaram and S. Jaipal Reddy.