In a surprising development, YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has sacked H K Sahu from the post of technical and legal advisor for Polavaram major irrigation project being constructed on Godavari river.
Sahu was appointed as a consultant by the erstwhile Chandrababu Naidu government on April 14, 2018, to extend technical and legal advices to the Andhra Pradesh government on Polavaram project.
He had been coordinating with the Polavaram Project Authority in Hyderabad and was being paid a monthly remuneration of Rs 2 lakh.
Apparently, the Jagan government has come to the conclusion that Sahu’s functioning was not satisfactory. A report to this effect was sent to the chief minister by chief engineer of Polavaram project. As a result, the Jagan government has terminated Sahu’s services.
It is not exactly known whether Jagan will appoint a new technical and legal advisor for Polavaram or do away with the post as such.
Interestingly, Sahu’s termination comes at a time when the AP government was involved in a tussle with the Telangana government over expansion of Pothireddypadu head regulator on Krishna river at the foreshore of Srisailam reservoir.
Sahu had earlier served as chairman of both Godavari River Management Board and Krishna River Management Board.