Won't allow Naidu to visit Babhli: Maharashtra

The Maharashtra Government on Monday said TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu will not be allowed to visit the Babhli barrage site in the state.

"The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and his delegation will not be allowed to visit the Babhli barrage (site)," Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said after a high-level meeting to review the situation ahead of the Nanded bandh on Tuesday.

The bandh has been called by the Babhli Kriti Sangarsh Samiti. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah had yesterday appealed to Chavan to let the TDP team led by Naidu visit the project site.

On whether the decision has been communicated to Rosaiah, Chavan said "I have been speaking with him".

Naidu and 74 TDP leaders were arrested by Maharashtra Police on July 16 when they sought to visit the controversial Babhli irrigation project site constructed on river Godavari.

TDP alleges that the project being built "illegally" by the Maharashtra government is detrimental to the interests of the Telangana region.