AP CM asks Centre to set up forensic varsity at Tirupati

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to consider setting up of a National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) campus at Tirupati.

Seeking the NFSU campus to cater to the growing requirement of forensic experts in south India, he assured that his government would allot the required land. Jagan Mohan Reddy made the request during the meeting with Shah in New Delhi.

He further explained that Tirupati has grown into an educational hub and the setting up of the NFSU would serve the demands of growing need for criminal investigation infrastructure. He also reiterated the issues raised during the meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.

Among other requests, Jagan Reddy asked him to fix the Polavaram Project cost as Rs 55,548 crore as recommended by the project's Technical Advisory Committee, do away with the policy of treating the project cost component-wise as it escalates the cost besides delaying the project, amend the flawed provisions of the National Food Security Act, grant 14 more medical colleges to the State, allot mines to meet the iron ore requirement of the steel plant being built at Kadapa and extend all cooperation to the proposed 76.9 km long Metro Rail Project in Visakhapatnam.

The Chief Minister also urged the Home Minister to intervene and restrain the Telangana government from acting unilaterally and violating operational procedures in drawing Krishna River water and generating electricity. The Home Minister was also urged to grant environmental clearances for the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLS) through which 3 TMC water per day.